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Comment by allovertheworld

11 hours ago

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.

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WillPostForFood  11 hours ago

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.

  • allovertheworld  4 hours ago

    Sharing where? All my devices can connect directly thru to Wireguard vpn on my home network. Ipad, iphone, MBP, etc

    A 5g phone tethering to your Wireguard connected MBP beats this out of the water

  • girishso  6 hours ago

    > 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?

    • stuxnet79  2 hours ago

      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.