TP-Link TL-WR802N Wireless Travel WiFi Router, N300 WLAN Nano Portable WiFi Booster, Support Access Point, TV Adapter, Client, Range Extender, Repeater, Hotspot Operation Modes, Pocket-size

The TP-Link AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Travel Router (TL-WR902AC) has been a game-changer for my travel needs. Its compact design makes it easy to pack, and it offers multiple modes—Router, Hotspot, Range Extender, Client, and Access Point—providing flexibility in various situations. The dual-band AC750 Wi-Fi ensures stable and fast connections, whether I'm in a hotel room or a café. The USB 2.0 port is a handy feature for file sharing or charging devices on the go. Overall, it's a reliable and versatile device that enhances my internet experience while traveling.

Reading the confusing reviews for this device, I was unsure whether it would be any good or not. Having owned a Tripmate Nano before, I knew I wanted something better, preferably dual band and specifically, I wanted something that I could connect to a hard drive and use it aboard a minibus as a media server on long journeys, as well as for bridging WiFi and Ethernet in hotel rooms.I needn't have worried. This is miles better than a Tripmate. It is easy to setup in any of its three operating modes, has a lot of power and range for its size, plugs right into a hard drive and provides media server, file sharing, FTP and guest network functionality, works pretty seamlesly with network enabled media players, such as VLC and runs just as happily off a car cigarette lighter socket with an adaptor as it does off a phone charger.It also works as a NAT firewall and offers good security, unless you're particularly paranoid. So, really it's perfect for what I need. I have a hard drive with hundreds of movies on it and have just toured across Australia with it for two months and I can say the long drives just flew by with everyone on their tablets streaming the movies of their choice. I'm very glad I took a chance on it.

This is a very enjoyable little device - I first knew of these specific "nano routers" from TP Link as a techie friend had the original version in maybe 2014-15. A lot of the headache is removed by having a physical mode switch on the device, but I would say that the placement of items on the actual web config interface is a bit random - it's all there - but you have to hunt up and down for it all (I found it useful to check the device log and then look for that configuration - issues with an IGMP version mismatch in my case). Make sure that you keep hold of / have access to the included documentation at least while setting up for the first time.I also initially had the device stood upright near a wall and from trial and error I think that the (built in) antenna(s) must be in the top (grey) part of the case as my signal improved once it was flat.I am using the device as a hotspot bridge for a portal-page open network and can confirm it passes through the portal authentication page without issues. The device has a lot of clever options available to you - the USB is designed for either a 3G/4G mobile data dongle (which this device can then give shared access to) or a memory stick (from which it can seemingly share files between all users or host as a media streaming server). I originally intended to hotspot by bridging a wifi connection but due to complexity of the config page, I resorted to connecting the ethernet connection option to the device with all endpoints connected to the newly created hotspot.It's a good device once you get everything just right, and is very "set and forget" - no issues after it power cycles etc, but that initial setup can be a little more tricky than you might be bargaining for.

So much of a full size router features built into a tiny little box. Easy to set up, almost but not quite plug and play, a good app to interface with it and does everything you could want. You do need to add a 3G/4G wifi dongle to it (or ethernet cable to connect to some other internet connection) and there lies the problem.You'll quickly discover that not only do TP-link themselves not make a 4G dongle which is what you'll need as all networks will be switching off their 3G networks very soon, but that almost no one else does either.I can't really recommend a dongle here as this is a review of this router only, but you need to make certain that the one you buy has an 's' suffix indicating that it works in serial mode as a modem, and does not have its own built-in router functions. Do that and you'll get a nice little portable internet package without needed a laptop.

Brilliant device..I used it to connect from my WiFi AP, via ethernet to a 2nd remote AP in my foil shielded shed, works beautifully! Lots of other modes and travel small 7cm x 7cm. Great product

I’ve connected to a router which has at least 140mbps. Easy to set up and Wi-Fi shows up quickly, but I’m sitting 3 metres away, in the same room, & pictures won’t load on my phone and some sites wouldn’t load at all. I had to disconnect wifi to get my phone 4G back in order access my Amazon account and to leave this review. Poor performance, next to useless.