Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk

The $150 Box That Destroys Hotel & Airplane Internet Restrictions

Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk

Show Notes

00:00 - Opening 00:18 - What am I missing by using a standard home router? 01:09 - Can i set it up with the same SSID and password as my home network? 03:04 - Could show us how to configure remote router to talk to your home router? 03:24 - More information on tunneling back to home router Dave. Seems like black magic. Are you a wizard? 04:25 - I am in the market for a new router with at least 2x 2.5 GB LAN ports on it, what would you suggest? 07:34 - Hotel wifi is pretty slow is it you tanking the wifi for everyone else? 08:21 - I can make my phone into a hot spot. Why do I need a pocket router? 08:51 - How do you expand the size of these portable networks? 10:21 - How do you log on to hotel wifi when it requires going through a browser? 11:07 - Is there anything you have to use the touchscreen for on this router? If it’s connected to ethernet, can it serve files from a USB drive? 12:08 - If it’s connected to ethernet, can it serve files from a USB drive? 12:47 - Is the Slate 7 backwards compatible with older non-WiFi 7 devices? 13:02 - Do you recommend a good cellular modem for the gli? 13:36 - For cellular tethering, do you need to change the TTL value to bypass throttling? 14:20 - Can it run its own DNS service? 14:55 - I’ve heard cruise ships are very adept at finding such devices? 15:54 -Will get double nat issue if i just plug it to a Lan internet source? 16:18 - I need put the Cruise wifi on a Ethernet for a device that has no WiFi . Is this possible? 17:31 - In a hotel with no ethernet port can I still connect the travel router? 18:26 - Does it have IPv6 support? 19:15 - When do you use the LAN port over the WAN one? 20:03 - Might I recommend a PoE to USB-C adapter to the kit, just in case that is available? 21:05 - How do you feel about the hardware itself being secure and not a honey pot? 21:30 - Could you go through some recommendations of what VPN to set up at home? 22:10 - What is your favorite VPN provider? 23:09 - On Delta flights, I am kicked off frequently because of VPN use. Any idea if this router will do the same? 23:51 - Is a WireGuard video in the making? 24:30 - Steve Austin and Jamie Summers? What is the story behind these action dolls? 25:01 - What was it that flew over the moon in friendly giant - a cow? 25:40 - You guys leave the house? /meme 25:52 - Dave, are we going to see Rusty and Jerome in your next video? 26:13 - did i miss the rest of the series .. “Learn to Build an AI to Play Tempest Step by Step” where you state .. “? 26:43 - What bag do you use to carry your tech in? 27:29 - Which of the unique features of the 3000GT Spider intrigues you the most? 28:22 - In Canada, it’s a 427 because of the metric system? 29:36 - I’m going to hazard a guess that The Darkness’ question was about how can the OS calls that an app for NT makes still work on 11? 30:37 - What’s your take on that Twitter user that today made a call to action to not update to Windows 11, and suggested using pirated LTSC? 31:14 - What aspect of age necessitates refactoring? 31:30 - Microsoft Decathlon… I think that was the game that brought the phrase “Face Fault” into my vocabulary. 31:56 - Can you lobby someone to add NPU per-task usage to Task Manager? 32:38 - Is it possible to port Task Manager with all of the required files like the DLL’s from an NT4 disk and get it working on Windows 95/98/ME? 33:02 - Fun fact - msconfig is, as far as I know, the easiest way to get into safe mode these days without going through a million ambiguous menus and rebooting twice 33:33 - How comes Windows never fixed its high latency on its default sound system, considering it holds quite a share of the audio producer / audiophile market? 34:28 - When are you going to be on Lay Leno’s garage? Is that your daughter with you in the Mcacn photo? Dave, how tall are you? 35:09 - Why is my notification bell on “personalized” by default? 36:01 - Hey Glenn, what have you got running on your Mesmerizer? 37:01 - The Friendly Coder closing

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