Raspberry Pi Mobile LTE Hotspot Adds WiFi and Network Storage Anywhere

Update 2/7/2022 06:15 PST

The creator of this project has provided an update on this project. The project now uses a WD My Passport Ultra 5TB HDD and features a HDHomeRun Extend HDTV tuner. More details can be found in the original reddit post.

We’ve seen Raspberry Pi hotspots before but this one, created by Reddit user Treasurehunter613, has a few extra features that really add to the on-the-go experience. This Pi-powered LTE WiFi hotspot doubles as an NAS and comes with all of the support provided by the Raspberry Pi.

The project doesn’t even require the latest Pi, relying on a Raspberry Pi 3B+. While still a formidable Raspberry Pi,  the Raspberry Pi 4 has the horsepower and support for Gigabit Ethernet. For LTE support, it has a Waveshare 3G/4G/LTE HAT along with dual Proxicast 3G/4G/LTE antennas. To keep things compact, a SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB SSD Flash Drive is used for NAS storage space while battery makes the whole operation mobile. 

Ash Hill
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