Sim only Router. User Friendly for OAP

frogstar

Bear with me please. I know what I'm looking for but also not sure exactly...:)

My Dad is in hospital and has his IPAD wirh him. It does not have a SIM slot so needs to connect to wifi. Issue is the hospital wifi needs to be reconnected if not used and also with a password. He finds this hard to use so can't use his IPAD. We connect while there but tell him he has to use it otherwise if he tries in 2 hours or so, it then disconnects.

We tried to hotspot from his phone, but same issue as it disconnects.

He will most like be there for 4 weeks. I think the only option is a SIM only router where we can top up. Don't want to enter a contract. Ideally, if we get this, we plug in, connect, then hopefully he stays connected to wifi? Sounds reasonable?

If that is right, please can you recommend basic routers and a sim pack to allow us to do this? Don't want to spend a fortune on a router as ot will be short term. Happy to spend say 50e or so and then whatever a PAYG sim is (assume this will work?)

Thanks

smuggler.ie

https://ie.webuy.com/search?stext=4g%20router
SIM depend in router "lock" if locked to particular network

10-10-20

This is pricey but at least it's in stock:

https://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/networking-and-connectivity/modems-routers/tp-link-4g-lte-mobile-wi-fi.html

As for the SIM, you might be best off checking which of the networks (Three, Vodafone, and eir) are strongest in the room and work off that.

Here's a list of the MVNO's (rentals off the big three providers).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_mobile_virtual_network_operators

Hope it helps.

frogstar

TThanks All.

Got that router from Harvey Norman. Seems to work as expected here and easy enough to connect so hopefully does the job for him :)

frogstar

Thanks again. Have made an 83 year old very happy. Have it plugged in so no disruption to serviceat all. He is delighted with it. Hopefully out of hospital in the next few weeks but I think it will be used well as he does have regular stays there. So a good investment

He is tech savvy to use the IPad but could not work out having to reconnect each time to hospital wifi (with a password) nor to use hotspot from phone (as again had to manually turn on hotspot)

So this works perfectly

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123695111#Comment_123695111

Small things are very important.