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Mobile Hotspot MR1100 as a regular router with no SIM
Hello hivemind – I'm hoping to use my Netgear MR1100 mobile hotspot as a plain old-fashioned WiFi router without using cellular data, but I can't discern whether or not this is possible. Hear me ...
I would recommend a GL-Inet travel router. You can power them via USB also and they have ethernet capability and many others. Perhaps a Slate or a Beryl in their model line. I use two or three of them. One is in access point mode that connects to my PepLink router which then gets internet from my MR1100 (I can also hop onto any good local WiFi). I use another for repeating any local WiFi or connecting to my Starlink. With the exception of Starlink, all internet-related equipment is powered by the batteries in our trailer.
All this can be a bit convoluted but I have a lot of flexibility. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
That's quite the setup! Kudos to you for putting this together in your casa rodante.
We're currently in Peru, where we don't have easy access to cool gadgets like these, but the GL.inet devices look like they'd be a good match if we could find them. PepLink, too, for that matter, would be an amazing option, though it does seem way beyond our needs. We may be able to find a local seller or navigate importation and customs, but I'm first hoping we don't have to go that far.
I am really hoping our existing Netgear hotspot can be our key, since 1) we already have it, and 2) we can use it normally with SIM cards when our Starlink is obstructed. What's unclear to me is if using the Netgear like this is even possible.