{"id":302014,"date":"2025-05-01T01:34:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=302014"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:45:35","slug":"a-battery-powered-router-looks-like-its-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-battery-powered-router-looks-like-its-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"A battery-powered router? Looks like it\u2019s possible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a blackout took down much of the wired Internet in Spain on April 28,&nbsp;<strong>some tech-savvy users started experimenting with off-grid solutions<\/strong>&nbsp;to keep their routers running. While most homes lost connectivity even with backup power, a few clever ideas have shown that Internet access is still technically possible\u2014if the telecom towers stay online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creative solutions to power a router during a blackout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One user on X, @carriwho, shared an image of his router powered entirely by AA batteries.&nbsp;<strong>By connecting eight 1.5V batteries in series<\/strong>, he recreated the 12V DC power supply needed for the router and ONT to function. While the solution is temporary\u2014offering just two hours of connectivity\u2014it proved that&nbsp;<strong>a router doesn\u2019t need to be plugged into the wall<\/strong>to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others suggested more accessible options. User @jeans_jnco demonstrated a setup using a power bank and a&nbsp;<strong>USB-C to 12V adapter cable<\/strong>&nbsp;with a built-in voltage converter. This method is both portable and longer-lasting, depending on the power bank\u2019s capacity. The user claimed it \u201cworked perfectly\u201d and provided&nbsp;<strong>Internet access for several hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some even tried using solar panels, though results varied depending on whether the ISP\u2019s local node was still powered. As @SpacePizza22 noted,&nbsp;<strong>\u201crouter was on, but network was down.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These home experiments show that&nbsp;<strong>alternative power sources like batteries, power banks, or solar panels can keep a router alive<\/strong>, assuming the ISP infrastructure remains operational. Though not viable in large-scale blackouts, such solutions can be handy for localized outages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a blackout took down much of the wired Internet in Spain on April 28,&nbsp;some tech-savvy users started experimenting with off-grid solutions&nbsp;to keep their routers running. While most homes lost connectivity even with backup power, a few clever ideas have shown that Internet access is still technically possible\u2014if the telecom towers stay online. Creative solutions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-battery-powered-router-looks-like-its-possible\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A battery-powered router? Looks like it\u2019s possible&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":302015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-302014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307400,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302014\/revisions\/307400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302014"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=302014"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=302014"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=302014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}