I work remotely and at times I get cabin fever, so l enjoy working at a coffee shop or elsewhere for a change of scenery. My company only allows our systems to connect to password protected wifi so we can't even attempt to connect to the company's network without protected wifi, which was fine at some coffee shops that offered up their wifi password. My hotspot used to do the trick too so l didn't have to worry about whether somewhere would have protected wifi or not. However, lately when I've been using my hotspot, my Microsoft Teams cannot authenticate me and it shows I'm offline, but everything else works (outlook, Microsoft edge, etc) except the one thing that shows other people I'm actively working. I asked our company tech team why this has been happening because there's no rule against using hotspots and they said most hotspots don't support Teams because the wifi it provides isn't fast enough.
This makes me nervous because if my home wifi were ever to go out, I wouldn't be able to use my hotspot as a backup?
I've been looking into maybe a portable router but I'm not tech savvy by any means and don't know if that's a good option or what else there is, so essentially I'm just looking for alternatives to a mobile hotspot that would be quick enough to support my work functions. Any help or information is appreciated!