Verizon Hotspot - TTL Setting

2020-10-15 New command to try

netsh int ipv4 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65

netsh int ipv4 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=128

ping -4 localhost

I don't know how long it takes to register the usage but I used the hotspot 10 hours ago and this is the result now:

Next morning the data usage was registered . . . So it didn't work

I'm trying 64 to compensate for the hop from phone to pc

This does not work for me any more.

This seems too simple. 

Verizon checks / verifies a connected device's TTL setting to determine if a hotspot is being used.

Window's default TTL IS 120. Changing to 60 seems to work.

Also try VPN to see if makes a difference

netsh int ipv4 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65

netsh int ipv6 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=65

(60 didn't work for me this time. Trying 65 because 64 is phone so 65-1=64.)

netsh int ipv4 set glob defaultcurhoplimit=120

open a command prompt as admin
paste the 65 string for Verizon Hotspot
Paste the 120 to restore default

Test the setting 

ping -4 localhost

Windows WiFi Hotspot

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-turn-your-windows-10-pc-wireless-hotspot

In Windows 10 just go to "Mobile Hotspot" and set up

Windows 7 As Virtual Router

Free and open source Windows 7 virtual hot spot. Why use it? If one notebook can get connection but another device can not, this could work for the second device. Two people in a hotel room, one with a notebook and one with an iPad. Now you can both be on line because chances are the iPad is going nowhere with the hotel connection. The virtual hotspot program wants to enter an auto start which I disallowed.

Or you can set the hot spot up yourself by following this.