Wireless Joint

Current setup is iPhone 13 tethered to a we826 using a post paid Verizon unlimited plan. I've followed bills guide on tethering as well as inputting the custom firewall rules and I still cannot hide the tethered/hotspot data. I've tried ttl of 64,65,66,117,118. Does anyone have any suggestions other than what's in bills post as those instructions are done exactly.

Are you using this?
#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j HL --hl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j HL --hl-set 117
#end TTL rules

I'm currently using the following:

iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j HL --hl-set 65
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j HL --hl-set 65
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb1 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb1 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o usb1 -j HL --hl-set 65
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb1 -j HL --hl-set 65

Try using what is in blue below.

#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j HL --hl-set 117
#end TTL rules

Are you saying use only those two rules and not the others listed above? Also when I tried pinging a site on desktop to check ttl, the response doesn't list the ttl at the end. There's Internet connection and you can surf the web. Tried this on laptop and desktop and got no ttl listed on ping response.

@ryankinder3

use the example gscheb above gives ,,only change the number values to 88
on Visible ,,,after using value of 65 for about four months worked great ,,,then was being throttled again about 3 weeks ago. Changed the values to 88 and now down and upload speeds are back to normal. Visible is a fork of Verizon,,so hopefully will work for you too
You ONLY need the two rules gscheb listed

Ok I'll give that a try. Are you guys disabling ipv6 or leaving it on?

Many don't realize this but you have to make sure your device name is correct. Not saying this is the problem but worth checking. Under the interface tab look for your connected internet interface. Once you find the interface look and see what the "device" name is as this can change based on the mode of the device or the type of device. It can sometimes read "usb0" or "wwan0", etc. Whatever your device name reads is what you must use in your TTL rules.

brcisna wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:01 am @ ryankinder3

use the example gscheb above gives ,,only change the number values to 88
on Visible ,,,after using value of 65 for about four months worked great ,,,then was being throttled again about 3 weeks ago. Changed the values to 88 and now down and upload speeds are back to normal. Visible is a fork of Verizon,,so hopefully will work for you too
You ONLY need the two rules gscheb listed

Hi brcisna,

Do you have a screenshoot of your firewall rule settings ?

@lanceking

Very sorry,,, Just seen this message
Here is screenshot of iptables,
Remember you need the same value in the ipv6 iptables also,,, only "HL"
iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 88
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j HL --hl-set 88

@mtl26637 Is there a guide somewhere that explains all these details? I see all sorts of different variations. And this I just hear mentions of others in passing... like if it's a hotspot that's going to be behind another modem it's a different number. and some swear by 88 others 65 others 117

There may be some type of guide but I don't have any links to any. The 2 'postrouting' rules are all that is needed as shown above. One is for ipv4 and the other is for ipv6 in case your connection uses both. I've always used a value of 65. Yes other values work but 65 has always worked for me. I wouldn't put too much effort into it, I'd test with 65 and if it stops using hotspot data your good. If it continues to use hotspot you can change to other values but probably won't be needed. Yes it can depend on how many routers or what not the modem is behind but for most the modem is not behind another device so not extra hops exist.