<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Mauro,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the feedback.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I did a quick search for a travel router and found this one:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.tp-link.com/ca/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr902ac/" class="">TP-Link: TL-WR902AC - AC750 Wireless Travel Router</a></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Travel-Sized Design – Conveniently small and light to pack and take on the road, creating Wi-Fi network via Ethernet, 3G/4G USB modem or WISP</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Dual Band AC750 Wi-Fi – Strong, fast connection for HD streaming on all your devices</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• One Switch for Multiple Modes – Perfect for Wi-Fi at home, your hotel room or on the road</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Flexible Power – Micro USB port to an adapter, portable charger or laptop</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Versatile USB – For file sharing or internet access from a 3G/4G USB modem </div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Amazon sells <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/TP-LINK-TL-WR902AC-Wireless-Travel-Router/dp/B01N5RCZQH/" class="">this router for about CA$50</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can you recommend a D’Link travel router model that can work? I would like it to be powered and receive data via the USB port.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Instead of a travel router, I would prefer a more compact option such as a USB Wifi dongle. <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=usb+wifi+dongle" class="">Amazon sells a range of these devices.</a> Since I do not have time to check out all the options to find a solution, I prefer if a linux specialist would do this for me. I am pretty sure the <a href="https://www.linksys.com/ca/ae6000-wireless-ac-mini-usb-adapter/AE6000-CA.html" target="_blank" class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Linksys AE6000 Wireless USB Adaptor</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> can work but if it does not, I expect we can purchase a different one that will work.</span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Paul</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><div class="">On Jul 16, 2024, at 6:29 PM, Mauro Souza via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" class="">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">A little tangent here, but wouldn't just buying a cheap AP work better?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I ran hostapd several years on different hardware, and something consistent was the inconsistency... Worked or not, depending on kernel version, on clients, on internal wifi cards, on external wifi cards... A cheap D'Link travel router fixed all the issues, and now it's honored as my personal wifi printing server.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It cost 10 dollars, maybe it could work for you too.<br class=""><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Mauro<br class=""><a href="https://www.maurosouza.com" target="_blank" class="">https://www.maurosouza.com</a> - registered Linux User: 294521<br class="">Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God.</div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 5:01 PM Paul Stevers via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" class="">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="">Hello Linux Community,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">We are seeking a knowledgeable Linux specialist who can help us solve some Linux-related issues on older computers that we convert into<span class=""> </span><span class="">educational information servers. As well, we are also seeking </span>someone who is interested to help us provide refurbished computers with free educational information to people around the world who do not have access to or cannot afford high-speed Internet.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Currently, we have a Lenovo IdeaPad V460 laptop computer that has been converted into <span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal" class="">a Linux Mint-based educational information server using this instruction: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Koxtp8j5HRypqpw_TEeYUDNuvRAYwP5x1FkfghvIPc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal" target="_blank" class="">Setting Up An Educational Information Server (Linux Mint)</a>. Unfortunately, the hotspot feature did not work on the built-in WiFi hardware so we added this <span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">USB-based WiFI transmitter/receiver; </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><a href="https://www.linksys.com/ca/ae6000-wireless-ac-mini-usb-adapter/AE6000-CA.html" target="_blank" class="">Linksys AE6000 Wireless USB Adaptor</a>. It works but other devices are not able to connect to it. My phone says “it cannot obtain an IP address” from the SSID transmitting from this laptop.</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">I look forward to your reply.</span></div></div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Paul</span></div></div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div>---<br class="">
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