Smallest WiFi travel router with ethernet port

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Model Size, mm
MikroTik mAP lite 48 x 49 x 11
GL.iNet GL-AR300M16 (Shadow) 58 x 58 x 25
GL.iNet GL-MT300N-V2 (Mango) 58 x 58 x 25
TP-Link TL-MR3020 74 x 67 x 22
TP-Link WR902AC 74 x 67 x 22

Anything smaller?
Personally: size > security > coverage > speed (I can do work calls even with 5 mbit/s learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/prepare-network ).

Reasoning behind the purchase – I'll stay in a lot of rent apartments while working and I don't know if their WiFi routers are patched from known CVEs. Can it be that VPN is enough and I don't even need a travel router? For the size – I travel ultra-light.

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it is, if you trust it.

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I trust my Proton, yes.
Am I literally immune to whatever old unpatched junk WiFi router I connect to? (Kill switch turned on)

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Yes, VPN tunnel would keep you safe, no matter what.

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With battery powered;
Ravpower RP-WD009
D-Link DIR-510L
Kingston Mobile Lite Wireless G2

Wall-wart;
D-Link DIR-505

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Don’t bother with these. Will be out of support with the next release.

These are old and slow. Will still likely be supported, but very underpowered for modern use, but if your requirement is only about 5mbps, you may be okay.

Keep in mind that the above devices only have a single 2.4G radio (and no 5G), so that will be very limiting, especially if you need to run it as a sta (client) and AP mode simultaneously.

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Lack of 5 GHz WiFi is a serious problem in crowded areas. If you can accept something bigger there's GL-MT3000. Ideally you should setup VPN on it, so all your devices are protected the moment you turn it on.

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UF896 and a usb to ethernet adapter.

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That's actually smart. I already have ZTE MF79U. Should work as well? (no OpenWRT though)