Unifi Travel Router

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 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

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 restrictions)

To all the commenters who asked if it's worth it? IMO it's super worth it if you have more than one wifi access point and it gets more and more worth it as your network gets more complicated.

I upgraded to homogenous ubiquiti/unifi when I set up a point to multi-point on my farm because I thought it would make that part easier. Surprisingly, those links aren't really baked in to the rest of it, but the router and wifi antennas that I've installed around those links "just work" with a private, protected, and guest network.

I used to have to update two different routers with the same SSID, username and password to make "hopping" from one to the next "seamless" and, now that I've got 8 wifi antennas in a mesh with a single UI to configure them all, I can't even imagine how I'd do it with the hodge-podge of gear I used to work with.

And I'm probably going to buy a travel router, but I'm wondering, if I use it connect to the hotel wifi, will I be able to use the thing as a wifi hotspot as well or do I have to use an ethernet point because the wifi is "taken"?

This is brilliant, especially if you are already invested in the Ubiquiti/UniFi Ecosystem. There was a UniFi Teleport, and I think that function is now part of this Travel Router. From the video and the images, I believe this can also be added to a car act as a family wi-fi on the move.

I’ve always had a Pocket Travel Router (along with a thin but long enough RJ45 cable) with me while traveling, starting with the D-Link AC750 Travel Router. It does away with Wi-Fi Change, and all of your devices just continue to work, no worry about syncing, file-transfers, etc. A travel router becomes even more convenient when traveling with the family.

This is brilliant, actually very innovative product by Unifi. It's interesting because it seems they do what Apple does: they can add new products and features only because all the devices work together in an ecosystem.

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?

Available December 29th: https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/utr

Please also consider the GL-iNEt Puli (XE300): - 5V 2A USB C connector and a 5000mAh battery - SIM and [not tested by myself] eSIM support. - Tailscale and Nebula available as a plug-in. - Main network and guest network can be set. - OpenWRT if you want the GL-iNET firmware.

I really like “bring your home everywhere aspect”. I can be a pain connecting my whole family devices to another SSID. If it can do WiFi repeating (as in login to a single hotel account and stream to rest of device), I would absolutely get one. If not, GL inet is still the way to go

Wonder how this will work to connect into hotel networks - on my glinet I have to clone my iPhone MAC address so I basically have to connect to the WiFi, do the with authentication enter room number and last name, then disconnect and boot up the router.

Is there a better way to get these connected to a WiFi for relaying where the Ethernet isn't an option?

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 ...

I wish one of these devices would have an internal battery again like the old HooToo Tripmates. Using it with a power bank doesn't feel quite the same.

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

It reads "Tethered 5G", why would a high-end travel router not support sim/e-sims directly?!

>while captive portal logins on hotel networks are handled quietly in the background.

Anyone know how it automagically sorts out connecting to the hotel WiFi?

Hotels often want some combination of my room number and surname I've found, or some combination of hotel name and floor password.

> Automatic handling of captive portal authentication

Very curious about how they're pulling this off

Does this also bridge L2 stuff so I am actually on my LAN?

Otherwise I don't really see the point to carry a specific hotspot device when my phone has one built in.

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.

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

Oh I thought one with 5g cellular connectivity

it says travel but not supporting LTE/5G

I clone my home WiFi SSID with my travel router so when we arrive at the hotel all of our devices auto connect without having to configure the consent / captive WiFi screen.

It’s also nice to control VPN and DNS from one place , in case the hotel is doing DNS or IP filtering.

And quite a few hotels still offer wired Ethernet , which helps performance.

The page doesn't even have a buy button. Why?

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?

I need something like this to share a single wifi connection among devices on a cruise. I don't care about the home network access though. Any recommendations?

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whats the point of this? I got wireguard on my phone connected to my home network (also unifi).

If this device had a 5g sim slot, then I could see the point but it’s not that.