Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800

Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by jedberg on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:37AM (#24018501)

There is still one area of networking that isn't well solved, and that's captive wifi. A device that I can plug into the wall in a hotel or airport and magically have all my apple devices on the internet would be handy.

If they made an airport express that did that, I'd probably get it (once we can travel again).

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by gruturo on Saturday August 01, 2020 @10:28AM (#24020658)

I bought a cheap travel router from GL.INET which creates the same SSID as my home, and automatically establishes a VPN with my home. It can get its connectivity from an upstream WiFi, from an Ethernet port or from whatever (4g stick, mobile phone with usb tethering ability) you plug in its USB port.

It was all of 19 bucks IIRC.

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by walterbell on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:31PM (#24024468)

Which home device/software is running the VPN server?

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by gruturo on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:53PM (#24085251)

The endpoint is a Ubiquiti Edgerouter. I also have a pi behind it which acts as openvpn endpoint, with a port forward on the edgerouter

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