I’m assuming you mean they limit speeds on the ‘official’ tethering method. After a visit to my representative at the T-Mobile store, I don’t think I’ll need a VPN to avoid throttling. Both routers worked fine with both phones (via USB tethering) before PIE. You may be able to solve this issue by using the DDNS feature on the ASUSWRT firmware. Make sure your WAN type is set to WAN (not LAN, or USB, or whatever option you have). I have to deactivate it to use Prime because of geo location message once connected i turn VPN back on. If you are home and do not have access to WiFi, this procedure can allow you to enjoy the internet as you normally would. Please report back and let us know how your experiment goes! Unfortunately we don’t offer direct support. This can also be used to regain access to the Router Configuration when the device you’ve been using decides that it can’t connect to the network. Stream your favorite movies, tv shows & songs on multiple devices at the same time with no buffering. Any ideas how to fix this? We hope you found it worthwhile. Instead, we’re going to tether the phone to your computer, and then share the computer’s tethered connection with the router (using an Ethernet cable for maximum speed). Worked great with purchased version of pdanet in USB mode. If you never changed the login/password then the default is admin/admin. Now you can have reliable high speed wireless … I don’t have much experience with VPNUnlimited so I can’t give you guidance on their App vs OpenVPN connect. EE's FUP considers it not personal use if it is serving more than 12 devices at once or using more than 1000 GB data per billing month, Your giftable data is the 1st 120 GB of your data. You can change plans until you get the speeds you need and we will ship you new plans until we find the best one for you. Method #1: There are several routers that let you tether your phone directly to the router using a USB cable, which keeps your phone charged, and lets your router handle the heavy lifting. We’ll see if that changes things. It is not new but was not very common until recently. Is this the only way to connect the laptop sharing the connection to the local network? We purchase in bulk and pass the savings along to our members. It won’t affect your Verizon data quota. How can i tether iphone to asus router. I would caution you that using a VPN provided by your ISP does almost nothing to increase your privacy. What I need is to be able to port forward my security cams for outside network viewing. I am glad I paid attention to my computer science classes and learned how to use google to find stuff too. There are several reasons it’s WAY better to tether you phone directly to your router, instead of just using your phone’s wifi hotspot feature. My husband and I have been without WiFi at home for over a year and we use Straight Talk service, which doesn’t support mobile hotspots on our phones, so it’s been quite wonderful to have figured out a way around that! Another tip is to open the properties menu on the network bridge and see if its status shows any data being transferred. You can comment below, share it on facebook, or tweet us @vpnuniversity. Please let us know if you have any success! Most router manufacturer’s firmware doesn’t support phone tethering. Connect all your devices and get unlimited downloads and worry free streaming at home or on the go. thanks for the motivation to make this work… :p PJ. I selected “Extend the TTL value”. 3rd-party tethering apps such as PDAnet, Foxfi, and EasyTether do not work with this method. I don’t think PDAnet supports linux, however Easytether (same concept) does support multiple Linux distros. This was the case for all three routers that I have (D-Link, Netgear and ASUS). You can’t get out of it. If the lowest cost carrier does not have service at your address, this plan will NOT work for you and you should move to the next higher priced carrier to view that carrier’s coverage map. b. Make sure you have internet access and the tethering is working properly. We have no control over possible network optimizations being conducted by major carriers or cell tower deprioritizing in congested areas. It should even work when streaming video (most ‘Unlimited’ plans cap video bandwidth/resolution). I purchased a ASUS RT-AC68U based on your recommendation. Archer MR400 ASUS routers do have a dual-wan option, though I’m not sure if you can use a USB tether connection for both. Thanks Fen. For me, bridging didn’t work, but the sharing the internet connection did.