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#372978 - 10/08/2020 22:45 Portable WiFi router/extender
jmwking
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Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Washington, DC metro
My old Airport Express (1st gen) is pining for the fjords...

Anyone have a recommendation for a portable WiFi router/extender - one I can configure in various ways to meet whatever needs I run into?

I'd like to sometimes plug it into an ethernet cable and create a private lan. Sometimes the same via WiFi. Sometimes I'd like to extend an existing lan, via either wifi or wired. I don't really need AC (G/N is fine), but I'd like it to support 2.4 and 5 GHz, ideally with channel bonding in the 5 GHz range - I'm so over misconfigured 2.4 APs messing with me.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

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#372979 - 11/08/2020 02:04 Re: Portable WiFi router/extender [Re: jmwking]
jmwking
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Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Washington, DC metro
It looks like the GL.iNet GL-AR750 might meet my needs.

Has anyone ever had any trouble with one?

thanks again!

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#372980 - 11/08/2020 12:57 Re: Portable WiFi router/extender [Re: jmwking]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
There's a non-AC version of that for less than half the money:

https://www.amazon.com/GL.iNET_GL-MT300N-V2/dp/B073TSK26W/

I think that's the same one that was discussed here a year or two ago:
https://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/370927/Re:_Let's_talk_about_empegs_in#Post370927

But no 5GHz.


Edited by mlord (12/08/2020 01:14)

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#372981 - 11/08/2020 13:07 Re: Portable WiFi router/extender [Re: jmwking]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
I've used the portable TP-Link routers before and like them. My version had the plug built in, which was nice.
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#372982 - 11/08/2020 13:32 Re: Portable WiFi router/extender [Re: jmwking]
K447
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Registered: 29/05/2002
Posts: 797
Loc: near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I bought this unit to replace a much older RAVPower unit.

RAVPower FileHub, Travel Router AC750, ...6700mAh Battery


I like that it has an internal battery for those times when I need to extend WiFI reach and there is no option for plug in wall power.

I have not needed to use it many times since purchase but for me it is a ‘Swiss army knife’ WiFi problem solver. The app software is OK. I have not used the backup features.

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#372983 - 12/08/2020 00:57 Re: Portable WiFi router/extender [Re: jmwking]
jmwking
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Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Washington, DC metro
Thanks for all the ideas!

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