Affordable "travel" router to Wireguard and relay WiFi traffic

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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I'm looking for an affordable (less than 30$) "travel" router that would connect to a hotel or existing WiFi and advertise a second WiFi network. I'd like all traffic from the second network to go over a WireGuard tunnel. This is to fool my cell phone carrier into thinking I'm connected from my home country when abroad because these geniuses otherwise block WiFi calling abroad.

I'd also need it to bootstrap a Roku for which I lost the remote, so I'd create the last WiFi it connected to and connect my phone to it as well so I can control it with the software remote on the phone.

I'm in Thailand and would need something I can buy locally or on Lazada but with fast domestic shipping.

Thanks

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https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128
Write "travel" in the first box.
Say glinet mt3000 is on lazada, but description mentions ASUS, no clue without understanding local text.

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Thanks. Is an 8/64 model okay for my intended use?

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no, those will be EOLed starting next release.

https://openwrt.org/es/supported_devices/864_warning

use A Wireguard comparison DB as referance when you look for devices, it'll tell you what hw is capable to deliver the WG speed you want.

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mt3000
256Megabits means 32MBytes ROM and 512Megabytes RAM
The list has 16-128 and more btw,

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or Cudy TR3000, same specs as the MT3000, but half the flash.

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Try Thai Lazada, specs are in local language, but search buttons for everybody.

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already checked, didn't find it there.

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MT3000 is too expensive, sells for around 70$ and more.

I don't need much from this router, I have a proper router otherwise. It's really just to act as a VPN hotspot for my phone to have WiFi calling and appear to my cell carrier as if I were in my home country while traveling.

Availability on Lazada is super limited. Most of the routers on the list aren't available there :frowning:

My main concern is price and availability, not performance. 10-15 mbits throughput with WireGuard and as an AP/hotspot should be enough.

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You need at least 16MB flash to install wireguard, start with all travel routers in unfiltered list. I maybe misunderstood cost awareness as intent to buy a device that serves long term.

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No worries. Just looking for a "good enough" solution when traveling.