[firecall]

I used mine with the same SSID as my home network!

So when I travel I can either tether a phone and all the family devices just connect, or bridge it to the destination network and again let all the devices connect as if at home!

[ace2358]

So could you explain the process by which you ‘tether a phone’? Is that don’t by plugging the phone in via usb? Is it paired via Bluetooth? Do you wifi the phone to it and spread the internet like that? I think some of us are quite curious about the specifics on that point :)

Sounds great!

P.s. I love (and am horrified) at how easy it is to ‘hijack’ a devices wifi just by making a network with the same name (and no password). I’ve done it myself over the years to make it easier for family or friends while travelling. But I always felt a bit ick about it working.

[firecall]

Hi,

I tether via a cable.

Because it's my work (Dev/Tech/Nerd) I have multiple phones with SIM cards.

So I physically tether a phone to the device.

I don't believe the device OP linked can a bridged WiFi network as such.

You can do a similar thing with a Mac:

Plug in your iPhone via a cable, then share the iPhone's tethered data connection over the Macs WiFi or ethernet port.

It's actually a good way to get around restrictions on some mobile SIM plans that don't allow them to be used as Data SIMs!

[ThePowerOfFuet]

It shouldn't work if the security setup is different; if the home network is WPA2 then another open network with the same SSID should be ignored.