NMEA AIS Data over WiFi.

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If it might be an issue for you, check whether any magic box you buy will connect to an existing wireless network or whether it insists on being its own independent access point. Personally I'd find it a PiTA having to switch networks on a tablet to get a weather report then go back to instruments.

If you're happy to have your windows 10 computer running though the solution, if I understand your setup correctly, maybe relatively easy and cheap. You just need to set up opencpn to repeat the data you receive over usb to the network:
https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=opencpn:eek:pencpn_user_manual:advanced_features:network_repeater

I might slightly prefer to use opencpn as a tcp server if using a wireless connection (set up a TCP data connection with an address of "0.0.0.0" on the machine you want to act as a repeater: info buried in this like: https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=opencpn:eek:pencpn_user_manual:eek:ptions_setting:connections ) but whatever works...
The Yakker will act as a stand alone wifi hub or connect to an existing network.

I have a multiplexer that takes depth, gps, wind, long, ais and feeds itvtovthe Yakker. I can then access the data on multiple apps on my Android Car Radio/Navigator pls phone etc...
 
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