TP-Link WiFi 6 Travel Router TL-WR1502X

So this makes a good temporary “permanent” router

You need power supply to make this work, either a power bank or usb cable and wall plug. So if you are setting this up in your hotel room or a booth, that is fine. But as a true travel router, its fairly large and too difficult to just set up for a moment.

So if you are expecting to use this easily on the go, like at a coffee shop or on a plane, you might want to look into a self powered one.

And while yes, this is not something that was promised, i.e. it does not tell you that you get a battery, and I knew that going in, but positioning this as a travel router and not being able to handle that task well is definitely something I think merits a couple of stars removed.

This is more “your home router, on the go” where you plan on setting up for hours at a time. Hotel room, convention booth, trans continental train ride maybe. But as a true travel router, I don’t think this fits the bill.

On functionality – it has some quirks and cool features that are a nice touch and will make me consider keeping it.

You can tether using your iPhone via cable – i.e. plug in your phone via the usb port on the router and the router will use the data over usb to make its own network. While you can do this with your iPhone directly, its usually a pain because if your computer goes to sleep for a few seconds, your hotspot tends to turn off. This should hopefully allow you to stay connected for a long time as long as your phone is plugged into the router and give you better throughput as well.

You could do the same thing and use your router as a WIFI access point to provide internet to the router, and it should also maintain the connection more reliably, but that will reduce speeds since you will be connecting wirelessly twice.

A quirk I noticed is that each mode has to be configured individually. You cannot just set one default SSD for all of the modes. You have to do it for each one. Also, if you tether your phone via cable, since you are not technically connected to it anymore via WIFI, you can no longer see or manage any settings in the app even though you are physically connected to it and providing data through the usb c cable. They should allow you to check to use your universal profile or use a custom profile for that setting. That way with one change, you can easily change the SSD and password for all modes of the router at once or maintain them separately if you so choose.

Maybe some of these things will be addressed with firmware updates, but I would really like to see a version of this that has a built in battery that gives you at least 2-3 hours of usage, maybe in an eco power mode, so you could use it on the go without having to have a USB Cable and power bank to run it for a short period.

I’ve been using the TP-Link travel routers frequently for the past 7 years. I travel a lot for leisure and work, and have found them indispensable for ease of connecting everything I bring with me. When I discovered they finally released a wifi 6 travel router, I immediately jumped on it.
Opening the package was a mild disappointment realizing how much larger it was than the WR902AC as shown in my pictures. Other than that, the power requirements are a bit odd, as it needs a power supply that can do 12V 1.5A, meaning any USB C connection needs to be connected to a supply that supports PD or QC, so it needs to be relatively recent. The interface is much easier to navigate than the WR902AC, however it doesn’t provide descriptions on every option like the older ones. Personally, I don’t like that, however they’re mostly on features I rarely, if ever, used. The WR1502X was easy to configure and bring up as a hotspot, and if you want to use VPN you have to configure using the web interface, not the app. The body of the router is much more sturdy than the previous generations, and the switch for the modes is no longer flimsy.
I would definitely buy this again if it broke as it fits the perfect price and perfect functionality for travel, unlike a lot of other brands that are charging the cost of a home router for a travel router.

Ich habe den ‎TP-link TL-WR902AC nun schon 3 Fach bei mir im Einsatz. Er erfüllt seinen Zweck, ist leicht einzurichten und läuft 24/7 tweilweiße schon über 2 Jahre durch.

Excelente producto para conectar equipos programados a un solo wifi hacia diferentes wifi

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