I tend to travel. It would be nice to not connect directly to public Wifi but rather have my own Wifi device that connects to it that I am then behind.
There are other devices that would probably be more appropriate for this use. I bought this device https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K6MHRJI/ref=oh_aui_sear... for travel. I wanted a robust firewall and VPN client capability. It has worked very well. I use my Wifi Pineapple as a learning tool. It gives practical experience with hacking techniques.
I use a DIR-505L. It's a wallwart and runs OpenWRT. 2.4Ghz only, but isn't too expensive (~$15). Has USB/ethernet if you want more. Really convenient and kind of looks like a phone charger so it doesn't raise eyebrows.
Mine runs OpenVPN in bridge mode to an SSID. I rarely use the ethernet. And I sometimes use the USB port as a charger. Having a usb cable connected to the wallwart makes it look like a charger. :)
Was also looking at the TP-Link TL-WR710N, but I preferred the more wallwart looking and slightly more compact D-Link. It does have an extra ethernet port if that's a requirement. TP-Link's locking down of thirdparty firmware also led me to keep the D-Link and return the TP-Link. I think they got better about that though.
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Can I upgrade the antennas, do you know?
Edit: it looks like it can take PR-SMA female as a connector.
Mine runs OpenVPN in bridge mode to an SSID. I rarely use the ethernet. And I sometimes use the USB port as a charger. Having a usb cable connected to the wallwart makes it look like a charger. :)
Was also looking at the TP-Link TL-WR710N, but I preferred the more wallwart looking and slightly more compact D-Link. It does have an extra ethernet port if that's a requirement. TP-Link's locking down of thirdparty firmware also led me to keep the D-Link and return the TP-Link. I think they got better about that though.