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Use of RJ45 with MR2100
I need to connect my laptop to a hotel wifi for internet. Problem is that my company has disabled the wifi on the laptop, but the ethernet port is still working. As many hotels do not support ethernet any more, I want to use the ethernet cable output from the MR2100 for connecting to the internet, but not use the SIM card, ie I want to use the hotel wifi for the internet.
Is this possible with this model?
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the MR2100 doesn't have wisp function.
https://wifi-settings.com/wireless-routers/wisp-mode/
You'd want to invest in a cheap travel router that has WISP mode.
It'd allow the router to use the wireless as a WAN while still allowing you to use the ethernet port for devices
Thank you for your suggestion. Is the Nighthawk M5 (MR5100) Mobile Router capable of the WISP function. I need a router that can be used with either the SIM card or using the hotel wifi with a RJ45 that plugs into my computer.
Not that I know of.
You're going to have 2 options.
1. find a travel router that accepts sim cards and has built in wisp function
2. have a hot spot and a travel router with wisp function.
