Portable Hubs?

Nahdude asks: "A friend of mine and I tend to have frequent mini-LAN parties in odd places like diners or parks with our laptops. We've been using a crossover cable with no problems, but recently we've attracted some attention from friends, and even some strangers, who want in on the action. So I've looked (without success) for a portable networking solution. Has anyone found and had luck with a battery powered network hub? Keeping in mind that wireless, although neat, will probably be a bit difficult because the expense of mobile wireless cards could be out of range of a lot of the people interested (we had 15 people last week in a bar, woot, but only 2 player games with crossovers because they wouldn't let us plug in a hub)." I haven't seen many of these now, but maybe if someone plants the idea in people's heads we'll see these several years from now...

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Re:Easiest way

[pediddle]

Yeah, anyone is going to carry an inverter, the hub, the hub's AC->DC converter, and, of course, the CAR BATTERY THAT WEIGHS 30 POUNDS, all along with a laptop case.

Seriously, somebody else posted a link to a genuine battery-powered hub. You should check that out. You should also get your head checked out :)