Wireless Joint

After doing some experimenting, it looks like the iPad always needs USB power in order for USB tethering to work. There's no away around it.

The solution I came up with is a USB breakout cable I made with a separate female barrel power connector for connecting a 5V charging adapter. The idea is to ...

I ordered both adapters to try. The one mentioned by Didneywhorl, and the one I posted afterwards. Both came today and neither one works the way I want it to.

I'm going to try hacking something together with these:

https://www.amazon.com/WMYCONGCONG-Terminal-Adapter-Connector-Converter/dp ...

I am going to try this one: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Lightn ... B083V2F7VJ

I should have it tomorrow. I'll report back my results.

I am tethering, via USB, a 3rd gen iPad Air to a router (running OpenWRT). This is running 24/7 and all is working pretty good. However, with this setup, the router's USB port is constantly charging the iPad. I don't want this happening because it is not good for the battery. What I'd prefer to do ...