GL.iNet - Beryl AX (GL-MT3000)

Depends on your budget. A lot of people prefer GL inet travel routers because their OS is based on openWRT such as Beryl AX (GL-MT3000) and you have better Ethernet port speeds But the Cudy is fine as well since it is cheaper. Anything with a MediaTek CPU typically has great support with openWRT which is nice to have if the router stops getting updates from its company or if you want more functionality from the router Both should be able to be powered by a power bank (typically you are allowed a small battery power bank on planes) Hope that helps

GL-i I’ve used them for years. Great features built into the preinstalled OpenWRT OS. The Cellular models are great for adding a backup WAN. In many places, Italy for example, cellular is cheaper than wired.

GL.iNet Beryl AX travel router. I am currently camping and have this same unit. Very reliable, fast and works fantastic. Does WireGuard as well. I highly recommend it. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/

GL iNet make some good ones.. the AX1800 and MT3000 are my go to, paired with a 10k mAh battery pack; they’ll run for quite a while — easily 4-6hrs. Their forums are also helpful for getting support from the community if needed.

I got a beryl ax. Would that work well? Should I get the flint 2?

I bought this and I also have the GL.iNet AX3000 beryl. The ax3000 is slightly smaller and only needs a 5 volt, 3 amp power supply. This tp-link one needs a 12 volt, 1.5 amp power supply. I haven't tested the tp-link in action yet, but the GL.iNet that I have has been great to use on the go since I could just plug it to a normal portable battery. I'd have to use a battery with power delivery for this tp-link one.

Getting two Beryl AX routers is definitely an option, but I have to ask; have you already checked if your current router at home doesn't have wireguard or open vpn capability? If it does, then you really only need your travel router which will save you some coin. If not, then you can go ahead with your own idea and buy 2 Beryl AX routers or even go further and buy a new high powered router like the Flint 2 (or up coming 3) to replace your existing home ISP router. It's no secret that ISP provided routers are usually very limited in their functionality, speed, etc, so putting it in bridge mode and putting a Flint behind it could also be an option. It all depending on the money you want to spend and effort of setting it up you have. The Beryl AX is a great power:cost router.

A major drawback to using a travel router as a permanent home router compared to normal routers is the wifi range. You'll find that the antennas of the travel routers are much smaller and lower powered than those of traditional routers meaning the range is hindered. If you live in an apartment then this may not be an issue, however if you live in a house, that could be problematic. Travel routers are meant to be used in close proximity to the connecting devices ie within a hotel room for example. So don't expect a miracle when it comes to the wifi range (compared to traditional routers). In regards to Beryl AX vs Slate AX, it would all depend on what you need. I doubt you would actually feel the difference in speed between both in the real world, but the Slate has an additional gigabit port that might be beneficial to hard wire one of your devices on your network. If you have a switch, then this advantage isn't really one to consider though. If you're really thinking about using a travel router as your permanent home router, then it's best that you think about your environment. If you live in a smaller place (studio or apartment), then it might work really well for you. If you live in a larger place with plenty of walls, then I would recommend getting another Flint. I hope this helps 🙂

I have a beryl ax and it is amazing, especially after upgrading the firmware.

I am going to buy a home router as well as a travel router from GLI in order to work abroad using my home IP address. So far I think I am going for the Beryl AX as my travel router, but I am not sure which GLI home router to get as some of the specs seem overkill. I won't be connecting any device to the home GLI router at all. I just need it for VPN purposes when I am abroad. Everything else at home will be using the ISP provided modem. Any recommendations? Wondering if I can just get two Beryl AXs

Wifi 7 is not gonna make me move. So happy with my Flint2 + 2x BerylAX in AP mode. I’m not going to change anywhere soon.

The Opal is a discontinued device that's not getting future software updates, and has shite support open source wise. Early experiment with a Chinese home-grown processor. I sprung for the GL-MT3000, but it's significantly more expensive. They first gen Beryl is also a better choice. Both should still come in well under your hundred dollar mark. Edit: if you want dirt cheap, look at the "Mango". GL-MT300N-V2. Specs wise, it's far worse than the Opal, but at least it has long term software support, and can run fully open source. Edit edit: at least for me, the Slate AX GL-A1300 is showing up cheaper right now (20 dollar coupon) than the Beryl AX. It should outperform the Beryl AX, is getting software updates, but doesn't have fully open source support yet (which is my insurance that I'll keep getting software patches). My old travel router was approaching 12 years old when I decided to grab a wifi 6 unit.

The Opal is a discontinued device that's not getting future software updates, and has shite support open source wise. Early experiment with a Chinese home-grown processor. I sprung for the GL-MT3000, but it's significantly more expensive. They first gen Beryl is also a better choice. Both should still come in well under your hundred dollar mark. Edit: if you want dirt cheap, look at the "Mango". GL-MT300N-V2. Specs wise, it's far worse than the Opal, but at least it has long term software support, and can run fully open source. Edit edit: at least for me, the Slate AX GL-A1300 is showing up cheaper right now (20 dollar coupon) than the Beryl AX. It should outperform the Beryl AX, is getting software updates, but doesn't have fully open source support yet (which is my insurance that I'll keep getting software patches). My old travel router was approaching 12 years old when I decided to grab a wifi 6 unit.

They aren’t selling this model any longer. It’s been discontinued. The best replacement for it would be the Beryl AX gl-mt3000 which is a really nice step up in performance, for a slight step up in price. There is also the Slate Plus gl-a1300 which has similar performance to the convexa for slightly cheaper Both of these models support bridge mode, repeater mode and access point mode

Yes, both the flint and the flint 2 are better suited for home due to a larger number of antennas, and larger number of lan ethernet ports (strong processors too) But seeing as they were looking for stuff under 100 I wasn’t sure they’d fit well in their budget. That said, I have run my home off the Beryl AX and it did fine for the month I did it.

Agreed! Though looking a little closer I think I’m wrong. It looks like the beryl ax and the flint 1 are selling for nearly the same price.

So, I think we’re in agreement. Due to price I think the Beryl AX is good.

The Beryl AX is cheaper than the Flint because of the current sale. The Flint 1 is definitely cheaper when the Beryl AX is not on sale. I mentioned the Flint 2 originally. Looking at the Flint 1 it should be good enough performance. Though the Beryl AX has more performance. The Flint is definitely better for home use. It has better coverage. If you don’t want to use that router after getting Wi-Fi from an ISP, then the Beryl AX is better. You can keep it for travel use. If you’re going to strictly use it for home use, then I’d say go for the Flint 1. It can be used once you have an ISP as a main router.

Here's a good one: Pocket-sized, dual-band AX router with 2.5G WAN, VPN support, and USB 3.0 - perfect for travel and public Wi-Fi. Others are loving it! https://a.co/d/6oHaRle Honorable mentions: TP-Link Archer AX21 A dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router offering speeds up to 1.8 Gbps. TP-Link Archer AX20 Offers dual-band Wi-Fi 6 with speeds up to 1.8 Gbps. NETGEAR R6700AX A dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router delivering speeds up to 1.8 Gbps. Reyee RG-E5 Provides dual-band Wi-Fi 6 with speeds up to 3.2 Gbps. Even if it's a small apartment, I'd still like to recommend a UCG Max and a u6 mesh point but that would be about three to four times what you're looking to spend currently.

I'm using my Beryl AX as a home router. I get better coverage than a TP Link AX access point. And its not as small of a difference as someone would think. I get nearly a full signal in my upstairs bathroom (as far away as I can get in my house) and the router is in the basement on a rack. I also maintain approximately 700mbps at that distance, the TP Link AP I was using topped at 400mbps and it was closer in proximity. I have idea why, but I get way better coverage with the Beryl. I'd expect no less from the Slate 7 but I don't know what chipset it uses. I've been tempted to get the Slate 7 so I'm going to save this thread.

I have a Beryl AX for home use. It's also what I use for vacations elsewhere. Super easy to pick up and go. I'm getting a Flint 2 shortly. It will be faster, so you may want to consider it instead. Overall, like my Beryl.

Go with beryl ax or slate ax - they're on sale right now on their website. Personally I'm using beryl, and i love it

GL-INET MT1300/MT3000 both are great

Some hotels still with ethernet in room, this is the easiest and just plug and use your WiFi. For WiFi only, just use your router to connect the hotel WiFi and use it as INTERNET instead of ethernet WAN connection. For the login page thing, it's CAPTIVE PORTAL, once your router connected to the WiFi, just use ANY ONE of your connected client device to surf internet and it should bring you to login, then all good for remaining devices. A good OpenWrt travel routers nowadays are GL-INET MT1300 (Beryl), MT3000 (BerylAX), Cudy TR3000

Same here. I have the Beryl AX and it works great. Last time I used it, I connected to the hotel wifi, created my own network off of that, and used wireguard to VPN back to my main network at home.

Copy paste from VD discord. Please check other online local stores and larger etailers like Amazon, aliexpress and eBay. The following routers have been reported to work reliably from a number of users. High End (AXE / WiFi 6E) - TP-Link AXE300/AXE16000 ($450 US) High End (AX / WiFi 6) - Asus RT-AX86U ($300 US) Dedicated (BE / Wifi 7) - TP-Link BE9300/BE550 ($200-$300 US) Dedicated (AXE / WiFi 6E) - Davolink 'Kevin' Minion 6E ($129 US) Dedicated (AXE / WiFi 6E) - TP-Link Archer AXE75/AXE5400 ($160-$200 US) Dedicated (AX) - PRISMXR Puppis S1 (80$) Dedicated (AX / WiFi 6) - GL.iNet Beryl GL-MT3000 ($90 US) Low End (AC / WiFi 5) - GL.iNet Opal GL-SFT1200 ($50 US) Low End (AC / WiFi 5) - TP-Link Archer C6 or A6 ($40 US) TP-Link AX and Huawei routers have been known to have issues we are unable to identify. Higher end TP-Link AX/AXE routers not listed here may work well but as with any router not on this list, should be considered untested. The TP-Link Archer AXE5400 is not the same thing as the Deco AXE5400. The latter is a mesh router and may not work as expected. I personally won't recommend any router in your screenshot, but some of them will work fine. Also consider if you're in an area with others living nearby, channels might be congested so a 6ghz (wifi6e or 7) might be the only way to keep the connection stable. Ubiquiti is also good, but had problems in the past that got fixed through firmware updates.

I am rooting on the Gl.iNet routers atm. If you only need wifi 6, look at the Gl.one Beryl AX which offers 2.5gbps WAN and 1gbps lan. If your internet plan is only up to gigabit you can also go with a more stylish Gl.iNet Marble.

I use a Beryl AX to connect to my Firewalla Gold at home via WireGuard. The GL.iNet routers are not as "polished" as the Firewallas when it comes to firmware, but I love my Beryl AX for travel. It's so versatile and always worked (hotels, AirBnb, airports and even on airplanes). Regarding your point of the policies, the travel router will appear as a VPN device on the Firewalla and you can apply whatever policies to it (and this will take care of the devices connected to it), but not individually per device. Keep in mind that when GL.iNet releases new devices, they take a few months to become stable. I believe this will be especially true for a new device that requires new drivers for its WiFi 7.

I really wanted Kevin but couldn't get him in the UK. Settled for Dedicated (AX / WiFi 6) - GL.iNet Beryl GL-MT3000 ($90 US) and this lil thing is SOLID! I can run from anywhere in my house and extend it out. If you have a USBC powerful enough you can just run it hanging off your PC and put it in repeater mode to your main router for internet!

I'm using the Beryl AX as non-travel router for my small apartment and it's been great. Using it mainly for Openwrt and SQM. It has 2.5Ghz WAN which is more than I need

I second GL.inet. One thing to note is that they have two similar models - Beryl AX and Slate AX. The Beryl uses a chipset that’s supported upstream by OpenWRT, while the Slate does not. I recommend the Beryl for that reason.

I use the Beryl AX for this exact purpose. Downside is (as someone mentioned earlier) double NAT that can make things like hosting a Plex server a bit of a pain but honestly having my own separate network makes not seeing everyone else's Roku and Spotify pop up every time I want to play music or watch something in my place. Plus it's nice to be able to run AdGuard Home and a VPN all from the router and not worry about a bunch of individual client level items in my apartment.

Oh good to know. Coincidentally, the [GL.iNet GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BPSGJN7T?psc=1) is on sale and it looks like it's the lowest price it's been. I ended up getting that one for travelling.

[GL-Inet all day long](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt6000/). If I hadn't bought a $350 NetGear just last August I'd have one as my core firewall at home. But I LOVE the GL-Inet [travel routers](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/) for my lake house and when traveling. They run on Open-WRT so they're infinitely flexible. You can even run apps like Tailscale right on the device.

In your price range? I think I'd go for the Opal over the Mango. It's only a few dollars more, but it's got more features and ports. I have one and it works well for the price point. Above that, I also have the Beryl AX and it's really nice, way more powerful than the Opal, but also over twice the price. After that there's the Slate 7, which is newer, much more powerful, and way more expensive. I know for a fact that the Opal and Beryl AX can run off a power bank for hours. If you plan to use the VPN options on any of these units, I'd really go for the Beryl AX at a minimum.

In your price range? I think I'd go for the Opal over the Mango. It's only a few dollars more, but it's got more features and ports. I have one and it works well for the price point. Above that, I also have the Beryl AX and it's really nice, way more powerful than the Opal, but also over twice the price. After that there's the Slate 7, which is newer, much more powerful, and way more expensive. I know for a fact that the Opal and Beryl AX can run off a power bank for hours. If you plan to use the VPN options on any of these units, I'd really go for the Beryl AX at a minimum.

BerylAX has been the best travel router I have had. Love the programmable hardware switch to toggle VPN or adguard etc. Tailscale on it has been solid, and the range is fantastic.

Most popular choice is going to be gl.inet, I personally use a Beryl AX when I travel. It can be connected to an existing wifi, tethered to a phone or wired in.

Either is probably fine, however the Beryl AX is supported by openwrt, so when gl.inet does stop supporting the device you can use vanilla openwrt on the device for years after. I have a Beryl and it goes with me on every trip, no matter the distance.

Cudy TR3000 is nearly identical to Beryl AX on hardware level, but for about 1/3 the price. Agreed the GL.iNet has a bigger community and history, but the TR3000 also has OpenWRT support, which is easy to flash, and IMO physically looks & feels nicer. Beryl AX with OpenWRT is effectively identical to TR3000 with OpenWRT. Admittedly more expensive than TR1200, but definitely worth the extra

Christmas sales are in full swing. I recommend the Beryl AX, or the Slate AX if you need an extra LAN port and higher Wireguard speeds. The new Slate 7 will becoming out within a few months though.

GL.iNet from The Wired Nomad guide which someone else linked. https://thewirednomad.com/vpn

Banned. Nice. Now you have ak\_z (probably affiliated) above trying justify his overpriced router hardware because they use "back-up" servers which would defeat the whole purpose of "keeping your home IP". And claiming their kill switch is any better than GL.iNet's (which is already a separate codebase) is comical.

The Brume 2 is almost always the way to go for the server router unless you actually need Wi-Fi (meaning you would likely be replacing your home router and use the GL.iNet router for home Wi-Fi simultaneously). Unfortunately I believe the Brume 2 is still out of stock, so the next best option is likely just another Beryl AX.

Beryl AX because it's newer and has the least problems with its firmware (due to Mediatek chip). Only reason to get the Slate AX would be if you needed the extra LAN port or maybe higher supported WireGuard speeds. But most places you travel are not going to support near 500 Mbps in my experience.

With multiple users sharing(for low-ping gaming), will need to use SQM... [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlInet/comments/14t6ny9/fixing\_bufferbloat\_issues\_on\_a\_5gsim\_connection/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlInet/comments/14t6ny9/fixing_bufferbloat_issues_on_a_5gsim_connection/) Beryl AX(GL-MT3000) is the same model I have; 1600+ is 100% possible if signal quality is very good!!

I've been using Beryl AX non stop for 2 years, not a single issue. Just make sure you're extra paranoid with a kill switch and check your IP and DNS every morning. I've had one issue with a minor bug during one of their updates

Connects great via WireGuard. No, it does not pass through routing responsibilities - is that important? I am using the Beryl AX and it works great. Especially the way it handles hotel captive portals.

GL-MT3000: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPSGJN7T/ Fast little low power wifi 6 device that has great official OpenWrt support too.

You can buy this anywhere. The company is called GL.inet and there are many good ones. I have a Beryl AX with wifi 6 - they’re very good.

GL.inet - can recommend the Beryl AX

I used Beryl AX as a home router about a year and it was way more reliable than provider’s router. Coverage was good, despite having thick brick walls

ito gamit ko [GL-INET Beryl AX](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/) lahat yata ng kailngan mo andito na. check mo video ni ltt about sa router na to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_vk6cpPtxA Meron din siyang * * built in adblocker(adguardhome) same sa pihole * built in na vpn(pwedeng per device din ang vpn or whole network) * yun usb pweng pang nas or usb tethering

I help set up these type of networks for people all day, everyday. GL-iNet MT6000, MT3000, AXT1800 or MT2500A would be my top picks. MT6000 is overkill unless you're also going to be using it to replace your primary home router.

Glnet mt3000using zerotier or wireguard.

I use a GL-MT3000 on my boat, works great, fast. I use a USB LTE modem for cellular data.

That's my recommendation too. I'm a super happy owner of a Flint 2 and of a Beryl AX. Both devices have been stellar for me since I got them.

I just got a pair of 2 Beryl AX that I use as access points with my Flint 2, and they're phenomenal little devices. At first I thought they were running a tad too hot, but they're are easy ways to modify the fan curve. They're fast and the range is surprisingly good for such small devices. I'd go with a Beryl AX if you have the money. It will be more than enough for an apartment and yes it will make it more secure: instead of exposing all your devices individually to your tenant's network, only your router is exposed (that's the only device your tenant will see), and your devices will be placed behind your own router's firewall. The downside is that it creates a double NAT and it can make things a tad more complicated if you host services that you want to be accessible from WAN, but they're are ways around it.

As long as you can power it you can tether it to your phone through the USB port I have a Beryl AX and I use it a lot when we go on vacations. I tether it to my phone, strap a power bank to it, and put it in my backpack and my family and I have internet for the day wherever we go. It has multi wan support and fail over so when we stop by a Starbucks or something with free wifi I can log into it and share it with my family.

I have the Beryl AX and it's been great. Saved hundreds of dollars on a cruise by only getting the one device package, and works great for hotel rooms and even in a pinch making things like wired printers wireless.

I travel a lot for work and I've got a GL.inet Beryl GL-MT3000. I connect it to hotel's WiFi or ethernet port and my devices instantly gets a VPN connection and if I need to connect to my home network, I just turn on tailscale and get on my home network.

I travel a lot for work and I've got a GL.inet Beryl GL-MT3000. I connect it to hotel's WiFi or ethernet port and my devices instantly gets a VPN connection and if I need to connect to my home network, I just turn on tailscale and get on my home network.

Gl-inet Beryl AX - https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/ Set it up and test it when your home

I would keep the Beryl among the three. It's quite small and portable, and is also the newest in the list.

I would recommend gl-inet [Beryl AX](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=menubar). Community is very important for these kinds of devices, and GL-iNet has it.

I'm quite happy with my MT3000 as my home router

I used the beryl it works but isn’t the quickest for local stuff. I moved to this https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-axt1800/ and it’s great and my main router of choice while traveling. I will say the only issue that 1800 has is you need to use their usb c brick cause it’s 4 amps which is a bit higher than most. It’ll go crazy at lower amps. I had to replace one because I used a normal usb hub.

Best one I found is GL.iNet GL-MT3000

Indeed, if you need something that works out of the box, consider the GL.iNet routers, such as the Beryl AX. Other options include the Slate AX and Slate Plus. My favorite is the Slate AR750S-EXT, which, although it is end-of-life but you can get it second hand, is portable and allows me to use native OpenWrt. One thing to note is that they use their own fork of OpenWrt, but you can flash it with vanilla OpenWrt if you prefer. If you are more technically inclined, you can create custom firmware to suit your needs, such as adding extra privacy with DNSproxy or DoH/DoT to bypass restrictions. You can also add AdGuardHome or DNS filtering to block ads, malware, telemetry, etc. However, if you prefer simplicity, you can just use the GL.iNet software. These routers support WireGuard, OpenVPN, and other commercial VPNs. They also have beta support for ZeroTier and Tailscale. I travel occasionally for work and find these routers very useful. I can connect to networks at Airbnb accommodations, hotels, airports, or use 4G LTE and smartphones for tethering, then distribute the connection to my devices with the router. They can also handle captive portals, but it depends on the situation. For more information, check out /r/GLiNet and their forums.

The Beryl AX supports faster WiFi speed than the Slate AX out of the box. But if you’re using WireGuard for VPN (a common use for travel routers), the Slate AX supports 550 Mbps max speed vs the 300 Mbps that the Beryl AX supports. So basically: if using vanilla WiFi, Beryl AX is better. If using VPN (particularly over WireGuard), Slate AX is better. You can play around with GL.iNet’s [comparison table here](https://www.gl-inet.com/compare/) to learn more.

I am currently testing both GL-MT3000 Beryl AX and TL-WR3002X AX3000 (version US/1.6) as hotspot with my upstream 5G mobile router (Galaxy SCR01). TLDR; I would definitely go with TL-WR3002X, for LAN and NAS speed. They both consume almost the same amount of electricity with a 2TB USB 3.0 SATA SSD drive connected. (continuous 4w), although AX3000 on "Eco" mode comes down to 3w. But as far as the USB 3.0 NAS and LAN speed go, TL-WR3002X scores a little bit higher than GL-MT3000 for me. Here are the speeds I have roughly seen while copying files from USB 3.0 NAS of either of these devices to my own laptop: With ethernet (1 Gbps): - TL-WR3002X AX3000: 110 MB/s - GL-MT3000 Beryl AX: 80 MB/s With Wi-Fi (AC 1.73 Gbps): - TL-WR3002X AX3000: 90 MB/s - GL-MT3000 Beryl AX: 60 MB/s But from the other hand, as you mentioned: Beryl AX has OpenWRT loaded and ready to go, AX3000 has currently no OpenWRT images. That might be because no one cared to create a device tree for it, and the vendor has not released anything? AX3000 has a MediaTek MT7981B "Filogic 820" dual‑core 1.3 GHz CPU, and OpenWRT added support for MediaTek Filogic SoCs (e.g. Filogic 830, 630) since 23.05. So I am hopeful that as time goes by, OpenWRT official or unofficial images will appear for AX3000. My conclusion was that - If you care about USB 3.0 NAS/LAN speed, get TL-WR3002X - If you need to impress your girlfriend every night by SSHing into your router, then get GL-MT3000

I have a Beryl, great little router! Best feature for me is the fact that Tailscale is baked into the firmware. This allows me to overcome CGNAT (Starlink) so I can remote access my Plex server and security cams etc.

So I was a big fan of Mikrotik previously, but they don't seem to offer a 2.5 gigabit router board so I went a different way for this selection with openWRT and discovered GL.iNet ... I had previously purchased one(GL.iNet Beryl) for traveling in my RV as a hotspot access to my fileshares with a mobile wan hotspot via tethering...it worked flawlessly... Although it had a 2.5.gb wan port, I actually wasn't using it... After the Spectrum tech insisted that I had to use their modem to achieve gigabit speed, it was then that I discovered ALL of my connected home devices (smarthome appliances) were listed on my spectrum web management panel. I was not pleased to be sharing absolutely everything with them, so I disconnected it, replaced their modem with my Beryl and achieved slightly faster consistent Internet speeds(tested with ookla), afterwards erasing all device info from their website and returning their modem to my local spectrum store. The Beryl ran slightly hot for dedicated home use so I went online for a solid replacement.... Since I was in need of a 2.5.gb wan port for my home with WiFi support, I looked up their home based solution, the Flint... It had the same interface as my Beryl, but faster processor for more in-home performance... And even though the initial interface is simplified, there is an advanced interface that allows me to configure more powerful firewall settings. So far I'm loving this thing and it acts as a true firewall...nothing is shared with Spectrum web management panel which was what initially motivated me to do all of this...hope this helps [GL.iNet GL-MT6000(Flint 2)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP7S3117?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title)

So I was a big fan of Mikrotik previously, but they don't seem to offer a 2.5 gigabit router board so I went a different way for this selection with openWRT and discovered GL.iNet ... I had previously purchased one(GL.iNet Beryl) for traveling in my RV as a hotspot access to my fileshares with a mobile wan hotspot via tethering...it worked flawlessly... Although it had a 2.5.gb wan port, I actually wasn't using it... After the Spectrum tech insisted that I had to use their modem to achieve gigabit speed, it was then that I discovered ALL of my connected home devices (smarthome appliances) were listed on my spectrum web management panel. I was not pleased to be sharing absolutely everything with them, so I disconnected it, replaced their modem with my Beryl and achieved slightly faster consistent Internet speeds(tested with ookla), afterwards erasing all device info from their website and returning their modem to my local spectrum store. The Beryl ran slightly hot for dedicated home use so I went online for a solid replacement.... Since I was in need of a 2.5.gb wan port for my home with WiFi support, I looked up their home based solution, the Flint... It had the same interface as my Beryl, but faster processor for more in-home performance... And even though the initial interface is simplified, there is an advanced interface that allows me to configure more powerful firewall settings. So far I'm loving this thing and it acts as a true firewall...nothing is shared with Spectrum web management panel which was what initially motivated me to do all of this...hope this helps [GL.iNet GL-MT6000(Flint 2)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP7S3117?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title)

I have the Beryl as my home router and built a ghetto mesh with three more, works a treat and have no issues

I use my GL routers while traveling and then use them to combine multiple devices to phone home via wireguard, no issues in any aspect. I view them as different use cases for me personally. I wouldnt mind the loss of a Slate/Beryl/Mango as a Firewalla given the different functions. Also I generally like having the extra lan ports on the GL Routers at some locations... Added, this is for trading situations where I hard wire 2 laptops I use in trading for and use a 3 port router.

I use this one as well.

I have a Beryl and it’s great, would buy again.

I have a Beryl and it’s great, would buy again.

I recently got the Beryl and love it. Just be aware that the easy-to-use Tailscale "app" only supports the official Tailscale server (not Headscale, e.g.)

In my experience, the VPN Processing on TP-Link routers is slow which is why I went with the GL.iMet Beryl. However, Captive Portals are much easier to connect to on the TP-Link travel routers. Good luck!

How small you wanna go? Look at Gli-net's travel routers. I carry one in my luggage and they're great.

How small you wanna go? Look at Gli-net's travel routers. I carry one in my luggage and they're great.

I love their products, I have one of their travel routers and it’s extremely handy.

GL.iNet are my go to for travel routers if doing semi basic stuff.

I've set up a GL.inet travel router and a Verizon 5g router into for my camper. I used a Power Converter Regulator wired directly into the 12v system to insure my router and 5g modem had the power it needed. I never turn it off and it's rock solid. We recently took a 10 day trip to Southern Utah and we never were without Internet and our VPN into my house.

GL.inet for sure. Easy.

I think any of their currently listed travel routers will run tailscale.

Correct. You don't want any routing. You want the clients to pick the closest network. Even something as small as a Gl.Inet Travel Router will do the job, because you turn it to "AP" mode so it doesn't really do much.

Correct. You don't want any routing. You want the clients to pick the closest network. Even something as small as a Gl.Inet Travel Router will do the job, because you turn it to "AP" mode so it doesn't really do much.

As someone who just got done traveling to multiple places and staying for a week at those places, trying out a couple different travel routers at each place (GL iNet & Asus Go), I like the Asus the best. I love the form factor of the GL iNet, but after 6 hours or so it disconnected. I had to unplug it and plug it back in. Google mentioned something about the WAN settings (I’d have to find it). Whereas the Asus just worked. It never disconnected, worked fine in WISP mode and just regular eithernet. So now my go to is the Asus Go for my travel router.

If you are more tech inclined and want the best performance, you get a generic openwrt box (glinet, nanopi, cwwk) and install openclash/passwall and uu. Then set up Access Control Lists to define which devices/services/websites should run without VPN, with VPN, or with the gaming accelerator.

Hi, I hade similar problem, I used Mikrotik than Ubiquity Edge X, but half year ago I have found GLI.net It’s OpenWRT by default and it cost similar to TP-Link. It have WireGuard, Tailscale and AddGuard as native app ;)