- Pocket-sized router/AP
- 3-in-1 function: Router, Access Point, and Client Bridge
- 802.11n data transfer rates of up to 150Mbps
- USB or AC power
Wow! Awesome little router!
11/22/2012
This review is from: ZyXEL 3-in-1 Wireless N150 Pocket Travel Router, Access Point, and Ethernet Client (MWR102)
Pros:
It just works--right out of the box
Small, easy to pack
Runs off USB power from laptop if needed
Comes with USB power via AC adapter
Comes with all needed cables, small & packable
Easy setup
Reliable
Easy to configure for normal settings changes
Cons:
Wish it had more wired ports (but then would be bigger)
Admin program isn't DD-WRT, but it's easy enough.
Overall Review:
I got it on sale for just under $20 with free shipping. Just about the best $20 I've ever spent! Took it to Las Vegas for a week, to give me wifi in hotels that have wired Internet connection. All hotels want to charge you their Internet fees (typically $12-15 per day) per DEVICE, so $15 laptop plus $15 iPod touch plus $15 SO's laptop--ridiculous. As it happens though, the hotel Internet looks at the Ethernet MAC address of the connecting device to decide if it's a new, chargeable device. So, after getting hotel Internet working properly with my laptop, I connected up the router to the hotel's Internet cable, and my laptop to the wired port of the router. Of course the hotel Internet wanted to charge me again. So, I used my browser to go into the ZyXEL's admin utility at 192.168.1.100, I think it was, and the config screens were easy enough, and I changed the router to pass my laptop's Ethernet MAC address to the hotel's internet connection. That worked, and then all other devices simply connected to the ZyXEL router via WiFi, and life was good. The router performed well enough, better than good enough to handle the (often slow) Internet the hotels had. I used this setup at 3 different hotels in the course of a week, and had no issues.
Now I don't need to pack one of my bulkier Asus routers any more on trips. This ZyXEL is highly, highly recommended in my book.
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- James D.
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