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Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by echelon »

guiambros wrote: post #78
wateralien wrote: post #2

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.

Same! And the best thing is that you can install Tailscale, so you can connect to your tailnet, and exit all traffic through one of your nodes (e.g., your home/office network). It's incredibly useful, with the added bonus that you don't need to install tailscale client in any of your travel devices (phone, tablet, work computer, etc).

These are neat in that you can jump on and extend existing wifi infra, but it'd be nice if they also included 5G. I want a product that does both.

It's cool to have your own network in a hotel. But it'd be nice to be able to do that on the road, away from public wifi, internationally, whenever - which hotspots do. But at the same time, it'd be nice to be able to do the WiFi thing too to cut back on data usage. I frequently blow through my hotspot data.

I'd rather this be in one device instead of two. Beggars can't be choosers, though, I suppose?

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by torginus »

password4321 wrote: post #79
wateralien wrote: post #2

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.

I could never figure out which gl-inet to get, since some of the newer products seemed less powerful than older ones depending on the product family or something...

Not sure if you're talking in the context of travel routers, but if you're not, the Flint 2 is always a solid pick.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by redrove »

qmr wrote: post #111
bnc319 wrote: 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.

And get arrested to boot!

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/man-arrested-for-sett...

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by ec109685 »

bnc319 wrote: 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…

I’ve done this. Works fine. Issue in general is the airlines throttle the heck out of devices.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by redrove »

JSR_FDED wrote: post #75

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

This would’ve been great 15y ago, but today they all want help on their phone and there’s no good way of doing that.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by ec109685 »

qmr wrote: post #111
bnc319 wrote: 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.

Airlines throttle per device, unfortunately.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by ec109685 »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #50
bnc319 wrote: 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…

Maybe. And then get throttled or banned for using too much bandwidth. You don't need this product to do this though, you can do the same thing with a laptop and your phone

They throttle.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by ec109685 »

varenc wrote: post #63
cromka wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way it automatically connects to your home and presents to your devices as part of your home WiFi. So you bring that device with you and everything else works like you're back home. I use OPNSense and OpenWRT myself and there's no way you can make travel routers this convenient with them.

Tailscale running in subnet router mode on a GL.iNet router comes close. You can setup Tailscale through the GL.iNet GUI but to have it also route traffic for everything over to your Tailnet you need to flip one setting via an ssh command. Not as convenient as this travel router sounds though, but comes close-ish for techies. (wish it didn't require that tweak via SSH. Maybe it'll be added)

Something something dropbox is simple :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

I wish Eero offered this feature. I bring three eeros to Airbnb’s to replace their crappy WiFi with my same SID, but it would be nice if it connected back through the home internet.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by ec109685 »

DetectDefect wrote: post #82

Have Ubiquiti/Unifi firmware/devices ever been subject to independent, third-party security testing? Surely a company charging such a premium for high-end devices has invested in such processes and is proud to showcase them ...

You should overlay something else rather than rely on WiFi securiry. Tailscale or a vpn, private cloud or just tls, depending on your threat model.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by throwawaysoxjje »

cycomanic wrote: post #105
anon7000 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because manually configuring wireguard tunnels on random devices is a simple task for most people lol. Unifi’s whole stack is all about making powerful tools easier to use for people who don’t want to fuck around with networking.

But you don't need to configure wireguard on the individual devices just on the openwrt router. That's one device and you can keep that on permanently.

Except that sometimes you can’t. I don’t know if the Unifi router checks for this, but I’ve run into more than one network where the VPN conflicted with either the captive portal or the wireless network itself (and at least one in the DFW Admiral’s club that had draconian blocking)
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