GL-SFT1200 (Opal)

Gli.net Opal is a great deal at $35 (amazon) if youre budget minded, but newest Beryl or Slate are great if you want to spend around $100.

I have a glinet berryl.ax.and a opal and both are great. Berryl is better but costs twice as much.

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.

Update: Thanks all. I bought the GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 (Opal) for $35. (When I first looked at this I only had seen the Beryl AX @ $98.) All set for now. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* I need to set up a secure network that only has internet connectivity via shared WiFi, no Ethernet. This needs to support a handful of wireless security cameras, a tablet, Roku and laptop. I was thinking of getting a GL.iNet travel router but I'm wondering if all or most routers support a wireless uplink and maybe I can just pick one up cheap locally. I am a bit on a time crunch and the compact 'travel' aspect is unnecessary, looking for something less expensive. Thanks

Leaning towards the SFT1200...is it stable? I don't want to deal with reset issues, etc. I also read something about the Opal being under-powered or having crashing issues. Just want something simple, stable and preferably not EOL on day one. I want to plug it in, connect to the apartment WiFi, connect clients and forget about it for years.

Not sure on bands. No VPN. Just moving someone into an apartment with only shared WiFi and would rather set them on something private. Not sure on speed at the apartment either, I doubt it's super fast. In a real world direct comparison test I saw, looks like the Opal is \~200Mbps and the Beryl AX is 400Mbps. I also read something about the Opal being under-powered or having crashing issues. Not looking to control NASA, just want something simple, stable and preferably not EOL on day one.

I would say yes, unless maybe you have the opportunity to replace the router (not access point) directly with Opal. But this depends on the availability, the broadband provider and type of connection. If you have the technical knowledge to achieve this, you may have relatively secure network for yourself during your stay. The issue here is, DNS and NTP are by default unencrypted. So there is a risk of interception. While you can use DNS-over-TLS/HTTPS services to mitigate interception, NTP is harder to achieve. You may deploy use NTS on your device but afaik NTS is not available natively on most of the devices unless they're linux. And the risk with NTP interception, it is hard to detect if it is intercepted and an attacker may change your computer time so that any of the websites that you're visiting throw expired SSL warnings and this creates chaos on the user and as victim you may choose to ignore these, allowing you unknowingly ignore the other SSL warnings that makes you vulnerable to MiTM attacks on websites. There are valid cases to intercept NTP traffic to provide more security but it makes it possible for the bad actor as well. The best and easiest option is using a trusted VPN service whenever you're connected to an untrusted network either on you devices, or on your travel router. As an another option which probably may cost you more is that you may have is using a mobile broadband router or mobile tethering. This completely detaches your devices from the Airbnb network.

I have this exact setup. Glinet router with VPN just for streaming tvs as many as five on at a time. How much you want to spend? Future proof now or test the setup? How big of a house? Tested all the devices. Looked at current Amazon prices. Travel routers are great. Opal for $30 handles just fine as long as it's not trying to cover a house > 3000 sq feet. 4k films with bitrates over 70 will struggle since the max Wireguard speed is quite low vs anything else. Also wifi 5 Beryl ax 3000 which I've had for a while at $70 can cover that space and handle high bitrate 4k video. It's wifi 6. There are others in the $60 to $90 range Future proof you could look at the newer more expensive options.

[GLi.net](http://GLi.net) routers are the way to go for this. You can get the OPAL router, they're like $30 in the U.S. but 8,000 rupees in India, I guess your tariff's over there are very high. But here's how easy to set up your phone on the router: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-W\_4aTaJ68](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-W_4aTaJ68) Here are the connection instructions of Android and iPhone. It's very easy: [https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/interface\_guide/internet\_tethering/](https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/interface_guide/internet_tethering/)