For example, if I connect to the hotel wifi using the repeater mode, is it just passing the connection through as a dumb repeater (no firewall rules) or is the firewall active and shielding my connected devices?
I am looking for a device that performs as if it was connected to the hotel LAN through ethernet, but with only a hotel wifi connection available (no ethernet in the room).
Please clarify your request.
Repeater has the firewall and route features.
Extender is the 'dumb repeater' (no firewall rules) and no route.
I am doing a poor job of asking my question. Here are 2 scenarios that may help.
Situation 1: The hotel's LAN IP range is 10.0.x.x. It has ethernet available in the room and I plug the Slate AX in and it acts like a normal router with firewall rules. I assign everything behind the router to 192.168.x.x . Everything is good and my devices are secure.
What I want is this:
Situation 2: The hotel's LAN IP range is still 10.0.x.x but they do not have ethernet available in the room. Wifi is the only option. I want to use the Slate AX to still act like a router and not a simple repeater to login to the hotel's wifi and still be able to assign any devices connected to it to 192.168.x.x and have the protections of the firewall.
I hope this helps clarify my question.
To my understanding, the firewall is active for all clients connected to the router using the repeater mode, same for AdguardHome when you are running it. They receive the routers IP address and not the hotel's IP address. I did this for three weeks on vacation on the Canary Islands, and it works flawless.
This is exactly how it works - I use this method regularly.
Thank you very much for the replies. These answers are exactly what I was looking for.