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I turned an old router into a travel router, and hotel Wi-Fi finally stopped being annoying

I can finally feel at home when I'm away.

I turned an old router into a travel router, and hotel Wi-Fi finally stopped being annoying

The article from XDA Developers highlights a simple solution to the frustrating experience of using hotel Wi-Fi while traveling. The author shares their experience of taking an old router and repurposing it into a travel router, which effectively consolidates all personal devices behind a single private gateway. This approach eliminates the need for individual authentication on each device and the hassle of navigating through captive portal splash pages.

By doing so, travelers can avoid the strict per-room or per-device connection caps imposed by many hotels, preventing issues such as blocked secondary gadgets or constant re-authentications.

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