I was in several groups that recommended this travel router for cruises, and I wanted to know if there are any other options I should consider because, despite having intermediate/advanced knowledge, I haven't been able to get it to work. It also seems that in the last 4-5 months, no one has reported being able to make it work, so perhaps it’s no longer useful for this purpose...
The first thing I did was disable MAC randomization on the iPhone, turn off auto-join, and not hide the IP. That is, on the iPhone, I kept the same IP, the same MAC without hiding it.
I cloned the MAC on the router and connected it, but the captive portal doesn’t appear (although it's not mandatory), and I can’t browse the internet.
I then decided to copy all the properties to the router when connecting it, such as IP, mask, and DNS, but with the same result.
I accessed the firewall and modified the TTL as several people here suggested, to 65 or 64, but still no results. I don’t have DNS override or anything similar enabled.
Any suggestions? If not, we should notify the cruise groups that recommended purchasing it, as it’s currently useless.