i use the fon fonera router...
its small, cheap, and easy.

Is that [http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/...re/Fon/Fonera] a solder kit?

Anyhoo, I'm sure it is small, cheap, and easy, but referring to my original questions, is it configurable wirelessly and by webbrowser?

thx, an end-luser

To followup on my original question, I now got the LinkSys WTR54GS travel router and it works as intended, i.e. it can be configured wirelessly, by webbrowser.
Probably most convenient for small changes to the configuration, as the connection will drop after saving changes (but reconnect quickly afterwards).

I have a Belkin wireless access point-not a router, and all I do is plug it into the hotel's ethernet connection and I'm online. I don't configure it or do a thing and it has always worked fine

i also use a wireless access point, which always works great for me.

If I was going to buy a travel router, I'd definitly buy this one which has a built-in dialup modem for those broadband dead-spots out there in the world. It also has an ethernet port for when broadband is available. Pretty slick for $100!

I thought I'd report on use of my wifi travel router in hotels.

My router -- a Netgear WGR101, with firmware updated -- worked fine (notwithstanding bad reviews it gets elsewhere).

However, there were two problems worth relating.

Using it in shared mode, with my brother with whom I was sharing a room, worked fine at first, but then, after a short period of a half-hour or so, the network discovered that there were two of us using a single line (for which they charged an absurd $30/day), and it booted off the second user.

Also, and this is probably not an issue for most of you -- it's an issue only for those of you who are not security-conscious to begin with. We left the router on, left the hotel, and the 24-hour period expired. In our absence a hotel guest in a different room had gotten on our wireless connection and clicked to pay for another 24 hours ... and the $30 got charged to our room!

I use the D-Link DWL-G730AP
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=346
Configuration is made with browser using a wire connection (Ethernet cable). Very easy to use.