Best WiFi routers for travel
03-18-2019, 01:06 PM
#11
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Almost every important website, including Flica, is secured with https. Plus even if someone had the knowhow to crack the websites you’re visiting and hack your computer on a WiFi network I don’t think they’re going to check into a hotel just for laughs and mess around with your Flica. I don’t think it’s some 14 year old in the basement that has the knowhow to do this stuff and again, even if they did why would they waste their time and energy on you. There was a good article in Wired about this. Unless you’re some kind of high level executive with access to trade secrets or a government employee with information that someone wants the tin foil hat stuff is a waste of time.
https://www.wired.com/story/hotel-airport-wifi-safe/
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https://www.wired.com/story/hotel-airport-wifi-safe/
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I still don’t trust the hotel router. Here’s a former special ops guy that tracks people online. Great podcast. Fun listening. Run a search on yourself using his tools and see what pops up.
https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html
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03-18-2019, 01:30 PM
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Mostly hyperbole about the 14yr old hacker. Not a tin foil hat guy but I still think a personal VPN is the way to go though. Provides anonymity and security. For whatever one might be doing online.
I still don’t trust the hotel router. Here’s a former special ops guy that tracks people online. Great podcast. Fun listening. Run a search on yourself using his tools and see what pops up.
https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html
I still don’t trust the hotel router. Here’s a former special ops guy that tracks people online. Great podcast. Fun listening. Run a search on yourself using his tools and see what pops up.
https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html
I agree. I have a VPN and I’ll use it when I check my back account. But to carry all your own router equipment just seems like overkill.
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03-18-2019, 09:39 PM
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I just use my cellphone, sprint recently dramatically increased their tethering data cap, 20 gig or something like that. Certainly far more than I would use just checking email or whatever. It's not really suitable for streaming movies though.
If I was going to be doing this all the time, some wireless carriers sell dedicated tethering devices and plans, either with data caps or unlimited data plans. So you buy what is essentially the guts of a phone that doesn't actually do anything but tether to give you wifi, plus a data plan to use it.
Again with sprint (since that's the one I have), if I needed unlimited tethered data that's just a small additional monthly charge and can be turned on/off anytime. It's still not going to be very good for movies but some of the other carriers might be fast enough.
If I was going to be doing this all the time, some wireless carriers sell dedicated tethering devices and plans, either with data caps or unlimited data plans. So you buy what is essentially the guts of a phone that doesn't actually do anything but tether to give you wifi, plus a data plan to use it.
Again with sprint (since that's the one I have), if I needed unlimited tethered data that's just a small additional monthly charge and can be turned on/off anytime. It's still not going to be very good for movies but some of the other carriers might be fast enough.
03-19-2019, 06:52 AM
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Opera web browser has a free built in VPN that you can turn on and off. The paid services are probably the most secure but again they cost money. Google best VPN services and plenty of information will come up, but it just depends on what you’re trying to hide. If you just don’t want the hotel to know you’re looking at porn then the built in opera browser will probably work. If you’re trying to hide trade secrets from the Chinese government then maybe something that uses the highest levels of encryption, accepts bit coin as payment so there is no tracing it back to you, and doesn’t keep any logs of websites you visit may be the best option. But again I think most of it is overkill unless you really have something important to hide.
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03-21-2019, 06:27 AM
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I just use a Raspberry Pi, with a wifi dongle.
I use the Pi's built-in wifi to hook up to the hotel wifi. then use the dongle to create my own wifi hotspot.
The Raspberry Pi acts as a router accessing the internet through the hotel wifi though Nord VPN, and also filters out all advertising requests - ad requests are redirected to a blank webpage- so ads are all blank squares, and the Pi firewalls the hotel network from my own network.
I did it primarily to get my iPad and iPhone on the same wifi network that is not the hotel network.
So the iPad and iPhone are always looking for the Pi wifi network. The Pi deals with logging in and accessing the hotel wifi.
It's not any bigger than a pack of playing cards.
I use the Pi's built-in wifi to hook up to the hotel wifi. then use the dongle to create my own wifi hotspot.
The Raspberry Pi acts as a router accessing the internet through the hotel wifi though Nord VPN, and also filters out all advertising requests - ad requests are redirected to a blank webpage- so ads are all blank squares, and the Pi firewalls the hotel network from my own network.
I did it primarily to get my iPad and iPhone on the same wifi network that is not the hotel network.
So the iPad and iPhone are always looking for the Pi wifi network. The Pi deals with logging in and accessing the hotel wifi.
It's not any bigger than a pack of playing cards.
03-25-2019, 04:36 PM
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I use this router sometimes.
I use it for 4 reasons.
1. Often times the wired network is faster, especially if you can use the cord plugged into the back of the TV. In a certain overseas hotel there wifi is 15 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up but the TV is 100 down and 60 up with no login.
2. All devices on same network. No captive login page for each device (minor annoyance I know).
3. VPN for entire network. Especially great for international travel where I need a US ip address. You'd be surprised how many websites refuse traffic from out of the country. Also good for countries that are not known for their political freedoms although I don't go to anything that I think they would find objectionable while overseas.
4. Chromecast.
I use it for 4 reasons.
1. Often times the wired network is faster, especially if you can use the cord plugged into the back of the TV. In a certain overseas hotel there wifi is 15 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up but the TV is 100 down and 60 up with no login.
2. All devices on same network. No captive login page for each device (minor annoyance I know).
3. VPN for entire network. Especially great for international travel where I need a US ip address. You'd be surprised how many websites refuse traffic from out of the country. Also good for countries that are not known for their political freedoms although I don't go to anything that I think they would find objectionable while overseas.
4. Chromecast.
03-25-2019, 05:18 PM
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I use this router sometimes.
I use it for 4 reasons.
1. Often times the wired network is faster, especially if you can use the cord plugged into the back of the TV. In a certain overseas hotel there wifi is 15 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up but the TV is 100 down and 60 up with no login.
2. All devices on same network. No captive login page for each device (minor annoyance I know).
3. VPN for entire network. Especially great for international travel where I need a US ip address. You'd be surprised how many websites refuse traffic from out of the country. Also good for countries that are not known for their political freedoms although I don't go to anything that I think they would find objectionable while overseas.
4. Chromecast.
I use it for 4 reasons.
1. Often times the wired network is faster, especially if you can use the cord plugged into the back of the TV. In a certain overseas hotel there wifi is 15 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up but the TV is 100 down and 60 up with no login.
2. All devices on same network. No captive login page for each device (minor annoyance I know).
3. VPN for entire network. Especially great for international travel where I need a US ip address. You'd be surprised how many websites refuse traffic from out of the country. Also good for countries that are not known for their political freedoms although I don't go to anything that I think they would find objectionable while overseas.
4. Chromecast.
1. What kinda german porn you watching?
2. Tin Foil Hat
3. Dafuq websites you using that don't allow foreign access?
4. Don't use that trash.
03-25-2019, 08:19 PM
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03-26-2019, 12:29 AM
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Why is not wanting to log in separately with each device (phone, company iPad, company phone, and laptop) tin foil hat? It's nice to just turn it on and have it work.
Lol let me guess you like overpriced idevices?
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