How to Bypass Mobile Hotspot Data Limit
“Bypassing Mobile Hotspot Limit”
Hello there, my fellow road-warriors and remote workers. This is a quickie guide on how to go about bypassing mobile hotspot limits for your cellphone’s data plan. Please note that the provided information is for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. So don’t do anything illegal, understand?
Let’s do it. To begin you just need to open up the command line terminal on your laptop or PC. Just right-click on it and hit “Run As Administrator”, that way you can change the settings effectively.
Next, copy and paste the following yellow text into the terminal window and hit enter on your keyboard.
netsh int ipv4 show global
A bunch of information will populate in the terminal window but don’t worry, all we are looking for is what the “Default Hop Limit” number is. The best way I can explain the reason why you aren’t bypassing mobile hotspot limits is because the devices you are connecting to it are flagged. Meaning your phone company can tell the difference between your phone using it’s own data and your laptop using your phone’s data, understand?
Different operating systems have different default hop limits. For example Windows 10 default hop limit is 128, and iPhone’s default hop limit is 65. See the problem here? If not it’s okay, keep reading we’re almost done bypassing mobile hotspot limits.
Once you have seen what the default hop limit is for your laptop or PC, you will be able to change it back to factory settings if you wish. Now, copy and paste the following yellow text into the terminal window that you still have open and hit enter on your keyboard.
netsh int ipv4 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65
You can check to see if this worked by doing the first command again and it should have changed the default hop limit to 65 instead of whatever yours was before.
Then you will also need to do it for the other wireless network protocol, in order to be bypassing mobile hotspot limits for all connections. That’s easy, just copy and paste the following yellow text in the command terminal that you still have open and hit enter on your keyboard.
netsh int ipv6 show global
Same as before, take note of the current default hop limit before you change it. Then copy and paste the following yellow text into the command terminal that you still have open and hit enter on your keyboard.
netsh int ipv6 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65
You can check if this one worked just like you checked the other one. Congratulations, you are now successfully bypassing mobile hotspot limits and are ready to start surfing the Internet of Things for whatever you want without having to worry about those pesky data caps. Yay!
*Note – Sometimes the default hop limit will not stay at what you changed it to through a restart or shutdown. To easily fix this issue and always be bypassing mobile hotspot limits just copy and paste the following yellow text into the command terminal window and hit enter on your keyboard.
netsh int ipv4 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65 store=persistent
Don’t forget to do it for the other one too! It is almost exactly the same, only changing one digit in the command as you can see.
netsh int ipv6 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65 store=persistent
You’re good to go my friends! Now your laptop or PC will be bypassing mobile hotspot limits and be viewed as an extension of your cellphone as far as data usage analysis is concerned. I hope this helped you get connected wherever you are.
*Note – Don’t be foolish and start downloading terabytes of data now that you’re feeling “unlimited” and all. Your cellphone service provider can still see how much data you’re using, they will just now see it as your phone using the data instead of a “connected device” so to speak. Thereby, successfully bypassing mobile hotspot limits. Remember that nothing is truly unlimited these days and you don’t want a huge surprise phone bill at the end of the month; or worse than that have your service canceled with no explanation. Don’t be a sore thumb: be one of the little piggies, understand?