Misc. Ramblings

The Popular Science website has a how-to article on assembling your own portable WiFi hotspot. Everything fits neatly into the backpack but, my goodness, the equipment sure is expensive. The parts list includes a wireless gateway costing $700USD and a backpack going for $230. Surely, there are people out there who can do better?

While buying equipment off-the-shelf is a quick way of reaching your goal, I like to think there are electronic geeks experts out there who can come up with home brew equipment that will work as well, if not better, at a lot lower cost.