Acom 716

Briew review of Acom716 multi-SIM router & proxies server

USB modems don't show up

How to solve Not enough host resources in Linux system log, when USB modems don’t show up though they are visible in lsusb and only 3..10 of them are actually working.

Openvpn Connect - fix support of old profiles

Around July 2023 , Openvpn Connect 3.4 was released which has broken support of old OpenVPN profiles. It gone global.

Building proxies - phones VS dongles

Let’s compare Pros and Cons of phones and dongles (modems) when building 4G/5G proxies on them.

Huawei E3372-325 'BROVI' and Linux (Ubuntu) - Stick mode.

How to get to work Huawei E3372-325 ‘BROVI’ in Linux (ubuntu) - Stick mode.

UK 4G\LTE modems

The following modems should be working in the UK e.g. with my 4g proxy farm software Proxysmart software.

Huawei E3372-325 'BROVI' and Linux (Ubuntu)

How to get to work Huawei E3372-325 ‘BROVI’ in Linux (ubuntu)

USB hubs for 4g proxies farm

How to buy best USB hub for a building a 4g proxy farm.

QUIC support in Socks5 Proxies

In 2023 you will loose the battle when your proxies don’t support QUIC (HTTP/3.0). With 4g proxy farm software Proxysmart, you will win. I recently added QUIC support to my proxies building software.

Quectel EC200T on OpenWRT

The issue with EC200T that it doesn’t have QMI\MBIM. It has only ECM and AT-port , so we have to start WAN connection on AT-port and use it via the WAN port.

How to Change OS TCP/IP Fingerprint

Some useful info & tips on OS TCP/IP Fingerprint.

How to build proxies from 4G/5G LAN routers

Recently I added support of 4G or 5G LAN routers like Huawei Bxxx, to my 4G proxy farm software Proxysmart software:

How to build VPN from PROXY

Recently I built a solution for making VPN from Proxies. Any proxies are supported (HTTP, SOCKS5) and a resulting Openvpn user traffic is routed via the mapped proxy.

Ideal Proxy Software

A little comparison of open source proxy software: Haproxy, 3proxy, Squid, Nginx, Gost (2), V2ray

USA 4G\LTE modems

The following modems should be working in the USA e.g. with my 4g proxy farm software Proxysmart software.

Added new modems models to Proxysmart

Recently I have added new modems models to my 4g proxy farm software Proxysmart, in particular Quectel family and ZTE MF79 and ZTE MF971. For each, it is possible to read SMS, and reset IP.

Proxysmart: my alternative to Proxidize

Proxidize significally raised prices on their service and I have a drop-in replacement.

Fighting against Passive OS Fingerprinting

The article describes steps to install OSfooler-ng to prevent your host OS be recognized by Passive OS Fingerpringting (p0f).

Psiphon: setting up Linux client (with free servers)

Psiphon is obfuscated proxy, and its client & server are open-source.

The plan is:

• setting up Linux Psiphon Client that connects to free Psiphon network.

Psiphon: setting up own server & Linux client

Psiphon is obfuscated proxy, and its client & server are open-source.

The plan is:

• setting up own Psiphon server
• setting up Psiphon Client on Linux that connects to your own Psiphon server

Ubuntu: migrate from Ifupdown to Netplan. Step by step.

In Ubuntu 18.04 old good ifupdown is considered obsolete. And you need to migrate your servers to systemd-networkd + netplan. Lots of internet resources describe how to revert back to ifupdown but I am hailing the future! So this manual covers 2 situations, static networking & DHCP. Both are IPv4.

Why Ansible? Ansible vs Puppet