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Unifi Travel Router

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Re: Unifi Travel Router

#111
post #48

So… hear me out. Could I connect this to an airline’s paid in-flight WiFi network, and then broadcast an open network to effectively open up access to all other passengers for free? If enough WiFi pirates do this on flights perhaps it would kill paid WiFi entirely (just need enough Good Samaritans) (And yes I know there are other bypasses you can do like spoofing MAC addresses to get around some device count restrict…

Really what you should be doing is setting the SSID to "$2 in flight WiFi!" and selling access.

You'll make tens of ... dollars every flight.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#112
Really wish their press Release / marketing want obviously llm generated.

Im their target audience for sure but I’m not sure I need all of the same features my home network has. Really my travel router is just used to share a paid connection and run AdGuard network wide.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#113
post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"To connect the UniFi Travel Router to a guest network, open the UniFi Mobile App and select a nearby wireless network. If the network has a captive portal, it will automatically forward to your mobile device for login." from the FAQ https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/utr

It likely relies on the travel router cloning the MAC address of your phone or whatever you use to authenticate. That way the hotel just thinks the travel router is your phone.

It’s also (I’d hope) modifying the ttl as that’s used to detect travel routers.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#114
post #10

It seems like the main feature is being able to access your home network to watch netflix, access LAN devices, etc. How is this different compared to running a tailscale exit node in your home network? Is the benefit of this that you have a hardware device that you can connect to instead of needing software like tailscale?

I think so: it looks like "UniFi Teleport" is also based on Wireguard. You can also do this with a travel router like one of GL.iNet's and Tailscale subnet routers.

UniFi teleport is also very buggy with frequent disconnects. Tailscale and WireGuard proper don’t have those issues for me.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#115

Related, the GLiNet Comet (remote KVM) are also excellent. Have bought one for every elderly family member so I can support them more easily.

Oh, that's tempting. Is there vanilla openwrt or any other all-FOSS firmware for it? I'm rather paranoid about this kind of appliance.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#116

I travel internationally all the time. Someone tell me why I need this.

You don't need this. Strictly speaking, we don't need much.

But a travel router can be nice to have.

I bring some tech with me when I travel.

Obviously a phone, but also a decent-sounding smart speaker with long battery life so I can hear some music of my choosing in decent fidelity without using Bluetooth [bonus: battery-backed alarm clock!], a laptop for computing, a streaming box for plugging into the TV, maybe some manner of SBC to futz with if I'm bored and can't sleep during downtime.

All of this stuff really wants to have a [wifi] connection to a local area network, like it has when I'm at home.

A travel router (this one, or something from any other vendor mentioned in these threads, or just about anything that can run openwrt well) solves that problem.

All I have to do is get the router connected to the Internet however I do that (maybe there's ethernet, decent wifi, or maybe my phone hotspot or USB tethering is the order of the day), and then everything else Just Works as soon as it is unpacked and switched on.

And it all works togetherly, on my own wireless LAN -- just as those things also work at home.

Bonus nachos: With some manner of VPN like Tailscale configured in the router, or the automagic stuff this UBNT device is claimed to be able to do, a person can bring their home LAN with them, too -- without individual devices being configured to do that.

I think travel routers are pretty great, myself.

(But using Ubiquiti gear makes me feel filthy for reasons that I can't properly articulate, so I stick with things like Latvian-built Mikrotik hardware or something running OpenWRT for my own travel router uses.)

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#117

I never travel without my GL-AXT1800. Saved me so many times: https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-axt1800/ I’m actually on it right now.

What advantage does this have over the cheaper UniFi router in the OP?

The Beryl AX is going for cheaper ($70) on Amazon right now vs the UniFi Travel Router ($80). Better bang for the buck on both hardware and software without needing specific Ubiquiti anything.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#118
I don't understand this post. Is it an ad?

I have wireguard running on my home router. Why do I need a piece of hardware when my laptop already can connect to it from anywhere?

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Changing countries a lot reduces this option a bit. I’m sure I could find a good all Europe card, but I need my number for work calls.

In Europe you have free roaming so it (almost?) never makes sense to get a new sim per country.

To be clear. Within the EU. Not Europe.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

#120
post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this any better than just doing Hotspot with wifi bridge? I just have my hotspot on my pixel for my devices to connect to. Pixel itself is connected to whatever "public wifi" is there.

Does that actually work? I don't think you can both have hotspot on and be connected to another network.

Yes it works. Now you can also tether via USB. Both of them have worked flawlessly for me recently.
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