Quick set up, works fantastic, either with ethernet or wifi as the base. Small, compact, and easy to set up. Added all my devices at home and didnt have to connect with hotel wifi for each.

This little guy works great. ATT screwed up my WiFi and I got this router to add/extend my WiFi to the shop. It is mounted on a pole in the yard at the end of 100 ft. Cat6 cable in a waterproof box. Ran 120V power and the Cat6 in a buried conduit. I now have Wifi for my cameras again and in shop WiFi for my laptop. Speed is good and the cameras are working again.

The router performance is about the same as the Tenda AC1200 AC8 it replaced. It does that with MUCH smaller antenna and only two of them compared with 4 antennae of the AC8. Prepare for very small fonts in the start up instructions! I did have an issue and needed to go online to the site for clarification. Possibly due to language differences there was confusion as to which password to enter into the router once it rebooted. Either the new router password or the host password. That was resolved and the router has run smoothly since 12/11/24. It was setup in our house but it will be transferred to an office environment shortly where its host and password will again be changed before it settles into service at that location. Based on its performance we ordered three more.

This router was approved for use by our national organization. We also bought the carry cases for them as Amazon offered a case designed for this router. We do need a case to protect the router when not in use. If you use "WISP" mode to connect to the host wirelessly this router does not have one. Its equivalent mode is "Repeater" and it works the same as WISP as it connects to the host and on to the Internet in our case. We have not used the router in any other mode, however we expect that it will meet our expectations. There are two LAN and one WAN port along with a 2.0 USB port. With its small size we may use a switch for allowing access to other devices. A four port switch device is very light and won't interfere with portability this router affords. The color blends in very well with our office surroundings. The AC8 was only offered in black or white colors and with 4 large antennae it did not blend in very well. Packing it for travel or storage was very annoying. This Opal router works well and has side benefits. The antennae design worked well in a TP-Link access point we used several years ago. The Internet speed test we ran did not differ very much from the AC8 design so we expect about the same performance from this smaller unit as compared to the larger Tenda AC8 design. I also bought one for our house. A nice touch was the power supply and cord. Both match the unit color and the plug has a unique design. The cord is a flat design that FOLDS very nice within itself. I am NOT going to purchase round cords any longer. When one coils (folds) this cord just follow the contours that you see when you first look at the unit in the box. You can then fold it back into the same size. I took a photo of it so I could refold it correctly and it DID! A nice small package without using an elastic. Its funny how the little things add up to a nice design. The Gli folks have a nice design throughout the product. Even the box design is very well done. BTW the route unit takes up about 1/2 the box and the cord and power supply take up the other half. The router is in a soft sleeve and one will realize it is only 1/2 of the box size. The plug of the power cord will need a 10 second assembly.

It seems to be a universal plug that allows the unit to adapt to US, EU and other electrical systems. The contacts assembly are separate from the remainder of the cord assembly. The instructions indicate how to connect the contacts to assemble it to the cord unit by aligning the contact unit with the cord unit and then clicking the two into place with a slight twist of the wrist. Sounds complicated BUT it is like aligning an aspirin bottle top with the bottle edge and slightly twisting the top on. The U.S. model has a standard U.S. plug contacts. The units going to the EU probably have the EU type contact assembly. Slick!

We do not need speed greater than the AC1200 standard right now. However, if we need more speed or more features the GLi company will be the first place we will look. GLi put a lot of thought into their design and it makes me confident that their electronics are designed with the same care and detail.

Great little router that you can throw into your travel tech pack. As we travel with the family and everyone's got their laptop / tablet / phone / handhelds etc, makes it super easy to connect to one travel router all the time from hotel to hotel. Has plenty of bandwidth for holiday travel especially. I see around ~80MB/s max12 without VPN.

Also has VPN support if you are overseas or on business travel although VPN is not quick since it has an older CPU. I see around 1.2 MB/s, okay for emails and documents, but tough for larger files.

I like the Opal that I plan to upgrade to the Beryl 7 for the much faster (almost 100x) VPN speeds for business travel in the future.

The GL.iNet Opal is a gem like it's namesake says.

Bang for your buck, this is one of the best value in routers that exists. That said, it is an older router with limitations.

Know before you buy:

Look, this is NOT a power router with huge throughput for OpenVPN, WireGuard, or your favorite commercial VPN. It will work just great if you need to do normal day-to-day work, but if you're trying to move large files or backhaul multiple video streams via VPN, there are limits to its throughput. The reason is simple: VPNs use a lot of CPU and memory for the overhead of encryption. At this price-point you're not getting a huge processor or a lot of memory. If you need a lot of VPN throughput, then look at GL.iNet's higher-end travel routers for the same form factor and the throughput performance you are looking for.

For everyone else, this is the travel router you want. It is an OpenWRT router (though not capable of the newest builds) and will support all of the features you would expect on a router 2-4x the price. Very easy to setup and administer to share an internet connection through tethering to your cell phone or sharing a public WiFi.

This device is also easily setup as a VPN server behind your typical NAT primary router by port forwarding.

Range is good for the travel form-factor and power consumption. It doesn't hold a candle to the range of my primary router at home, but it still covers the entirety of our 6,000sf home, just at lower signal & throughput a the furthest distances.

Updated Review:

On a recent trip overseas I had better luck with this thing, even successfully logging into a hotel's captive portal. HOWEVER, it's totally hit or miss. I got more success when I disabled the 5G radio and just used it in 2G mode all the time. Three different hotels over a 20 day period and a total of about 5 reboots -- it generally worked. However, on morning of my last day it seemed to crap out. I'm so tired of troubleshooting this thing. So many times I've resorted to the "nuclear option" of resetting the firmware and re-entering all settings and passwords. I don't want to do that anymore. I want to get something better, but I see comments like this for all the other "travel" sized routers too.

Again, I think that deleting WAN access points no longer needed (like hotels you're not coming back to) is one part of this multi-faceted problem.

I use a VPN with this device, but the real advantage is that after you connect this router to the host network, ALL your already paired WiFi devices then auto-connect to the router when you move from hotel to hotel. This is the convenience I'm seeking, but unable to get reliably from this model.

Prior Review:

Before traveling I had it set up for a few months at home and it worked fine in repeater mode for weeks without reboot or tweaking of any kind. I had my phone and tablet connect to this router and they were able to re-establish Wi-Fi connection without problem as I came and went. The device apparently was able to routinely re-negotiate DHCP leases transparently. No hiccups at all. I would give the device a 4+ rating. (My gripes would be with the organization of the web pages on the interface.)

However, after more than four weeks of travel I have to downgrade my rating of the device due to near endless frustration trying to connect to “captive portals” some of my hotels use. Before upgrading to firmware 4.3.25 I was NEVER able to connect the device to a captive portal (where you need to log in on a web page and provide additional credentials to gain Wi-Fi access). I have spent hours and hours scouring the web and YouTube videos seeking help, but nothing seemed to work. At the three week mark I decided to upgrade the firmware to 4.3.25. It then seemed I was able to get through at least one captive portal. Just once, but not at the next hotel. Again, I spent hours on this. I finally decided on the nuclear option: reset the device to factory settings and reconfigure. That worked! For the next two hotels I didn’t have any problems. However, at a new hotel last night the device worked for an hour and then it is unable to reconnect to the internet — and there’s no captive portal here.

My next step is to do a factory reset again, reconfigure, including VPN credentials, and I expect it will work again. One action that might correlate with this problem is deleting access points for hotels I’m not returning to. I am hoping for a firmware upgrade that will fix this annoying and recurring issue. I do not want to be doing a factory reset at each new hotel!

If you like Openwrt and are looking for a travel router in this price range get this one!! I've been using and loving Openwrt on my home's wifi routers for years now and this thing is running Openwrt out of the box. Its got a nice web admin interface but you can install Luci if you want. It even has an advanced option in it's web interface where you can point and click to install Luci and all the other hundreds of Openwrt packages. I just took it on a cruise and it worked fantastic. If you are a geeky Linux dude like me, 1000% this is the one to get and even if you aren't it's web interface is very simple and easy to use while at the same time having all the normal features you'd want without Luci or any extra Openwrt packages. You can even ssh into it. The only negative I will say is a default configuration item which is easily changed... by default it monitors if your internet connection is up by pinging google and cisco and a couple other sites almost continously. Its super simple to turn off or change the frequency of pings though. The funny thing is the GL-SFT1200 isnt a supported device on the actual Openwrt website, I think because the actual Openwrt site doesnt have acess to the network drivers this is using. Its sort of using a proprietary Openwrt in a way. I mean it IS Openwrt but its using network drivers the actual Openwrt site doesnt have access too.

Bang for the buck - this is a solid device.

Used this on our recent cruise (Celebrity) - worked perfectly!

I am quite pleased with the product. Compact enough size for travel. Works great with almost any type of usb power source. Easy to set up, with a lot of features. The VPN functionality is especially straightforward.

If you’re looking for a portable router that packs a serious punch, the GL-iNet travel router is hard to beat. I personally use it to provide router-level VPN across all devices in my home, including smart TVs and other networked devices, and it works flawlessly.

Setup is quick and straightforward. Power it on, connect via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and enter the router’s IP in your browser. The admin panel is extremely intuitive, making it easy to configure VPN settings, connect to networks, manage devices, or adjust firewall and port options. Even complex routing setups are simple to manage thanks to the clear interface and helpful documentation.

The router supports both OpenVPN and WireGuard, but from my experience its real strength is getting full network-level VPN without having to configure individual devices. The physical VPN switch on the side is a clever feature, letting you toggle the VPN on or off instantly.

And if I need to travel, it’s incredibly convenient—compact and foldable enough to carry in a bag. I can take it abroad and set it up in hotels or other networks to create my own secure Wi-Fi, piggybacking off the existing router or Ethernet connections. This makes accessing a safe VPN on all my devices easy, even when away from home.

Overall, this is a small, portable router that delivers full-featured, router-level VPN at home, with an incredibly user-friendly admin panel, strong Wi-Fi, and excellent support. For the price, it’s hard to find a better option. Highly recommended.

Good product

Delivery is good

Item is good and doing what is expected

Berbat

📝 DESCRIPCIÓN

Router inalámbrico GL.iNet GL-SFT1200, ideal para viajes y redes vpn, con doble banda AC1200 y características de seguridad.

En Amazon puedes encontrar un modelo con wifi 6: https://amzn.to/3FGCjua

🧾 ESPECIFICACIONES

- Marca: GL.iNet

- Modelo: GL-MT300N-V2

- Banda de frecuencia: 2.4 Ghz

- Estándar de comunicación inalámbrica: 802.11m

- Velocidad máxima: 300 mbps

- Tecnología de conectividad: USB, Por cable, Ethernet, Wifi, Inalámbrico

- Color: Blanco

📦 CONTENIDO

· Enrutador inalámbrico GL-MT300N-V2

· Manual de usuario

· Cable de ethernet

· Adaptador de corriente (enchufe UE+Reino Unido)

· 2 años de garantía

📲 APP

• glinet

💶 PRECIO

• 14 de Marzo de 2024: 25,49€

🟢 PROS

• Diseño compacto y portátil, ideal para viajes.

• Económico

• Funciona como repetidor para redes Wi-Fi públicas.

• Fácil de configurar y usar.

🔴 CONTRAS

• No tiene banda de conexión de 5Ghz

• No tiene puertos Gigabit para una conexión de alta velocidad.

8️⃣ VALORACIÓN

Este router inalámbrico es ideal como opción para viajeros que necesitan conectividad privada y segura. También es perfecto para poder utilizar en tu vivienda, para mantener una red privada con VPN.

Este router es el más básico de la gama, sin compatiblidad con wifi 6, sin doble banda wifi, con velocidades mayores en la banda de 5 Ghz y sin puerto de ethernet de gigabit.

Tiene un diseño muy compacto y portátil, con diferentes opciones avanzadas de configuración, que garantiza una experiencia de uso satisfactoria.

Tiene una fácil configuración y es muy versátil, que lo hace ideal para una variedad de situaciones gracias a su portabilidad.

Entres sus funciones, tienen la opción de funcionar como:

- Modo Router:

En este modo, el router funciona como el dispositivo principal que gestiona la red local.

Se conecta al módem de Internet y distribuye la conexión a Internet a través de cables Ethernet o de forma inalámbrica a dispositivos como pcs, móviles, tablets, etc.

También realiza funciones como asignar direcciones IP a los dispositivos conectados, administrar el tráfico de la red, y proporcionar seguridad a través de cortafuegos y protocolos de seguridad como WPA2.

- Modo Punto de Acceso (AP):

En este modo, el router se utiliza para extender la red existente cableada a dispositivos inalámbricos.

Se conecta a un router principal a través de un cable Ethernet y luego emite una señal WiFi para que los dispositivos inalámbricos se conecten a la red.

No realiza funciones de enrutamiento ni gestiona la asignación de direcciones IP, ya que estas funciones son manejadas por el router principal.

- Modo Repetidor (Repeater) o Extensor de Rango:

En este modo, el router recibe la señal WiFi de otro router o punto de acceso y la amplifica para extender el alcance de la red inalámbrica.

Se coloca en un área donde la señal WiFi existente es débil y la amplifica para proporcionar una cobertura más amplia.

Funciona retransmitiendo la señal WiFi recibida desde el router principal, por lo que no realiza funciones de enrutamiento ni gestiona la asignación de direcciones IP.

Su configuración se realiza desde un explorador, una vez conectado a él y también tienes la opción de configurarlo desde la app glinet.

✅ CONCLUSIÓN

Es la primera vez que utilizo uno de estos router y me gustó la facilidad de uso y configuración. Soy usuario a nivel básico y conseguí de una manera rápida, crear mi propia red vpn. Tiene una buena relación calidad / precio, en comparación con otros modelos que encontré por Amazon.

No es un dispositivo para grandes velocidades, pero es válido para transmisiones en streaming.

👍 RECOMENDABLE.

✳️ Espero que mi comentario ✍️ te haya sido útil 😃