On Saturday, October 18, 2025 07:53:04 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/17/25 4:02 PM, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > [email protected] writes: > >> From the peanut gallery: what identity changes, and what device are you > >> using? > >> > >> I have T-Mobile using the TMO-G4AR device and I don't see any identity > >> changing, none of the gateway address (192.168.12.1) nor either the > >> WiFi user or admin id and password. > > > > Apparently he is using a modem acting as an USB ethernet interface, that > > randomizes the MAC for some odd reason, and ends up having a different > > enx[MAC] interface name each time it is power cycled. > > Cell service was obvious. All the local providers EXCEPT T-Mobile > insisted my *ONLY* option was a smartphone(sic). The T-Mobile salesman > asked intelligent questions about what I wanted to accomplish. He sold > me a WiFi Hotspot. When I set it up I chose the option to disable WiFi. > Effectively I now have a very hi-speed modem.
What device did the T-Mobile salesman sell you? Is it the TMO_G4AR? I forget what you may have said about your computer, but I gave my computers static addresses in the 192.168.12 subnet (it was a pain to change some of those computers and other devices). I set the gateway and first DNS to be 192.168.12.1 (and the 2nd, for now, to be 8.8.8.8) and I have Internet connectivity. I suppose you could use the USB interface on the TMO-G4AR, but it also has two Ethernet interfaces (RJ-45 or whatever the 8 pin version of that is) -- I'm using one of them. I still have the WiFi on, but nothing uses it (at least not on a regular basis, and will turn it off "real soon now"). PS: If you don't have the TMO-G4AR, I'd look into exchanging whatever device they did "sell" you for the TMO-G4AR. Aside: I'm not really sure that T-Mobile really sells the TMO-G4AR, it's more like you pay $50 a month (with a $5/month discount for autopay) (for the lowest tier of service, which surprising to me, displays football games with great clarity) (and that rate is guaranteed for 5 years) and that includes use of the TMO-G4AR on sort of a rental basis -- I haven't read all the terms and conditions (I'm still in the middle of a two week free trial), but I assume that if I cancel the service I have to return the equipment. (If you have a T-Mobile cell phone with a monthly fee you can get better discounts -- I have a T-Mobile grandfathered pay-as-you-go plan which doesn't qualify for the additional discounts).
