Features:

  • Travel-Sized Design – Conveniently small and light to pack and take on the road, creating Wi-Fi network via Ethernet
  • Dual Band AC750 Wi-Fi – Strong, fast connection for HD streaming on all your devices
  • One Switch for Multiple Modes – Perfect for Wi-Fi at home, your hotel room or on the road
  • Flexible Power – Micro USB port to an adapter, portable charger or laptop
  • Industry-leading 2-year warranty and unlimited 24/7 technical support
Works!

Have an Ipad from work with 4G Verizon cellular service. Rarely used it so i was wondering what I could do with the SIM card with other devices. I put the SIM in an old Samsung Galaxy S5 and turned it into a data only VOIP phone. Then wondered about a 4G wifi router. Came across the MR3020. Bought a few to play around with cheap price etc, I actually didnt do my research before I purchased. I want to be able to just insert the SIM card into the router but that cant be done. You need to purchase a compatible USB cellular modem to plug into the MR3020. I got a few used Verizon VL600s off Ebay for $13. First thing was to update the MR3020 firmware. Then download and install VZ Access Manager. So I plugged in the VL600 into the laptop and the VZ Access Manager updated the VL 600 firmware. Now at first I thought this was not working so I opened the VL600 and saw that SIM card I put in was a micro but the VL600 used an older full size so I had to position the mico just right to get the contacts lined up. Once that was done I had Internet access on the laptop. I plugged the VL600 ino the USB port on the MR3020. Connected to the MR3020 internal WEB configuration - set the 3G/4G settings to Verizon and had Internet access, So I see this as a better setup over the router I originally wanted that used a SIM card. This way I can supply net access to whomever needs it via the MR3020 or used it in the VL600 in my laptop and can always pop the SIM back into the Galaxy S5 data VOIP. All bases covered! So yes this MR3020 does work as expected with the VL600 with ZERO issues - cant beat the cost of these devices for multiple net connections. So if you have a spare SIM card in a tablet now you can use it a phone/USB modem/ 3G/4G router - \o/

best choice for portable device

This is my 4th TP-LINK device. The other 3 still work great. I sometimes keep hotels rooms in two cities same time. TP-Link is must have for security at hotels. I've tried other brands, no so good. Suggest trying to save $5 bucks on alternate brand not worth the angst. TP-Link does what it's supposed to do, Works flawlessly. Easy set-up. three modes. Mode I use most often is wireless repeater. in-feed is Hotel wireless. But then TP-link output is both wireless, and wired. But TP link lets you use strong password protection. so your wireless signal is yours alone. and I useualy have TP link wired output connected to a 5 port mini-router. so I can connect all my deveices in hotel, plus have scure wireless. I also use the TP link in conjunction with private VPM software. I use NordVpn and Express VPN, depenidn. this combination of TP Link recommend. I keep units of TP link in my briefcase and backpack. I don't use ANY public wireless, unless I do it though TP link and VPN. takes 1.5 seconds to connect to TP link -- evan at Starbucks. Anybody and everybody using hotel wireless, or ANY public wireless should get at least one of these things. We all need to work to defeat hackers and spammers. this thing is VERY useful for doing secrure conenctions

YES! It works to share hotel WiFi...

YES! It works to share hotel WiFi... Primarily Marriott for me but has worked in Hilton properties as well (that I have tested). It literally couldnt be simpler. Set the switch on the side to the middle option (Share Hotspot). Power it up. Logon, go through the wizard. For ISP garbage just select "Dynamic" no user/pass, continue. Then "share wifi" then scan for wifi networks. Connect to the hotel wifi. At this stage you will most likely see about a dozen hotel wifi's with the same SSID. They are ordered from strongest signal to weakest, choose one near the top WITHOUT the password requirement (choose the open one). At that point it will connect, then prompt you to enter SSID for both the 2.4 & the 5.0 G networks. Name your wifi then hit next. It will prompt to reboot. Give it a solid 3 minutes. Connect to one of the two SSID (generally the 5.0 band has higher bandwidth). Open the browser on the connected device and go to a NON httpS URL to force the redirect to the captivate portal logon page. Logon. Connect Multiple Devices to your router... Profit!

Fantastic Travel Router

I am very happy I purchased this product. Had some difficulty setting it up initially but I think I was overthinking the whole setup process. The quick setup guide included in the administrative web pages got me up and running in no time and once I figured out what each setting was for I was able to move to the advance setup quickly. I highly recommend setting up the router with an ethernet cable attached to the router. If you try to setup up wirelessly you will lose your connection when the device reboots to save the new settings. I was really impressed by the amount of features is this small device. I am so happy with this TP-Link product that I decided to also buy a TP-Link Switcher so I can connect multiple wired devices to the router. The only negative I found with the product is lack of the ability to load or save multiple setups so you don't have to start from scratch everytime.

Great for sharing hotel WiFi

I'm using it right now to write this review from my hotel room in Mexico. The hotel only allows 2 devices per room which are assigned to my wife's and my iPhones. But I'm using my iPad to write this review. When I arrived on Saturday, I connected both iPhones to the WiFi, plugged the router into the USB port with the switch on the WISP mode, connected to the router's WiFi using the information on the bottom of the device from my iPhone, loaded the tplinkwifi.net in Safari, entered the default admin/admin username/password, and ran the quick setup. The key to get this to work was to have the router clone the Mac address from my iPhone that way the hotel would think the traffic coming from the router was from the authorized iPhone. Very slick. The only improvement to the functionality of the device would be to allow the specification on a VPN which I have to use to make my Black Friday purchases (need to use the US sites not the Mexican sites). I also connected my MacBook and my daughter's MacBook to the router, no problems. The SW seems to be exactly the same as the SW in my tplink Archer router at home. Highly recommended.

Pretty straightforward

I purchased this with the intent to use it only as a travel router. Out of the box, I expected nothing less. The gray/white color is nice and clean. Besides the small router itself, it came with its own power adapter, a micro-USB cable for charging, and a flat Ethernet cable. It also came with a quick start guide as well as a small ID which came with the basic credentials, SSID and password. I like the fact it has a hard switch for use in different modes. By default, it is in Router mode (Travel Ready) ex. Plug it in to a network jack at a hotel. For the not-so security conscious: It works right out of the box. You can find the WiFi settings and default account on the ID card. For the more security conscious: One can customize not only the WiFi settings, but even the login to the router. SSIDs can be hidden by choice. If desired, WiFi either WiFi radio can be disabled. Performance observations over Gigabit Internet Service on my home network: Having both radios set to ON while connected to the 5Ghz band, yielded an average UP and DOWN speeds of 70 Mbps. By having the 2.4Ghz radio OFF and only thr 5Ghz band, UP and DOWN speeds went up to ~98 Mbps respectively. Overall, I’m impressed with the capability of this little router. The thought of it being a handy travel router gives me the warm and fuzzy feeling that I no longer have to compete with very slow hotel wifi service, granted that they have a network jack somewhere. I will provide updates as needed.

as a weekend networking warrior youll love these things

I bought this out of curiosity. I previously got the N300. Which supprisingly has tons of features. As a novice i dont suggest getting these units. as a weekend networking warrior youll love these things. So many options. I was looking to bridge 2 separate wired networks together and for the first hour i was overwhelmed with settings. Careful reading and few hours later i have my standalone network in my tv room now connected to the main Acess point at the other end of the house. Do no use AP bridge mode (AP toggled button). Simply use WISP mode. Very handy unit. I have not used the 3g/4g function yet as i dont have a working dongle. However this unit is power packed with options. I dont understand the negative reviews. I was able to get it to connect to a starbucks...villiage in ..and Arbys hotspot and send internet to each device i had. After fiddling with various settings i got this baby to speed, using a NAS , Workgroup switch, WDLive TV box and Netgear Stora, im able to stream movies via NAS to tablets and phones and still have internet acess via the N150 attached as a WISP mode router. I recomend this unit for a poor mans Bridge or AP router. Very fun to play with, if you arent a novice. lol. Networking can be a hair raising experience but reading a patience is key.

So far so good!

Bought this to set up in a hotel room with reportedly slow Wifi. Interested to see if I can create a local network in my hotel room using WISP to access my servers at home to watch my TV when I want to while using a Roku in a hotel which has become much easier but might be even better using this little gem. So far programming is very easy and using a borrowed Xfinity Wifi connection I have this programmed and working like a champ in just about 20 mins. Full access to my personal Plex server and all of my home network needs while connected remotely. I will be taking this on the road and will report back any issues I find.

As of Oct 2018, the best travel router out there.

The TP-Link AC750 Wi-Fi Travel Rotuer (TL-WR902AC) is is by far the best travel router out there and has many features that allow me to establish a private local network anywhere and without the need for AC outlet. Here are the things I love about this router. 1) Powered by USB 5v so will run off of a USB power bank if no AC outlet is available. 2) Allows you to establish a private local for multiple devices that can talk to one another. 3) Allows you to connect either via Wi-Fi or Ethernet to your home network or a public network in order to share an Internet connection. 4) Fast Internet speeds. Depending on available speed of the Inernet provider you connect to, this device offers up to 433 Mbps. I have AT&T's gigabit Internet at home and can easily achieve the router rated speed, but uploading and downloading. When I take the unit outside my home, I obviously am limited to the speed of whatever access point I connect to. 5) I have a couple devices that I want to always have the same IP address when connected and this device allows you to specify a specific IP address to use within the subnet based on the MAC address. For example, I have a Raspberry Pi that I always want to have the same IP address so that when I use my laptop computer or tablet to access the Raspberry Pi I don't have to wonder what IP address the router's DHCP server assigned to it. I don't want to configure the Raspberry Pi to have a static IP and this fixes the problem because so long as I'm connecting to this router, the router will ensure it gets the same IP every time. 6) My typical setup is one Raspberry Pi, one laptop, two tablets and a smartphone that connect to the router, which I have set as 192.168.10.1. Each devices gets an IP starting with 192.168.10.100. the Raspberry Pi's MAC address is in the DHCP's reserved list to always get 192.168.10.101. The laptop, tablets and smartphone then can access the Raspberry Pi at the same address every time I turn on the equipment. I can take my setup anywhere I go since the TP-Link AC750 Travel Router and the Raspberry Pi are powered by a USB power bank (or by a USB charger for when I have access to AC). So whether I am at home or on the road, my computer devices can communicate without any changes and all I need to do is have the router connect to whatever SSID is available.

... feed weather data to many different Weather gathering sites like Wunderground, CWOP

Not using this as a normal router but rather flashed it with different firmware to act as a weatherbridge device to feed weather data to many different Weather gathering sites like Wunderground, CWOP, PWS and Open weather maps. For something this small it has very good range without external antenna's through 3 walls which is pretty difficult for any wireless router. For what I needed it for it works perfectly.

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