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I used a travel router on my recent trip to Argentina and found it quite useful. It will be a permanent part of my travel kit. Some cooler uses: - streaming H
by bredren 1y ago
I used a travel router on my recent trip to Argentina and found it quite useful. It will be a permanent part of my travel kit.
Some cooler uses:
- streaming HDR video from closed MacBook running Amphetamine to Vision Pro via Moonlink
- Having a working HomePod mini in the hotel room.
The hotel internet did not like multiple devices off the router. It didn’t reject it outright but it throttled or nerfed it.
Individual connections were free, though and fwiw high speed data over cellular was more reliable.
- bentcorner 1y ago> The hotel internet did not like multiple devices off the router. It didn’t reject it outright but it throttled or nerfed it. Curious - what tools would they use to detect this, and what could someone do to work around this?
- bpye 1y agoI hit this once - it was using the TTL. I setup an iptables rule on the router to rewrite TTL and then it worked fine.
- kennethrc 1y agoI have Wireguard (and OpenVPN off TCP/UDP 443 as backup) on a router connected to residential symmetric 1G fiber. Among the many uses for that means I can watch the NFL (et al.) when abroad just as if I were home; there's WG/OPVN clients for the FireSticks I carry when travelling.
- okdood64 1y ago> travel router What's the difference between that and tethering off your phone?
- vntok 1y agoPhone-based tethering is not nearly as configurable as a router.
- blacksmith_tb 1y agoPossibly ethernet from the cabin wall to the travel router? I haven't ever taken a cruise, but I could imagine that, some hotels have ethernet in their rooms.
- bredren 1y agoTethering on an iPhone acts as a simple pass-through of its cellular internet connection over Wi-Fi. It does not establish a private local area network (LAN) for connected devices to communicate with each other. The travel router can use an iPhone for internet via tethering, though that iPhone won’t also be able to connect to the network created by the travel router. The travel router is ~the same as a home WiFi router, but they come with configurations meant for dealing with common issues on the road.