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Do You Really Need A Travel Router? Here's What To Know

Travel routers can make hotel Wi-Fi less annoying, though carrying another gadget doesn't make sense for everyone.

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A travel router is another small box competing with cables and chargers for space in your bag, so it need to earn its place. Its job is simple: connecting to an available internet source (like hotel Wi-Fi or Ethernet) and then creating a familiar Wi-Fi network for all your devices.

That can save a lot of messing around if you're bringing a laptop, tablet, streaming stick and a couple of phones on a trip. But if you're using just one laptop and the phone you already have in your pocket, it can start to feel like solving a problem you didn't have.

A travel router gives you more control over hotel Wi-Fi

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The biggest benefit of travel routers is convenience: the router connects to the hotel's Wi-Fi, and your other...

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