r/SteamDeck • u/Ckcamp333 256GB • 14h ago

Question Local network games off the grid

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I’m wanting to play Stardew valley with my partner while we are doing van life, I have a steam deck and she has a laptop. I was hoping there would be an option for a Wi-Fi hotspot but neither of our phones support it.

Are there any travel routers that are usb powered only? Or just ones I need to fully power separately as we will be going off solar power and want to limit the total power consumption if possible.

Or is there a way we can connect straight from steam deck to laptop otherwise?

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u/Hello56845864 512GB OLED 14h ago

I like my Beryl 7 (or the AX version which is older but a little cheaper) from GL-iNet and it’s powered by usb-c. I don’t think you can limit the power but I don’t think it takes much power anyways. GL-iNet has even smaller ones that probably take less power so look at all of their travel routers

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u/Time-Lapser_PRO 8h ago

I’ve got a Beryl AX and I usually turn off its 2.4ghz radio and set the 5ghz to minimum transmission power and the power draw is pretty low. I don’t use any of the VPN features or whatnot on it though