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What is the benefit of this over, for example, an iPhone hotspot?

• WillPostForFood 10mo ago
  An iPhone can't bridge a wifi network. So you need something like a travel router to share a wifi connection.
  • rtkwe 10mo ago
    They're suggesting just running off your data plan which works for domestic travel (at least to urban areas with good cell service) and can work for international if you go through getting a data eSim.
• trelane 10mo ago
  You can control it from the ground up, including installing alternate firmware. You can also use VPNs etc.
• neither_color 10mo ago
  Run one wireguard server in your home and one client instance on this router and now all of your devices can share the same residential VPN connection. No fraud blocks or extra verifications from your banking apps, no million suspicious login detected from all your social accounts, use your home netflix account, etc. All without your individual devices running a VPN app.
  • drnick1 10mo ago
    > Run one wireguard server in your home and one client instance on this router and now all of your devices can share the same residential VPN connection. You don't need a "travel router" for this. My phone is permanently connected to my server via Wireguard (so that I can access my files from anywhere). Adding another device just requires adding a peer in the server's config file and can be accomplished very quickly. It's not clear what problem the travel router solves, unless perhaps you travel with dozens of devices. > no million suspicious login detected from all your social accounts, I can personally do without those.
    • tstrimple 10mo ago
      I can accomplish this via one access point instead of configuring wireguard on N*5 family devices.
      • gradstudent 10mo ago
        Why do you need to config wireguard on each device? Connect your phone to your vpn and share the wifi. Works on my android. Struggling to see the value proposition for this device.
        • valzam 10mo ago
          Do you have a pixel? On Samsung you cannot share WiFi, Hotspot only works with mobile connections. I learners above that this is possible with pixel phones, makes me want to get one...
          • asymmetric 10mo ago
            Same with iPhone, you can only share mobile connection.
          • drnick1 10mo ago
            Yes, Pixels can definitely do that (I use Graphene). It’s incredible that iPhones are so expensive and yet so limited (can’t share WiFi, terrible file browser…)
        • sandmn 10mo ago
          Does it require specific VPN apps or root? I tried connecting laptop to phone hotspot and even though phone was connected to VPN, laptop wasn't.
        • adammarples 10mo ago
          So now your phone is a hot spot for your family and you can't leave the hotel room or go 2 hours without charging it?
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• davedigerati 10mo ago
  chromecast - godsend on long hotel stays. need to dial in through my home (wireguard) so no license issues with streamers and once I connect my GL.iNet GL-MT300N-V2 to hotel wifi instant bubble of safe wifi for all my devices! weighs nothing, been using for 8 years rock solid.
• WhyNotHugo 10mo ago
  If you’re using a VPN: iPhone won’t route hotspot clients over the VPN, so you need to set up VPN on all clients.
• renewiltord 10mo ago
  Husband can go pick up food order and baby cam still accessible from wife’s phone.