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==Changing the ZTE MF823 to 'serial modem' mode==
Warning: This is still in progress and has not been fully tested, and as such may not work. Tests were performed on an unlocked MF623 purchased from Amazon.
There have been reports of this procedure not working on O2 branded dongles, causing the network lock which was previously not set to be applied, so proceed at your own caution if using a branded dongle. Networks often customise the firmware of these devices so they may behave in a completely different manner with these firmware modifications.
The ZTE823 works as an Ethernet device by default, it is possible to change the mode so that it works as a modem. The idea here is that rather than the dongle NATing the connection it can be a modem and the FireBrick will be given the public WAN IP address directly.
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