GL-MT300N-V2 Mango

The Opal is way more capable than the UTR. The UTR’s max transmission power is just 13dBm. An iPhone 17 hotspot (25dBm) is literally 10X more powerful than the UTR, and the GL.iNet Opal is 14X more powerful (30dBm). And that’s before external antenna gain which will benefit the Opal. Even the tiny GL.iNet Mango has a tx power of 20dBm.

GL.inet still has the best on price: the mango can be had on sale for 20 USD regularly. I have one installed at a bunch of family member’s houses to VPN 24/7 through to my house. I’ve had none of them fail although one does need a reboot every few months.

Yes new version same size: feature: USB-C, Gigabit LAN, DUAL Band WiFi AC/AX - BE is probably to much for the size. Mango is still a great device (Size and prize), and with full OpenWRT support supported for many years to come. But of course: WiFi Repeater mode is really slow -> 150 MBit (20 MHz) is slowed down to 75 MBit (theoretical maximum). But this is still enough for most hotels. But size and power consumption (<1W) is still a dream. And it's running perfectly with OpenWRT 25.12 RC4.

Gl.Inet Mango is single 2.4 ghz AP 2 Stream N. Small extreme low Energy and OpenWRT supported. For your use case you don’t need even AC.

I have been happy with the Beryl AX connecting back to my FireWalla Gold, using FireWalla’s built-in WreGuard. I used the Mango for awhile and upgraded to the AX and love it. It worked at four airports and several hotels that we visited. My son used it on a cruise and it worked. I probably will give my son the Mango. Edit: I can also connect to my Firewalla with the AX and the Mango using OpenVN. Mango is cheaply built, but does the job for $25. AX is better built. Both use the same web-based OS to manage.

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 :)