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Run one wireguard server in your home and one client instance on this router and now all of your devices can share the same residential VPN connection. No fraud

Run one wireguard server in your home and one client instance on this router and now all of your devices can share the same residential VPN connection. No fraud blocks or extra verifications from your banking apps, no million suspicious login detected from all your social accounts, use your home netflix account, etc. All without your individual devices running a VPN app.

drnick1 9mo ago
> Run one wireguard server in your home and one client instance on this router and now all of your devices can share the same residential VPN connection. You don't need a "travel router" for this. My phone is permanently connected to my server via Wireguard (so that I can access my files from anywhere). Adding another device just requires adding a peer in the server's config file and can be accomplished very quickly. It's not clear what problem the travel router solves, unless perhaps you travel with dozens of devices. > no million suspicious login detected from all your social accounts, I can personally do without those.
- tstrimple 9mo ago
  I can accomplish this via one access point instead of configuring wireguard on N*5 family devices.
  - gradstudent 9mo ago
    Why do you need to config wireguard on each device? Connect your phone to your vpn and share the wifi. Works on my android. Struggling to see the value proposition for this device.
    - valzam 9mo ago
      Do you have a pixel? On Samsung you cannot share WiFi, Hotspot only works with mobile connections. I learners above that this is possible with pixel phones, makes me want to get one...
      - asymmetric 9mo ago
        Same with iPhone, you can only share mobile connection.
      - drnick1 9mo ago
        Yes, Pixels can definitely do that (I use Graphene). It’s incredible that iPhones are so expensive and yet so limited (can’t share WiFi, terrible file browser…)
    - sandmn 9mo ago
      Does it require specific VPN apps or root? I tried connecting laptop to phone hotspot and even though phone was connected to VPN, laptop wasn't.
    - adammarples 9mo ago
      So now your phone is a hot spot for your family and you can't leave the hotel room or go 2 hours without charging it?
- cheeze 9mo ago
  > Adding another device just requires adding a peer in the server's config file and can be accomplished very quickly Do you need a client to be running on each device? Even regardless "I just need to edit a config file real quick" is... Way more work than I want to do. Works for someone on hn but I'm imagining trying to show my dad how to do that. That's the benefit of a travel router.
- vidarh 9mo ago
  Your comment explains why we want a travel router. I have a wire guard setup for my servers. I'm entirely comfortable with setting that up. But I value my time enough that I don't want the hassle of that for the various devices my family uses when I can just preconfigure and plug in a tiny device and not have them depend on me being in the same location all the time.

drnick1 9mo ago

> Run one wireguard server in your home and one client instance on this router and now all of your devices can share the same residential VPN connection. You don't need a "travel router" for this. My phone is permanently connected to my server via Wireguard (so that I can access my files from anywhere). Adding another device just requires adding a peer in the server's config file and can be accomplished very quickly. It's not clear what problem the travel router solves, unless perhaps you travel with dozens of devices. > no million suspicious login detected from all your social accounts, I can personally do without those.

tstrimple 9mo ago
I can accomplish this via one access point instead of configuring wireguard on N*5 family devices.
- gradstudent 9mo ago
  Why do you need to config wireguard on each device? Connect your phone to your vpn and share the wifi. Works on my android. Struggling to see the value proposition for this device.
  - valzam 9mo ago
    Do you have a pixel? On Samsung you cannot share WiFi, Hotspot only works with mobile connections. I learners above that this is possible with pixel phones, makes me want to get one...
    - asymmetric 9mo ago
      Same with iPhone, you can only share mobile connection.
    - drnick1 9mo ago
      Yes, Pixels can definitely do that (I use Graphene). It’s incredible that iPhones are so expensive and yet so limited (can’t share WiFi, terrible file browser…)
  - sandmn 9mo ago
    Does it require specific VPN apps or root? I tried connecting laptop to phone hotspot and even though phone was connected to VPN, laptop wasn't.
  - adammarples 9mo ago
    So now your phone is a hot spot for your family and you can't leave the hotel room or go 2 hours without charging it?
cheeze 9mo ago
> Adding another device just requires adding a peer in the server's config file and can be accomplished very quickly Do you need a client to be running on each device? Even regardless "I just need to edit a config file real quick" is... Way more work than I want to do. Works for someone on hn but I'm imagining trying to show my dad how to do that. That's the benefit of a travel router.
vidarh 9mo ago
Your comment explains why we want a travel router. I have a wire guard setup for my servers. I'm entirely comfortable with setting that up. But I value my time enough that I don't want the hassle of that for the various devices my family uses when I can just preconfigure and plug in a tiny device and not have them depend on me being in the same location all the time.