been traveling to Lahore frequently for work over the past few months and the inconsistency in hotel WiFi has become a genuine productivity problem. video calls dropping mid-meeting, VPN connections timing out, and speeds that work fine at 2am but fall apart when the whole floor is active during business hours.

started researching whether bringing a travel router would make a difference. the idea being to connect it to the hotel ethernet port and create a more controlled local environment rather than relying on shared hotel WiFi directly.
 

staying at Grace Hospitality properties which are among the top 5 hotels in Lahore for business travelers, the infrastructure is generally solid but the last mile from the hotel network to the room still causes issues during peak hours.
 

has anyone used a TP-Link travel router in a hotel setup for this kind of use case? specifically curious whether the TL-WR902AC or a similar compact model handles VPN passthrough reliably and whether connecting through hotel ethernet versus WiFi actually makes a meaningful difference for call quality.