01. Intro#

When I travel, I have a few technology essentials that I like to bring along to include 1) travel router 2) streaming device 3) laptop. Im more likely to forget my toothbrush than I am these things and theyre going to be the focal point of this post. I like to bring a travel router for a few different reasons. The primary reason is that I dont trust any shared network so I would like to ensure there is some kind of VPN, either back to my house or to a VPN provider of my choosing. Next is that the devices I bring along with me have the travel router login pre-programmed, so once the router is plugged in they’ll auto-connect. Lastly I can continue to use my DNS ad blocking and it just helps me get around any weird network restrictions imposed wherever I am, whether thats having to pay per-device in the captive portal, or blocking websites that I like to go to. I will admit that the way I wanted it set up is very particilar, but for documentation purposed this is what I have going for my situation.