Portable Router w/ Battery

[d_striker]

I've been looking at numerous portable wifi routers powered by internal battery.  It seems like all the ones I am looking at can only support 5 devices connected at one time.  

 

Does anyone know of a cheap, portable wifi router that can connect more than 5 devices?

[conditionone]

If what you want to sync tablets before and after a match look at a Tripmate. I have used a Nano for the last two years. Works great.

 

http://www.hootoo.com/hootoo-tripmate-nano-ht-tm02-wireless-portable-router.html

[d_striker]

I looked at all those small mobile routers. The thing I don't like about all of those is you can only connect five devices to them. 

 

I got a used Verizon Jetpack mifi unit without a service contract. You can still use it as a router and connect up to 15 devices to it. 

[Liberty556]

We use a ZyXEL Wireless N 3-in-1 Travel Router and have had up to 9 devices on the LAN.

There is no limitation to the number of connected devices that I can find (other than the ip range of course...)  just like a regular router.

$28 at Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WKIKA0/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza

[d_striker]

4 minutes ago, Liberty556 said:

We use a ZyXEL Wireless N 3-in-1 Travel Router and have had up to 9 devices on the LAN.

There is no limitation to the number of connected devices that I can find (other than the ip range of course...)  just like a regular router.

$28 at Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WKIKA0/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza

 

That looks like a good option but it's not battery powered. Looks like it's USB powered. 

[Liberty556]

It is usb powered.

We paired it with an  Anker 2nd-Gen Astro E5 High-Capacity 16750mAh, which seems to hold it's charge for literally months at a time.  I actually think I have used it for a year without recharging.  We don't run the router for the whole match, just when synching before and after.  Once we did forget to unplug the router from the battery, but 7 hours later the battery still showed full charge....   so who knows how many hours you would get out of it.  Probably overkill for this little router.

As backup batteries for each of the Kindle 7's, we got an Anker PowerCore+ mini, 3350mAh Lipstick-Sized battery which would probably be more than adequate for the router.

The router comes with an A/C adapter as well as a mini usb connector.  (the Anker batteries also come with usb connectors.)  I don't think you can go wrong with this setup.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N2T7U90/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X1Y7I2/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[L3324temp]

Try this one

TP‑LINK TL‑MR3040


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[slimm609]

how many devices are you talking about?    you said more then 5 but how many more?   That will certainly make a difference. 

[ziebart]

I will second the TP link. Mine has battery issues after a year, but still works plugged in.