Oct 16, 2026, 8:41 AMMy home network equipment is currently shut down, and my house isn't in range of the secure Xfinity Mobile WiFi hotspots, so I am reduced to using the unsecured xfinitywifi hotspots.
Since I have my travel/portable network rig (travel wifi router, Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole, and powerbank), which I usually use on secured networks, I finally sat down and figured out how to configure my free Proton VPN account on my travel router.
It seems to be working.
Oct 16, 2026, 8:43 AMI wish the router had a memory feature so that I could save the public networks I use most often, at Town Hall, at the Library, at the local Co-op store, etc.
Every time, I have to manually open up the router's admin page and configure the upstream link manually.
Also, Captive WiFi Portals are the worst.
Oct 16, 2026, 12:29 PMMy router, which was working just fine in the wee hours of the morning, has decided it will no longer connect to xfinitywifi. It says it connects, but before you can check, it says the link is down. It's raining now, fwiw.
My iPhone connects, so I'm rebooting the router.
Oct 16, 2026, 12:32 PMAfter rebooting the router, it works again.
But now my keyboard is sticky again.
Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 PMmore isopropanol for the keyboard, though I suspect it really needs more water.
Proton VPN still works on the router.