I've been rather frustrated in dealing with photos on the road. Not only sharing with others, but even sharing between say a laptop and my iPad or iPhone.
I'd been taking my Airport Express, but now with Mavericks and the death of Airport Utility 5.6 I decided to move on to another travel router.
This one, the HooToo TripMate Nano, was on sale at NewEgg so I plonked for it.
Rather to my surprise, it works great. USB power, decent range, easy setup as access point (from ethernet or bridging from a wifi connection), super small size and did I mention cheap?
But for purposes of those here a VERY nice feature is the USB port. You can just stick in a card reader and your card from your camera and you're sharing across your own little LAN, even without an internet connection. It even has a DLNA server built in so you can connect from like a PS3 or something. Or put music on a thumb drive and share that.
If you've got a wifi camera or EyeFi card, then you can make use of the local LAN to extend your reach a bit. Or just get all your iOS devices, laptop, and whatever else people have on the same network. It's a SMB server, so you can just mount the volume on your Mac, or use say Goodreader to get at the folders.
HooToo also makes a companion app that's surprisingly good. It's mostly for file management (you use a browser to configure the router), but it allows you to move stuff around, download to your iPhone, view pictures, etc.
I found the interface and setup to be easier than using my Express. And certainly better than Airport Utility 6 (I am a bit biased in favor of 5.6, as I alluded to). HooToo has very responsive tech support. About the only negatives are that it doesn't have an antenna port, and is single-band. But that's sorta like criticizing the sportscar you just bought for not having a rear seat and a tow hitch. For this price, and for it's intended use, it's a good choice of options.
You need to buy a cheap 12v cig lighter to USB adapter and/or AC to USB, if you don't already have them. But you can run it off your computer. They make a more expensive model, the TM01, that has a built in 5200mAH battery.
http://www.hootoo.com/hootoo-tripma...ing-access-point-wi-fi-router-and-bridge.html
Rob
I'd been taking my Airport Express, but now with Mavericks and the death of Airport Utility 5.6 I decided to move on to another travel router.
This one, the HooToo TripMate Nano, was on sale at NewEgg so I plonked for it.
Rather to my surprise, it works great. USB power, decent range, easy setup as access point (from ethernet or bridging from a wifi connection), super small size and did I mention cheap?
But for purposes of those here a VERY nice feature is the USB port. You can just stick in a card reader and your card from your camera and you're sharing across your own little LAN, even without an internet connection. It even has a DLNA server built in so you can connect from like a PS3 or something. Or put music on a thumb drive and share that.
If you've got a wifi camera or EyeFi card, then you can make use of the local LAN to extend your reach a bit. Or just get all your iOS devices, laptop, and whatever else people have on the same network. It's a SMB server, so you can just mount the volume on your Mac, or use say Goodreader to get at the folders.
HooToo also makes a companion app that's surprisingly good. It's mostly for file management (you use a browser to configure the router), but it allows you to move stuff around, download to your iPhone, view pictures, etc.
I found the interface and setup to be easier than using my Express. And certainly better than Airport Utility 6 (I am a bit biased in favor of 5.6, as I alluded to). HooToo has very responsive tech support. About the only negatives are that it doesn't have an antenna port, and is single-band. But that's sorta like criticizing the sportscar you just bought for not having a rear seat and a tow hitch. For this price, and for it's intended use, it's a good choice of options.
You need to buy a cheap 12v cig lighter to USB adapter and/or AC to USB, if you don't already have them. But you can run it off your computer. They make a more expensive model, the TM01, that has a built in 5200mAH battery.
http://www.hootoo.com/hootoo-tripma...ing-access-point-wi-fi-router-and-bridge.html
Rob