Portable wireless router question

[0004838]

I'm finding ad-hoc wireless, which I use for various syncing tasks, increasingly unreliable between my MacBook Pro and iOS devices. I'm also currently on 10.9.5 (though upgrading to Sierra shortly) so I'm stuck to using 128-bit WEP for ad-hoc wireless connections! So, I'm considering purchasing a portable wireless router.

The two devices I'm considering are the TP-LINK TL-WR710N and TP-LINK TL-WR810N (links are to Amazon UK). The question I have is very basic, but I'd rather sound a fool and make the right purchasing decision than not ask and make the wrong one.

So: in people's experience, would either device suffice to permit two wireless devices to share files between each other, despite the absence of a wired internet connection to the router?

Both devices offer "router mode", which is what I believe I require. However, the info I can find suggests such a mode and device is designed to allow wireless devices to gain access to a wired network, with no mention of access between wireless devices—hence my doubt.

Can anyone put my mind at rest here?

Thanks!

 

[Gav2k]

I've got the older version of what you've listed. it works as you want.

With that said what devices are you connecting to each other and for what purpose?

 

[0004838]

I've got the older version of what you've listed. it works as you want.

Which model is that, just so I know?

With that said what devices are you connecting to each other and for what purpose?

Primarily for connecting a MacBook and some iOS devices for the purposes of data syncing between iOS apps and their macOS counterparts. The ad-hoc method has worked up to now, but unreliably and the WEP limitation always sits uneasily with me.

 

[Gav2k]

Which model is that, just so I know?


Primarily for connecting a MacBook and some iOS devices for the purposes of data syncing between iOS apps and their macOS counterparts. The ad-hoc method has worked up to now, but unreliably and the WEP limitation always sits uneasily with me.

Tl-wr703 I think it was

 

[satcomer]

What device is keeping you limited to WEP? That has to be a very old piece of equipment!

 

[0004838]

What device is keeping you limited to WEP? That has to be a very old piece of equipment!

As I indicated, it's OS X 10.9.5 that imposes this limitation: ad-hoc networks cannot be created with anything higher than 128-bit WEP. I haven't checked what the situation is in Sierra.