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.

Hello, Quick question for you all: I have a GLI net travel router in my rack connected to my XR 18 and my computer will be connected to that GLI net router. And The X Air edit app for Mac. I frequently see it disconnect and say auto reconnect is active, but it doesn’t automatically reconnect. Any tips for fixing the situation? This is the Router: GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 (Opal) Secure Travel WiFi Router, AC1200 Dual Band Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Network, IPv6 USB 2.0, Repeater Bridge Access Point Mode, Router for Public Use, Easy Setup with Guide

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.

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/)