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Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by stuxnet79 »

girishso wrote: post #148
WillPostForFood wrote: post #27

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The main benefit of a travel router is creating a private network, and sharing a wifi connection. An iPhone can't do that, though Android phones can.

> though Android phones can Interesting, as someone who has always used iPhones, wouldn't mind getting an Android phone for this. Is there some app?

No it's provided as part of the Android OS. Very simple and intuitive to use and has been for the past 10 years since I started using it. The only thing that was annoying initially was that you couldn't pass through the WiFi that your phone is connected to but I think that was corrected in later versions of Android. For a time I was using one of my older Pixel phones as a WiFi extender to improve signal in my home's basement. Worked like a charm. I'm honestly surprised this isn't available on iOS.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by rahimnathwani »

jasonkester wrote: post #179
guiambros wrote: post #78

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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).

I’m seeing a lot of this same comment here, so I went to check out this tailscale thing, which clearly I must need. Can anybody explain what Tailscale is, does, or why everybody seems to have it? Looking at their website, it’s just a huge wall of business jargon. Really! Read it. It’s nothing but a list of enterprise terminology. There’s a “how it works “ page full of more (different) jargon, acronyms and buzzwords,…

Sign up for free using Google Sign In.

Install the tailscale client on each of your devices.

Each device will get an IP address from Tailscale. Think about that like a new LAN address.

When you're away from home, you can access your home devices using the Tailscale IP addresses.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by nottorp »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #243
jasonkester wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m seeing a lot of this same comment here, so I went to check out this tailscale thing, which clearly I must need. Can anybody explain what Tailscale is, does, or why everybody seems to have it? Looking at their website, it’s just a huge wall of business jargon. Really! Read it. It’s nothing but a list of enterprise terminology. There’s a “how it works “ page full of more (different) jargon, acronyms and buzzwords,…

Sign up for free using Google Sign In. Install the tailscale client on each of your devices. Each device will get an IP address from Tailscale. Think about that like a new LAN address. When you're away from home, you can access your home devices using the Tailscale IP addresses.

They still tie you to Google?

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by fragmede »

nottorp wrote: post #244
rahimnathwani wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sign up for free using Google Sign In. Install the tailscale client on each of your devices. Each device will get an IP address from Tailscale. Think about that like a new LAN address. When you're away from home, you can access your home devices using the Tailscale IP addresses.

They still tie you to Google?

Microsoft, Github, and Apple login are the other options if you don't want to use Google.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by nottorp »

fragmede wrote: post #245
nottorp wrote: post #244

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They still tie you to Google?

Microsoft, Github, and Apple login are the other options if you don't want to use Google.

So zero options that will not tie their service to some other service still.

So much for resilience.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by matt-p »

I never really understand why you'd rather have one of these over just enabling "hotspot" on your phone. Ethernet is the only reason I can think of

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by stavros »

matt-p wrote: post #248

I never really understand why you'd rather have one of these over just enabling "hotspot" on your phone. Ethernet is the only reason I can think of

If you have an Android phone you can connect a USB-C to Ethernet dongle (the same one as you have for your laptop) and get tethering via Ethernet out of it. It works really well.

Re: Unifi Travel Router

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Post by als0 »

nottorp wrote: post #247
fragmede wrote: post #245

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft, Github, and Apple login are the other options if you don't want to use Google.

So zero options that will not tie their service to some other service still. So much for resilience.

You can self host with Headscale.
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