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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mrnamster:
Working great on S9+. Thank you!

Using phone as hotspot to connect PC.

Phone gets 12-30mb down, 1.5-3mb up.

PC gets 8mb down, 1mb up.

Questions..

1. Is VPN only on phone ok or do we need to use VPN on the PC? Or both?

2. Anybody know a way to get bypass working directly on a fire tv stick? Currently sharing PC's internet via another hotspot for the fire stick to connect to, which works but requires another VPN on the fire tv.

3. Tried to setup VPN on Asus router so all devices can go through that but still throttled. Any TTL tricks for the router? Tried playing with the Asus options below but no luck.

Special Requirement from ISP:

-Extend the TTL value

-Spoof LAN TTL value
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] simon21:
I'm having difficulty getting this to work with a netgear lb1120 lte modem. When I put the Verizon sim card in the modem, it works and connects to the internet, but it's throttled at 600k. I tried the ttl thing on the computer but it didn't work. I don't know a way to get VPN on the modem. Anyone have any ideas how to get unthrottled internet on this thing? If it works, I can get Verizon lte internet for the how
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] GastonC:
Use pdanet, connect phone to laptop via usb, connect pdanet on phone and taskbar... then use wifi sharing from pdanet taskbar. WORK 100%
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
He said he was using a Verizon 4G LTE Modem from NETGEAR. It's not possible to use PDANet with one. You can always go with the cheap route of Modem ethernet to PC, get a USB to ethernet card and ICS to another custom firmwared DD-WRT router. (Latest build is working) You will lose out on ports, but I can confirm it will bypass the throttle for anyone on the DD-WRT router after ICS. (No, you will not need to setup anything special besides forced DNS redirect. This is just preference, though.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] simon21:
Sounds like a good plan. It's not a Verizon 4g LTE modem though. It's an unlocked one. I tried fooling with it for a few minutes and I couldn't get it unthrottled on the laptop though. I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong or if the modem itself gets throttled since it's unlocked. I have to test it more.

Also, is it possible to connect the modem to a ddwrt router, connect the laptop via wifi the share the internet through ics through ether net port to a different router? I have an old ddwrt router and not sure if it still works
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] GastonC:
That is still to much work and equipment
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] davel23:
My Fios has been down for over two weeks, I've been tethering my phone to fill in in the meantime. It didn't take me long to go over the limit on my "unlimited" account, this got me my speed back. Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] anewday:
Which method did you use?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] davel23:
I set TTL to 65 and connected through a VPN, Private Internet Access in my case. My phone is a Galaxy S5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] brettdacosta:
Worked for me too. Rooted note 7, changed ttl to 65 on computer settings, and disabled IPv6 in both wifi network and USB network. So whether I connect by usb tethering or by wifi hotspot tethering, neither connection method is throttled (I confirmed both work).

However some questions... I bridged my network in (wifi tether network) with my network out (Ethernet connection to my router) to try to bypass unthrottled signal through my router to my firestick, and all devices that connect to the router signal are throttled. That doesn't make any sense to me.

How can my computer not be throttled, but passing a network signal through my computer to my router can be throttled?

Does anyone have a workaround for connecting a firestick unthrottled to a phone somehow?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
so i discovered something pretty strange. (on a jetpack) disabled IPv6 in windows settings on PC and nothing is currently being throttled to 600K, besides website speedtesters. not sure what's going on if someone else can give it a try. seems Verizon uses IPv6 for deep packets.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mililani:
So, I've been following this thread and have some interesting updates. Might help some other folks. I got a Moto G6 Play just recently and signed up with Verizon's Unlimited $75/month plan. The hotspot feature effing sucked and was nearly useless for me and my wife's laptops. So I went on here to try some things out. Nothing seemed to work. I set DefaultTTL to 65, removed IPv6 on the wlan connection, and also used my WindScribe VPN which I hadn't touched in a long time. Nothing worked. I was still getting throttled to around .7 to .9 mbps. So, after more reading of this thread, I changed my TTL to 66. That didn't seem to work. Then, I decided I was going to root the phone. I was getting all the necessary software. I installed the Motorola USB drivers, and then plugged in my phone. The weirdest thing happened. Once I plugged in my phone via USB, the internet hotspot got instantly faster. I checked my internet speed and holy cow, I was getting 10 to 20 mbps! I thought this was a fluke. So, I unplugged my phone, and it was still that fast. I wasn't sure if plugging in the phone via USB had anything to do with it, but the next day, my hotspot connection got throttled back to around 0.7 to 0.9 mbps. So, I plugged my phone back in via USB and it instantly went turbo boost. It seems to be faster when I keep it plugged in, but unplugged, it is still fast. I don't have USD debugging enabled, nor is the phone rooted. So, I don't know what to make of all that. But, here's where the story gets a bit interesting.

My wife is running Linux. I figured she needed the Motorola USB drivers to get this trick to work, so I had to install Windows 10, like what I'm running. I pretty much did everything what I did, but her computer kept getting throttled to the hotspot limit. So, I checked all of her settings and mine, and I realized the only difference is my TTL setting was 66 and hers was 65. I changed hers to match mine, rebooted, plugged in the phone via USB, and voila... her Internet is now blazing at 10 to 20 mbps.

So, in sum. If you're running Windows 10, I would try the following. Don't root your phone, don't use a VPN--which usually slows down a connection anyways. Just install the Motorola USB drivers. Add the DefaultTTL parameter and set it to 66 instead of 65. Unclick IPv6 on the wifi connection. Reboot. Plug in your phone via USB and tell your computer to do nothing with the device (as opposed to using it as mass storage or something). Then connect to your wifi hotspot and test out your internet speed. So far, it's running great for me and my wife.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] akhenax:
This is indeed some progress, albeit strange that it even works. What if you don't have a Motorola phone? I have a Nexus 6 I can try, but it's rooted.

My issues stem from me wanting to temporarily share my phone's data connection with devices that are not PCs. I wish there was a method that only involved the phone. Verizon really did their homework on this. I applaud them for the challenge.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mililani:
Yeah, you're right. I forgot to mention my find is for Motorola phones. I'm not sure how this would work with a Nexus phone, since I believe the Motorola USB drivers have a part to play. However, it's worth a shot for people with other phones to try and see if this method would work with their manufacturer's USB drivers.

I'm thinking what you could do is create your own NAT router on a Windows box. What I was going to do before I decided to install Windows on my wife's laptop was to use Nat32 on my laptop. I've used it before to create my own wireless mesh network. The idea is this. You have a Windows PC (gateway) connected to the internet via some method: wifi connection, ethernet, or via mobile hotspot. Then, you connect another device (or PC) to the gateway. If the window's PC has an ethernet port, you can connect to it directly if the other device has ethernet. The newer ethernet standards should autodetect that and do crossover. Or, if your windows PC has another available wifi adapter, you can create an adhoc wireless network. Then, you install NAT32 and configure it to bridge both networks. It's really easy to setup.

If you need any help doing this, let me know. I may be able to help you. Although, NAT32 used to cost some $ due to the proprietary packet driver you had to install. However, I think the newest version is free.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] marinegundoctor:
Sounds interesting, I'm wondering if vzw can tell if the data used during a session with your method was there's or not? If they were to actually take a look at it that is. Obviously, automated controls aren't stopping it. If you use a lot of data it might flag you for a closer look, or not, I have no idea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] vervetwothree:
pls confirm-does this method allow phone to operate as mobile hotspot (un-throttled)?

thank you for all the great instructions! just hoping to clarify a few things...

i am extremely new at all of this networking etc, and i am just now realizing that my home internet situation is doo doo til I can devise a solution to work-around big-red's throttling choke hold on it's unlimited customers. please advise :)

my goal is to be able to stream hd video (via apple tv), game online and download large files (via xbox one, playstation 4) -these are the ways my 15gb hotspot allowance was obliterated in less than 1 day!

i am currently enrolled in verizon's unlimited plus plan. i am about to return the jetpack 7730L to verizon; i am considering the purchase of an unlocked android phone before implementing your GUIDE.

i just wanted to confirm with you (the expert) that once i've rooted and run the vpn through the new phone, that i will be able to use the hotspot feature of the phone to wirelessly connect my devices (xbox one , ps4, apple tv, etc) to the 4gLTE network without throttle going into effect after 15gb.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] soundzofstatic:
Works on MacOS too!

For anyone looking for a fix while tethering to MacOS, changing the TTL to 65 also works in this case. Remember, you must have an active full tunnel VPN.

Temporarily change MacOS TTL to 65: `sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.ttl=65`. I can't paste a link for reference, but google "How do you change the TTL in macOS High Sierra? StackedOverflow" for further reading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] marinegundoctor:
I started using an app called TTL Master https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.glebchajah.ttlmaster that works great on a rooted phone.

This way u can just change the TTL value of the phone to match your computer. It does not stick after a reboot, but that's good too.

This might not be helpful in all situations, especially if you're tethering more than one device with different TTL values (e.g. a tablet and a Windows computer).

What I find useful about this method is with my work computer, I can't change the ttl due to group policy restrictions. However, when connecting to an outside network the computer (Win 10) uses a VPN to connect back to the network at the company.

I set the phone ttl to 127 (which is the default for Win10) and run the VPN on the computer.

Edit:

Looks like in the settings there is an 'Apply after boot' setting but I haven't tried it yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] akhenax:
I need a phone only method. I currently tether to my Android headunit, and getting updates via Waze takes forever. I just want my data to be faster than 600k, for 2 hours every weekend :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Apple_Mash:
betternet

betternet can be used, at least for a bit. not sure if the network is locked or not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Ericthegreat777:
I have root, do I just set the ttl and turn off ipv6, anything else I need to do with root on the phone? Can i then create a wifi hotspot for other devices with my pc after i set the ttl? Does this still work? And I dont need a vpn?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mfifield01:
I tried on my jetpack. It still shows hotspot data usage with IPv6 disabled, TTL changed to 65, and on VPN (tested 2).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] rchir:
worked perfectly for me on OSX Mojave with the Verizon iPhone XR on a Go Unlimited plan.

Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] augmont:
anyone tryout on the VZW Pixel 3 XL?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Maleko48:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Still works perfectly! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] xPREACHERx:
Please. I AM BEGGING. I live to far out for any real ISP. So for years I was using verizon hotspot. Grandfathered in unlimited. Got forced off that plan and am in new beyond plan. I spend 300 a month to be at 600kps usually within 10 days in. I play xbox. It's all I use my flipping phone for. Can someone please carefully explain to me how to bypass the throttling so I can go back to playing xbox without problems. I have a samsung s7+ I'm willing to work through any option. Warning though. I'm not to tech savvy when I comes to bridging or changing settings. So please be patient. Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] liftedplane:
I haven't been able to get the methods here to work reliably for a while.

Maybe checkout viasat... If you're as far out in the sticks as you say you are satellite internet might be a better option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mrbidjey:
May I suggest something? If you can hide your tethering info with PDANET+ via USB, why not invest in a router and a "USB type C-to-Ethernet" like this one and just create a LAN for your place? That should put an end to your throttling issues since you will be using regular data and not "Mobile Hotspot per se. I don't need to do it since I'm still grandfathered in and using an unlocked version of Note 8.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
Came here to post again since I believe I found an all around fix to throttling. This is PC only, firstly you must be on Windows 10 1803 or up.

-Download this View attachment 4682882 (it's the driver for your remote NDIS ISD)

to install it open device manager > network adapters > Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device > Driver > Update Driver > Browse my computer > Let me pick > Have Disk > Point it towards where your rndiscmp.inf ended up > after this is done you may be getting an issue, it's just Windows not allowing you to install it due to it not being signed. To disable this do this:

Press windows icon at bottom left > power options and hold shift and click restart > troubleshooting > advanced options > startup options and restart. It will be option number 7. "disable driver signature enforcement"

After all of this open control panel and under "Network and Internet" click view "view network status and tasks". Once here click the blue text that has Internet (AKA your phone/jetpack) then properties and you will find Internet Protocol Version 6, you must disable this.

I cannot guarantee this will work for all, but it is working with my hardware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Jalenxt:
I dont think anyone here is gonna test this especially since you have next to no posts. I would try but I'm not trying to get a virus or have someone that I dont know maybe looking at everything I type or what websites I visit, etc. If it does work cool, but it seems sketchy even though no virus scans seem to think it is one. I can say that the methods listed here used to work for verizon on my iphone 8+ but it stopped working recently and im back to not watching 360p videos even. I hope someone will try this and confirm its safe and working so I can download it. If it does work, thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
Well the driver actually comes from an older post here on XDA by mpjoe2000 > https://xdaforums.com/android/general/fix-usb-tethering-lags-freezes-windows-t3039183 I couldn't find it anywhere else besides here, it's obviously trusted on this big of a post without anyone reporting anything.

EDIT: if you insist on having the file checked, here you go: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/8...9f4fd9d871d5492b01a50281aa08e7efb99/detection

here's a scan on the same file even from 10 months ago https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...9f4fd9d871d5492b01a50281aa08e7efb99/analysis/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Jalenxt:
Oh wow I didn't realize, thank you and sorry. I'm glad it worked for you. Did you have to use a VPN and PDAnet as well? I can already disable Ipv6 through the adapter options in my hardware options, I wonder if it's the same. I'm on an iphone 8 and I dont think any of these methods work anymore for iphone. Shouldve stuck with android I suppose. Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
No, I'm using a Jetpack without any modded firmware nor VPN. (i have went into my jetpacks settings file aka by backup and editing it in windows to enable UPNP because this does trick the tower into believing your device can support it) Androids use the same NDIS setup as Jetpacks do. I have an iPhone as well, I'll look into something for you on my spare time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Jalenxt:
Okay makes sense and I actually got it working today. the VPN I was using before PIA didn't work, I switched to ExpressVPN, changed the ttl again via regedit and also used a CMD command to make sure it was forced and bam no more throttle on my PC. Thank you though, can confirm this works on Iphone 8+ with newest software.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
I still have yet to dry this with an Android. If you plan on using this to ICS (internet connection sharing) it will not work. I have not found a way to hide the usage through ICS. Also another issue is that P2P connections will be detected under mobile hotspot usage. Just beware of my method.

I will come back if I find anything about ICS, of course. It's worth giving a try though, as some older devices may actually work through Jetpack > Computer ICS to router with older DD-WRT firmware > devices connected to said router. You will need to configure the router to run off a static IP with Google DNS and forced redirect for DHCP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] DillonH:
So I tried the original method, TTL 65, disable IPV6, and VPN with my Note 9. I did everything and restarted the computer, i turned on hotspot and lo and behold i was still be throttled to 600kbps. Tried to figure out what was going on and realized that i didnt turn my VPN. I opened up TorGuard and BAM, I'm getting 25mb down and 10mb up. It does seem to cut out every 20-30 minutes or so but reconnecting the VPN fixes it, I dont have a dedicated IP through TorGuard but maybe that would fix the issue, either way i cant really complain.

I also notice that i can use USB tethering even with IPV6 enabled and as long as my VPN is on it will still work. Need to keep testing for a while but i'm satisfied so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] MachXV:
How to get this working on VZW Pixel 2 XL?

I used to use the original method of changing ttl to 65, disable ipv6, and use VPN (I use PIA) but it doesn't seem to work anymore. Any suggestions as to what I should do? My phone is a Verizon model unfortunately so I can't root it ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mfifield01:
How did you edit the jetpack settings? I've extracted the config.mifi, but it's just a mess of numbers and letters.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] grayyy:
depends, what MIFI are you using exactly? also could you send me the settings file itself? i'd like to take a look at it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] mfifield01:
It's the 6620L. I'll PM the settings file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] enettrek:
I have the 7730L mifi and was wondering the same thing. Can you help me as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] enettrek:
Is there any way to root a phone to bypass this type of throttling? I just got a G6 for a friend on straight talk and thought of getting one for me on the unlimited postpaid verizon plan.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] Maleko48:
I just tried to use mine again and it appears to no longer be working. I could be missing something, but it seems that my wifi hotspot will no longer give me a valid connection without having IPv6 enabled on my laptop's network adapter settings. I haven't needed to use this throttle bypass lately, but I figure it'd be a nice option to maintain in the event I find myself on vacation or otherwise needing a solid connection. Unfortunately my new house location has really terrible 4G reception so it's hard to say how much of my issues stem from that alone. I will have to do more testing sometime soon with my laptop in a better location that I know has a solid 4G connection.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] LostinMia:
Hi all!

So has the ability to do this ended? Any updates?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] theshazbot:
"For anyone looking for a fix while tethering to MacOS, changing the TTL to 65 also works in this case. Remember, you must have an active full tunnel VPN. Temporarily change MacOS TTL to 65: `sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.ttl=65`. I can't paste a link for reference, but google "How do you change the TTL in macOS High Sierra? StackedOverflow" for further reading. "

Does this still work for iPhone and Mac? See some reports in last few months (2019) that it's not working, but not sure if it's stupid people, or not working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] boosted1one:
>>>The guy 3 posts above yours seems to indicate PIA did not work for him and switching to expressvpn worked.

(At least, that's what I made of it by the sentence structuring/word order. No offense to poster)

>>>Another poster just a couple of posts ago said a VPN (unnamed), didn't work but TorGuard did.

(As far as I know TorGuard is a VPN too, so wish we knew what the other VPN service he used that didnt work was).

>>>>Seems we have yet another possible variable to add to stack.

Choice of VPN provider may make a difference too here.

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If you insist on using one of the MANY "free" VPN apps (besides protonVPN) in the Google store. Please just exit now and leave your badge at the door.

Seriously though. Don't do it.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] billa:
As of today it works fine on Tmobile by issuing these two commands in CMD prompt on your PC, but you still can't share your PC's data connection using Windows Hotspot or Connectify, there's still something else blocking it. If anyone has a solution for that, drop a line please.

netsh int ipv4 set global defaultcurhoplimit=65 store=persistent

netsh int ipv6 set global defaultcurhoplimit=65 store=persistent

If still having problems then disable IP6 in your WiFi or RNDIS adapter under connections (depending if you're tethering through WiFi or USB).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discuss] enettrek:
The file is encoded into a base64... after decode , the file looks more like unix based