When traveling or on a business trip, you will stay at your hotel, but how do you secure the internet environment at that time? Recently, not only wired LAN but also wireless LAN is available on each floor depending on the hotel, which has become convenient.
However, it is always the case that things never work. Sometimes when you check in, you only have a wired LAN in your room, or your wireless LAN is totally useless. Even if you use the mobile line of Xperia, it often happens that the radio wave environment where the antenna does not stand up is horribly unsuccessful.
Even if you can use a mobile line, if you consume packets even though you are at the hotel, you will feel the inconvenience of watching videos slowly and not being able to update the application.
There is an item to use in such a case, and Buffalo's travel router "WMR-433W" is quite useful. I imagined it was a big thing from the sound of the word wireless router, but when I saw the package, I was quite surprised that it was small and light.
The size is 45 x 45 x 15 mm and the weight is about 19 g. It is compact enough to be thrown into a bag without worrying about whether to take it with you. Wireless LAN is fully compatible with IEEE802.11a / b / g / n / ac and almost the current major standards.
In addition to wired LAN, the compact body is equipped with microUSB for power supply, WPS button, and 5GHz / 2.4GHz changeover switch. You can also check the power supply, link, and active status with the LED.
There is a high probability that your hotel room will have a wired LAN, so connect your WMR-433W with a LAN cable. With just this work, you can connect to a wireless LAN and use the Internet with your own devices as much as you want. Even if you carry multiple Xperia units or have other PCs or game consoles, it is comfortable if you connect them all.
Conversely, the hotel may only have wireless LAN. In such a case, you can switch to "Wireless WAN mode" and relay the hotel wireless LAN with WMR-433W to use the wireless LAN in the same way as a wired LAN.
People tend to wonder, "Why don't you connect your Xperia directly to your hotel's wireless LAN?", But if you're worried about the security of your public wireless LAN, you can ensure security by going through a travel router that requires authentication. There is a merit that you can do it.
As long as you have already set up the connection of Xperia and other devices with WMR-433W, you will have to connect to the destination once and for all.
The most troublesome thing about wireless routers is security certification, such as when you buy a new Xperia. Fortunately, the WMR-433W is so small that it's much easier to check the security key on the back of the console than a large stationary wireless router. However, as the number of devices on hand increases, repeating the same work becomes really painful.
Recent Buffalo wireless routers come with a "setup card" with an SSID and encryption key, and a QR code on the back.
If you download the "QR setup" app on your Xperia and read this QR code, it will automatically process the connection between your Xperia and your travel router and the security settings. By the way, it also supports WPS, and you can complete the setting without having to do any complicated input work just by pressing the WPS button on each other. WPS is more convenient for game consoles and printers.
It's a waste to use the travel router only when traveling or on a business trip, so you'll want to use it at home as well. If you already have a router, you can set it to "bridge mode" and use it with the settings of your home router.
In some cases, even if you cannot use wireless LAN at a friend's or relative's house, you can use the network with proper permission. If you don't use the Internet but want to use only the local network, you can also use the "local mode" of wireless LAN only.
Five standard colors, "Black", "White", "Passion Red", "Ocean Blue", and "Pink Gold", and three limited colors, "Ash Silver", "Turquoise Blue", and "Copper Brown", so that you can be particular about the appearance. You can choose from a total of 8 colors.
I promised to choose Passion Red. When I try to color coordinate with the terminal color of Xperia, I feel quite uplifted. There is no doubt that having one mobile router will make traveling and business trips much easier.
