Originally Posted by
pesos
This thread is not about a portable
hotspot. It’s about a travel router. [...]
That assertion would be more useful if you defined the terms. The title of the thread does include "Portable WiFi", which to me implies a hot-spot.
Originally Posted by
pesos
[....] The device has no internet connection of its own. You connect it to whatever WAN is being provided to you and it in turn routes for multiple devices you connect on its LAN side.
That is consistent with both scenarios that I suggested.