GL-AR300M16-Ext (Shadow)

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

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

> I have one of their travel routers and it is bar-none the best bang for your buck of any router I've ever owned when it comes to features and usability. I was very pleasenetly supprised with the feature set of the GLI mini travel router when I got mine. Game changer on vacations. Connect to hotel Wifi once, family devices auto connect to the GLI, Split VPN tunnels puts their traffic through PIA and mine through the homelab Wiregaurd. No more device limits, captive portals, or crapy hotel TV chromecast that never seem to pair.

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.

1. 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.

How 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.

What 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!

Most “normal” routers cannot use an existing wifi network as their WAN. GL.iNet is really best in class when it comes to this.