GL-MT1300 / Beryl

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.

This is day 1 buy for me. Price is fantastic too. If you’ve never used a travel router it makes a huge difference in staying connected and the overall experience is super nice.

So I use my GLI version and think of the times when you travel and the WiFi is just terrible in the hotel. This is often because of poorly placed APs or simply not enough of them installed. The simplest thing it will do is pickup the hotel WiFi signal, and then rebroadcast that signal in your room. I think of it as a much larger more powerful WiFi antenna for my phone, laptop etc. It’s even better if the room has an Ethernet port available at a desk or wall, now it’s not rebroadcasting a signal it’s directly connected to the network and you have your own small AP just for your room. It will also work with cellular networks etc. If you travel and consistently find that the WiFi is bad, this kind of product makes things much better.

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.