You plug it into your Windows laptop: “Device descriptor failed.” You plug it into your Raspberry Pi: Crickets. You plug it into your OpenWRT router: Nothing.
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Poof. The CD drive vanishes. The modem reboots internally as a proper Network Interface Card (NIC). Windows will now see it as "ZTE NCM" or "Mobile Broadband." You plug it into your Windows laptop: “Device
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