Reddit reviews NETGEAR Trek N300 Travel Router, Range Extender, and Wireless Bridge (PR2000)

If they won't install hotel-wide wifi, I'd recommend buying half a dozen portable wireless routers, and offer them up for loan to guests that ask for one. (With the stipulation that if they take it with them, $100 gets added to their bill, of course.) If you don't want them slammed with everyone's connection in the hotel, give each one a WPA password and put it on a sticker on the router.

Something like this would be perfect; just pre-configure them:
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Trek-Travel-Router-PR2000/dp/B00HQ883T4/

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HQ883T4/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1426091200&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=portable+router

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I think I understand what you're saying, you're not necessarily worried about someone intercepting the content of your traffic, you're worried about the security of your PC.

That's definitely a valid concern, especially since potentially everyone is connected to the same Access Point.

There are a couple of options:

Option A - set up a firewall on your PC that doesn't allow any incoming traffic unless it's related to an already established connection. Windows Firewall with everything turned on should probably be sufficient for the average user.

Option B - Set up a Router inside your apartment to create your own wireless network that your PCs connect to. The router will connect to the main apartment router to provide internet to your PCs.

With option A the downside is that since the firewall is running on your PC that also accesses the internet, there's a potential that Malware may compromise the firewall.

With option B, you'll need a router that supports connecting to a Wireless Access Point (AKA Hotspot). Many travel routers support this functionality, including the [Netgear Trek N300] (https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Travel-Router-Extender-Wireless/dp/B00HQ883T4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503614152&sr=8-2).

Check out something like this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HQ883T4/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1426091200&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=portable+router

He isn't saying he has a Mac. He's talking about spoofing his mac address so once his laptop has access the xbox will have access (one spoofs the other).

Anyway, the link above is a good one. Just connect with your laptop. Once you have internet access, then use internet connection sharing and wire your xbox to the laptop. Then it will have the same access your laptop has.

Just understand you will probably be strict NAT. Outside of that, enjoy.

Alternatively, you can buy one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Travel-Router-Extender-Wireless/dp/B00HQ883T4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425565170&sr=8-2&keywords=linksys+travel+router

It can log into the wifi and then you connect to it. Same as internet connection sharing but in a consumer device. As a bonus, it extends wireless. I use it at home to extend wireless upstairs and as a travel router at hotels.

Get a Netgear Trek. It is fantastic. When you plug it in, you flip a switch to tell it where your internet is from (wireless or wired). At my hotel, I set mine to Wireless, then connect to my SSID from my laptop. Its captive portal asks you what SSID you want it to connect to, then if that network requires a login, it forwards you to the page and you log in and that's it. Any other devices that connect to your Trek are automatically behind the authenticated device so nothing else has to log in. Works especially well if you have to pay a per-device fee somewhere, so you would only have to pay once.

I was doing some research yesterday (since I saw someone comment about it the other day) and sad part about the karma go unlim. account is that only a max of 3 connected devices can be used. But, I saw on a YouTube video, someone commented that if you buy the netgear trek 300n travel routerit will allow you to connect more devices to your account. http://imgur.com/Hts9llM

I can see how that could freak you out. It drives home the importance of creating your own WiFi with your own file server on your network and only reaching out to the Internet through the hotel WiFi as needed. You only use one IP address on the hotel WiFi no matter how many devices are hiding behind the router, and there are no inbound ports available to hit your devices. If you wanted to carry a NUC, you could host a Plex server with sonarr and radarr and watch it all with your Fire TV (Stick) right over your local WLAN. The hotel I use each week provides 30/30 service -- definitely good enough to download content while I'm at work during the day and not have to worry about jammed WiFi during the evenings. I actually rarely have WiFi issues with the hotel, but I can't say it's never happened.

Here's the Trek I use. I generally just use Kodi for watching stuff that wasn't planned ahead of time or on my travel router's file server and Plex to watch stuff off my server at home. I also DVR the news at home so I can keep up with what's happening. The best part is that I'm working one time zone west, so stuff I record at home is ready to be watched at the normal time in my hotel, but with the commercials already stripped out. Very handy.

If you're starting to travel a lot for work, I've been doing it for 18 years. Let me know if you want to chat about life on the road.

a Netgear PR2000 will work, it can connect to a wireless network and translate it to a wired connection.

Take that box and connect it to the WAN side of your router, should work fine. except for the double NAT.. I use one of these for WAN failover to a verizon hotspot when my cable internet wan goes down.

Mini dp adapter, 3-1..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01CZLW6U8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502494426&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=mini+displayport+adapter+3-1&dpPl=1&dpID=41LsbiqjAqL&ref=plSrch

Maybe a Chromecast or dell widi for casting to a tv...

My case
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019TTJHCO/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1502494717&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=surface+pro+4+case&dpPl=1&dpID=41lPICsnh7L&ref=plSrch

Xbox s controller because it's Bluetooth

Travel router, I used this one for years didn't cost that my think I paid 30 for it..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HQ883T4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502494967&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=travel+router+netgear&dpPl=1&dpID=31syZLJTdpL&ref=plSrch

Samsung evo 256gb micro sd, create a virtual hd and mount it at startup this will make it look like a hd and not external device..

A battery back that either have a outlet or a surface connector..

My mouse it's both Bluetooth and usb
https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Orochi-Mobile-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B00AAS88K6

I can't speak for that particular service provider, but I've used a travel router to connect an Xbox One and other devices to hotel wired internet before. My laptop was connected via Wifi to the router, and the router was connected via ethernet cable to the hotel internet. I purchased the hotel internet while in this configuration (so that from the hotel's perspective the device getting internet was the router's MAC addrss). I was then able to connect my phone, PC, and xbox one to that router successfully. Worked pretty seamlessly for me.

Devices like this should do what you need: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Travel-Router-Extender-Wireless/dp/B00HQ883T4

See this review here: http://terrywhite.com/new-favorite-travel-wifi-router/

You do need to be a little careful - it seems not all devices will allow you to do wifi-to-wifi. Netgear refers to this as a 'hotspot' mode.

I use this one from Netgear:
https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Travel-Router-Extender-Wireless/dp/B00HQ883T4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524138991&sr=8-1&keywords=netgear+pr2000

Not all hotels have ethernet jacks, so a wireless bridge is a must in those situations.