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Re: "Travel" router for university



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Thanks Nigel, the HooToo ones popped up when I was googling, I will have a
look.

On 6 September 2018 at 10:55, Nigel Giddings nigel@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <
ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Tim,
>
>
>
> I have used one of these =E2=80=98Travel=E2=80=99 routers in the past
(th=
e small one with
> the battery). Very flexible
>
>
>
> https://www.hootoo.com/portable-travel-router.html
>
>
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
> *From:* ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* 06 September 2018 08:56
> *To:* ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ukha_d] "Travel" router for university
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Long time no post...
>
> Daughter is off to Uni soon and they have said "bring an ethernet
cable".
> Which is fine, but her slimline laptop doesn't have an ethernet port.
>
> Also her new printer is USB, or wireless.
>
>
>
> I think I/she has two options,
>
> 1 - personal / travel router to provide wifi in her room for her
laptop &
> printer (internet via the Uni-recommended ethernet cable)
>
> 2 - USB adaptor for ethernet, printer also via USB, although I/she
would
> like to avoid long trailing cables (https://www.amazon.co.uk/
> TeckNet-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Adapter/dp/B00JTSYBUY)
>
>
>
> I thought Netgear did a small travel router with built-in power bank,
> something like this one:
>
> https://www.tp-link.com/uk/products/details/cat-5090_TL-WR902AC.html
>
> although the linked item does not have the powerbank...
>
> Did I dream the netgear one?
>
> Anyone used the TP-LINK one?
>
>
>
> Mark, is the Asus WL-330N3G *specifically* 3g or will it work with an
> appropriate 4g USB modem?
>
> https://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/gear-the-essential-
> travel-tech-we-never-leave-home-without.html
>
>
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tim.
>
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Nigel, the HooToo ones popped up
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pan>Hi Tim,</span></p><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=C2=A0</span></p><p
clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span>I have used one of these
=E2=80=98Travel=E2=80=99 rou=
ters in the past (the small one with the battery). Very
flexible</span></p>=
<p
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class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=
<a href=3D"https://www.hootoo.com/portable-travel-router.html";
target=3D"_b=
lank">https://www.hootoo.com/<wbr>portable-travel-router.html</a></span></p=
><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=C2=A0</span></p><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span=
>HTH</span></p><p
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class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span>Nigel</span></p><p
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class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span
lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3D"EN-US"> <a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx"; target=
=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a> &lt;<a
href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@yahoogr=
oups.com"
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>&gt;
<br><b>Sent:</b>=
06 September 2018 08:56<br><b>To:</b> <a
href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups=
..com"
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br><b>Subject:</b>
[ukha=
_d] &quot;Travel&quot; router for
university</span></p></div></div><p class=
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div><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi
all,</p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
>=C2=A0</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">Long time no
post...</p></div>=
<div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Daughter is off to Uni
soon and they have said =
&quot;bring an ethernet cable&quot;. Which is fine, but her
slimline laptop=
doesn&#39;t have an ethernet
port.</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">Al=
so her new printer is USB, or
wireless.</p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
">=C2=A0</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">I think I/she has two options=
,=C2=A0</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">1 - personal / travel router t=
o provide wifi in her room for her laptop &amp; printer (internet via
the U=
ni-recommended ethernet cable)</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">2 - USB=
adaptor for ethernet, printer also via USB, although I/she would like to a=
void long trailing cables (<a href=3D"https://www.amazon.co.uk/TeckNet-Giga=
bit-Ethernet-Network-Adapter/dp/B00JTSYBUY"
target=3D"_blank">https://www.a=
mazon.co.uk/<wbr>TeckNet-Gigabit-Ethernet-<wbr>Network-Adapter/dp/B00JTSYBU=
Y</a>)</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p></div><div><p
class=
=3D"MsoNormal">I thought Netgear did a small travel router
with built-in po=
wer bank, something like this one:</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><a =
href=3D"https://www.tp-link.com/uk/products/details/cat-5090_TL-WR902AC.htm=
l" target=3D"_blank">https://www.tp-link.com/uk/<wbr>products/details/cat-5=
090_TL-<wbr>WR902AC.html</a></p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">although =
the linked item does not have the
powerbank...</p></div><div><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal">Did I dream the netgear
one?</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">=
Anyone used the TP-LINK one?</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p=
></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Mark, is
the=C2=A0Asus WL-330N3G *specif=
ically* 3g or will it work with an appropriate 4g USB
modem?</p></div><div>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/g=
ear-the-essential-travel-tech-we-never-leave-home-without.html"
target=3D"_=
blank">https://www.automatedhome.co.<wbr>uk/reviews/gear-the-essential-<wbr=
>travel-tech-we-never-leave-<wbr>home-without.html</a></p></div><div><p
cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p></div><div><p
class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p></di=
v><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Many
thanks,</p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNor=
mal">Tim.</p></div><div><p
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