Wireless Joint

Hi,

I have purchased a GL-X3000 to replace an aging Sierra RV55 (MC7455) unit.
The RV55 currently has the 100GB DataConnect plan attached, but as you know, this is costly and I am unsure of the prioritisation of the data. I would like to roam in Canada periodically, and DataConnect does not have Mexico and Canada roaming included like AT&T's phone plans.

I would like to use Unlimited Premium PL with the Turbo attachment to get prioritised data. It is critical that I have a reliable connection.

To successfully perform this I need to:
- Perform magic on the GL-X3000 (sacrificing the identification of a 5G phone that has a physical SIM card slot).
- Add a line at AT&T and get a SIM card for the device, providing them with the magic IMEI.
- Insert the SIM into the GL-X3000, set the APN to "enhancedphone"
- Optionally set the TTL and HL, but it is my understanding that AT&T does not use TTL/HL to discern hotspot data from phone data.

Please inform me if I'm missing anything.
I know that GLiNet also sells the physical SIM card that you can write eSIMs to. Is this something I should prefer over getting a real SIM from AT&T?

I'm happy to report that my plan is working great with minimal effort required.

I ordered a SIM Card through AT&T online and had it shipped to me. I selected that I was bringing my own device and specified a 5G-capable device's IMEI that has a physical SIM slot (otherwise they will not give you the option for a physical SIM). Upon the router arriving, I plugged it into the wall and sent the magic AT command with the IMEI that I had selected, and rebooted it. Upon reboot, I inserted the SIM card, and tried to configure with APN "enhancedphone", but it rejected that APN. I allowed the router to auto-select an APN, and it decided on "phone", and connected to LTE B66, and when I demanded a lot of traffic, connected to 5G NSA n77 and pulled 200mbps+.

I checked my AT&T account and verified that it was not accumulating hotspot data.

Thanks to this forum for inspiring this endeavor.