GL.iNet - GL-AR300M16-Ext (Shadow)
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"I carry one in my luggage and they're great."
"I carry one in my luggage and they're great."
"the travel routers already have all that functionality build right into it and are designed for that right out of the box."
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"Plus a Gl.inet router is < 100 bucks, no. If you were to go with the 20 buck a month solution from the service provider after 5 months you would be spending more than just buying a travel router."
"GL.inet for sure. Easy."
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"it stays connected a long way away ... I had it set up in my 4th floor hotel room in Jamaica and was still connected at the pool outside"
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"travel routers (like the GL.iNet ones) are designed for this use case - connecting to a WiFi network like a hotel network and then rebroadcasting your own."
"I travel enough that I frequently use an older Gl.Net router to provide some protection and get more of my devices connected if I have to pay for a connection."
"it stays connected a long way away ... I had it set up in my 4th floor hotel room in Jamaica and was still connected at the pool outside"
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"The only decent ones are from gl.inet that come with openwrt."
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"Poor performance, very poor routing performance."
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"And overpriced."
AnomalyNexus 1.0I went for a GL.iNet GL-AR300M16-Ext. Specifically want to use it to isolate IoT when home and then travel. >GL.iNet GL MT300N/V2 Mango Specifically didn't buy that one cause its 100mbps ethernet. Yeah...a router advertised as 300mbps with a 100mbps eth port
I went for a GL.iNet GL-AR300M16-Ext. Specifically want to use it to isolate IoT when home and then travel. >GL.iNet GL MT300N/V2 Mango Specifically didn't buy that one cause its 100mbps ethernet. Yeah...a router advertised as 300mbps with a 100mbps eth port
mikemikeskiboardbike 0.0I've been quite impressed with this tiny little GLNet travel router. I use it when I'm out with the RV and starlink. It runs wrt software that is really configurable. Captive portal was easy on it too. I run an opnsense firewall at home but that little router is great too.
Corey_FOX 0.0well you need to touch their modem, thats how the internet connection gets into the property. if they have a seaprate modem and router then you can unplug their router and plug in yours, I personally like the GL-iNet traver routers, but any router would do in this case. however if they have a combo router-modem then your gonna need to plug your router into theirs anyway to get internet, and while you could setup a VPN on the GL.Inet that sends all your trafic though it, but at that point you might aswell save yourself the money on the router and just run the VPN directly on your devices.
GL.Inet 100% as it runs relativley pure OpenWRT and has a bunch of nice features that while you might not use them this time are great for other times, like you can connect it to public wifi and then your devices to it to isolate them, and as mentioned above setup a VPN service on it to send all your traffic though the VPN. i'm pretty sure TP link dosnt have these features or if it does they are way more basic. I deff know it dosnt let you connect to public Wifi's and use that as a wan connection cuz iv had to reaseach it recently due to moving to an appartment with shared wifi.
HeroLatency 0.0I love their products, I have one of their travel routers and it’s extremely handy.
Meltoff05 0.0This looks great! I use a gli.net travel router now for WireGuard vpn access when traveling, but not having to reprogram all of the families devices when traveling would be great. The form factor also looks fantastic.
Chewy_13 0.0It’s what I do currently with a glinet travel rtr and a wyze cam. Shouldn’t be anyone in my hotel room while I’m gone. Not a one for one match for solution, but similar use case and result; and I get local recording on the SD card
anopsis 0.0How 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.
CynicallySane 0.01. I got into self hosting because I was tired of paying for services that never quite delivered how I wanted and stopped working if my internet did. 2. I travel enough that I frequently use an older Gl.Net router to provide some protection and get more of my devices connected if I have to pay for a connection. I have also been wanting a KVM for my home server so I can better administer it from afar. In particular one that might let me restart or power it up with button presses or a jumper interface. 3.I learn a lot from Reddit, but probably most from encountering a problem and researching it until I find a solution that suits my needs and capabilities. That research takes me everywhere… but mostly Reddit these days. 4. I’d love a lower-power feature rich NAS. I consult for a lot of friends and families, and these have become a popular request. Ugreen might have the best offering for now, but I do feel like there’s still room for improvement. Edit: Products I’d choose if I won would be the POE KVM and travel router.
dev0 0.0How good is the WiFi? Compares to the GL.inet I use as a travel router this is *tiny* but in larger airbnbs even the GL.inet with its extendable antennas is sometimes struggling to provide full WiFi coverage.
dogojosho 0.0What I do with my GL.iNet travel router is doing the captive portal on my phone directly, then take it off the hotel WiFi, and set my GL to MAC clone my phone, and then boom I’m already through the portal!
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