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Get a travel router. I have the Gl.inet Slate, and when I get to my hotel each week, I just plug that in, maybe log into its admin interface and deal with the
by dchuk 4y ago
Get a travel router.
I have the Gl.inet Slate, and when I get to my hotel each week, I just plug that in, maybe log into its admin interface and deal with the captive portal (not always necessary since I usually stay at Marriotts and it use remembers), and then all my devices connect to that like I’m at home. Super seamless.
I need to go through and setup ad blocking and possibly default VPN/Wireguard connection, just haven’t gotten around to that part yet.
- joekrill 4y agoI have one of these as well (mine is a different but similar model - GL-AR750S-EXT). But I don't travel often enough, I guess. Because every time I go to use it, it's a struggle to get it to work and I typically just give up. Last weekend I stayed at a Hyatt, and the first thing I did when I got to the room was power it up. But I couldn't for the life of me get the captive portal page to load when I was connected through it. It worked fine connected directly to the hotel's wifi, but through the router - nothing. So I gave up. It wasn't worth the hassle.
- dchuk 4y agowhenever that happens, try going to "example.com" in your browser. that will almost always trigger the captive portal. Also, make sure your router dns settings aren't interfering with the captive portal itself (they hijack your dns and redirect you when they haven't had you login before).
- gh02t 4y agoI've noticed "plugging in" seems to be less of a thing anymore and a lot of hotels seem to be wifi only (or perhaps I can't ever find the ethernet jack but I do look). You can still handle this with a travel router but it's a bit more work.
- warrenm 4y agoI either hotspot my phone, or use the [included] hotel wifi+vpn Carrying yet-another-piece-of-equipment is added complexity and confusion I have neither the time nor inclination to deal with