I’m talking about October 2021.
Good on you but the device was too problematic for me at that time and have should have followed a deeper troubleshooting but I didn’t. I wish I did.
Regarding the TP-Link TL-WR902AC which I also have (I looked into GL-iNet routers to replace the TP-Link one). Not designed to work on iffy public wifi using a captive portal. I can’t connect the device. Asked customer support and they are still trying to figure out what is going on. I’m located in Australia, maybe it’s a channel-related issue which requires a firmware upgrade.
In fact, the TPLink travel router only list channels 36,40,44,48 as available options, which are the non-DFS ones. That would explain the lack of connectivity to the 5G frequency which is the one offered by the free public wifi network I normally access.
Thanks for replying.