When I check my ISP account device settings, my LHG LTE-US is showing up as a “Mikrotik r11e-lte-us”.
Is it possible to change the Manufacturer and Model settings such that when the ISP queries my device, it shows up as an Apple iPhone or something other than the MikroTik LHG device?
What is the best/easiest way to accomplish this?
e.g. in console, I type “/interface lte info” and the two properties of note are there: “manufacturer” and “model”.
I have tried several variations of commands in the console, but it seems that manufacturer and model are locked and not able to edit? I am assuming these are pulled from the modem and hence why I cannot edit them.. is there another way?
/interface lte set lte1 model=iPhone
/interface lte set lte1 model=“iPhone”
/interface lte set lte1 “model”=“iPhone”
/interface lte set lte1 “model”=iPhone
Quite likely your ISP is not querying your device at all, but rather they use IMEI number of modem which gets communicated between modem and network as part of handshake to establish mutual trust. IMEI, similarly to MAC, carries information about device manufacturer and device model.
And no, it seems it’s not possible to change modem’s IMEI - it’d be illegal in most countries anyway.
I assume OP is concerned that the mobile mobile carrier only allows him to use the SIM in a smart device, not tethered, not in a 4G modem.
one of the things they can do is to detect change in TTL, which will decrease after traffic going through a router.