LoveEspresso@retrofed.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoCan a small android phone work as a router ?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareCan a small android phone work as a router ?LoveEspresso@retrofed.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareShimitar@downonthestreet.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYes, but which long of router? The lack of physical Ethernet ports will be kind of a limit…
minus-squaretomcatt360@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 days agoI mean, USB-C Ethernet adapters exist Edit: Though you would also need power passthrough for the phone to work as a router full time
minus-squarefrischkaesbagett@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThis works on my docking station. I can connect my phone with thunderbolt 4, dockingstation is connected via ethernet. Btw: I can also use a monitor, keyboard and a mouse. Never used it for anything useful I just noticed it works.
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoTechnically you only need one (or even 0 with WiFi) ports. Look up “router on a stick”
minus-squareShimitar@downonthestreet.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoYes, but I was thinking more of a real router, one with many Ethernet plugs. Afterall an Android phone already is a router if you enable wifi hot spot…
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoGenerally a consumer router only needs 2 interfaces - local and external. Most consuner devices are a combination router, switch, and access point - the switch requires the multiple ports.
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s the fun part, it is a real router
Yes, but which long of router? The lack of physical Ethernet ports will be kind of a limit…
I mean, USB-C Ethernet adapters exist
Edit: Though you would also need power passthrough for the phone to work as a router full time
This works on my docking station. I can connect my phone with thunderbolt 4, dockingstation is connected via ethernet.
Btw: I can also use a monitor, keyboard and a mouse. Never used it for anything useful I just noticed it works.
Technically you only need one (or even 0 with WiFi) ports. Look up “router on a stick”
Yes, but I was thinking more of a real router, one with many Ethernet plugs. Afterall an Android phone already is a router if you enable wifi hot spot…
Generally a consumer router only needs 2 interfaces - local and external.
Most consuner devices are a combination router, switch, and access point - the switch requires the multiple ports.
That’s the fun part, it is a real router