small wifi router

Hello,
I know this isn't exactly notebook question but some fan of notebooks (and thus mobility) could help me

I'm looking for a physically _small_ wifi "router" with integrated switch (3/4 ports).
What I want to do is have this device in my backpack and when I arrive at some location e.g. in some server room I would plug this in some local switch (in the LAN port of the router, not "INTERNET" port) and I could access the network within some range without pulling cables with me.

Any ideas/solutions would be really helpful, so thanks beforehand.

 

I know it's not exactly what you're looking for but there doesn't seem to be anything on the market with a proper switch.
Most travel routers don't have any LAN ports at all- some have one but none more than two.

The only router that I've seen with two LAN ports could simply use WAN port as a LAN port if it was used as a wireless bridge- which wouldn't be the case for you.

So one device that caught my attention is this: TL-WR710N - Welcome to TP-LINK

It has an integrated PSU, one Ethernet post for LAN and even USB for sharing files from a thumb-drive or charging a phone/tablet.


If it's not that- you'll have to settle for an actual router designed for home use.

 

Hi

I don't want to miss the point of your question here, but couldn't you just use a wireless access point and plug that into a LAN switch?

Also I have to ask, if there isn't already a wireless network in the server rooms you are in, would the companies really want you going in there and making their LAN wireless?

I don't see the need for a router here.

C

 

Agree with Conrad. WIFI in a server room or data center?

Risky. Just to name a few reasons: security, latency, throughput, reliability, lack of scalability etc...

And I’m sure IT security has connection a policy. But maybe not.
Most do it the old fashioned way. Console connection, password authentication, and telnet.

 

The backpack. How do you get the backpack in at some location?

 

Apple express, the latest one?