GL.iNet - GL-MT1300 / Beryl

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

Still using my WiFi 5 beryl. Can’t max out the connection at most hotels anyway. But if I ever lose it, the new beryl is shaping up to be my next.

Still using my WiFi 5 beryl. Can’t max out the connection at most hotels anyway. But if I ever lose it, the new beryl is shaping up to be my next.

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)

Here is what to do: Use a Gl-inet router (gl-inet Beryl is what i use). Connect this via ethernet (wifi is also possible) to the host router. Now setup your own wifi network being careful to not use the same channel as your host. Then if you use a VPN service such as Nord, setup your gl-inet router to connect to a Nord server (this is very easy to do) Now you will have your own wifi network with all traffic routed through the VPN. And you have not messed with your hosts internet system. This is what I do.

GL.inet for family travel (all devices preset to connect to it, with VPN available for selected needs) and UniFi Travel Router for solo use. Quick and easy in both use cases. GL.inet worked fabulously all over Europe for 5 weeks; UniFi would have been perfect as well if it had just been me. Smaller, too.

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

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

The Glinet Beryl is also powered by USB-C and is also low power. Can be powered by a USB-C battery for hours.

The power consumption's 9W, which gives it better signal than the Unifi one.

I have the beryl and it can’t be used with PD usb-c cable (Beryl 7 has it now, finally!), you need a 3A usb-c input so not all power adapters work with that. This means for me that I need to carry a specific power adapter and I can’t use the one for my macbook/iphone. The form factor is also much bigger and power consumption is ~9W

I want to second the Gli series I have the Beryl at home behind my router in modem mode,ive.actually turned of wireless and let my mesh handle thst in AP mode but there's so much to play with. Also have a gli melon at my MIL's for Netflix :)

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.)