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GL.iNet GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) Pocket-Sized Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Travel Gigabit Router $114.87 Delivered @ GL.inet via Amazon AU

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Cheapest we've seen (previous best was $120.15)

Slate AX is also on special at $164.25

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Less power demands than the Slate AX

Slate AX: Power Input: Type-C, 5V/4A. Power Consumption: <8.75W. Dimension / Weight: 125 x 82 x 36mm / 245 g
Beryl AX: Power Input: Type-C, 5V/3A. Power Consumption <8W. Dimension / Weight 106 x 83 x 33mm / 196g

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  • mandelbrot on 16/08/2023 - 10:41
    +1

    Great price. Love my Beryl ax

    • Deal Hunting on 16/08/2023 - 11:00
      +2

      just curious how you use this? To securely browse on public wifi?

      • John Smith 30283115 on 16/08/2023 - 11:03

        Also interested in this. I have one and thought it would be more useful - essentially this is the reason?

        It does allow my phone to run tethered, but needs about 3 A - so a very large powerbank or wall supply.

      • AusRetro on 16/08/2023 - 11:05
        +10

        I like this for cruise ships and hotels, especially where you have to pay per device. I can have all my devices connected to my router which has a VPN on it and then connect that router to the available network.

        • browser on 16/08/2023 - 14:22

          That's a good use case, pays for itself after one cruise.

        • 2190sarah on 16/08/2023 - 18:12

          Was thinking of doing this, but noticed they are supposedly banned from cruise ships (atleast in some cruise lines..)

          Do I need to worry about that?

      • mandelbrot on 16/08/2023 - 11:08
        +7

        I used it for off grid camping.
        Also when going to hotels or airbnb, plug it in as an access point, and all your devices are already connected.

        • prhino on 16/08/2023 - 13:40
          +3

          Don't you want to get offline when you're camping off grid?

          • mandelbrot on 16/08/2023 - 15:40

            @prhino: Most of the time yes, but occasionally the family needs internet access

  • moo on 16/08/2023 - 10:43

    Whats this like compared to the smaller Mango unit?

    • OMGJL on 16/08/2023 - 10:50
      +9

      4 times the RAM (128 vs 512)
      4+ times CPU (1 core 580Mhz vs Dual-core, 1.3GHz let along architecture change)
      infinitely better 5Ghz (not supported vs 2400Mbps WiFi 6th Generation)
      2+ times better 2.4Ghz (300mbps WiFi gen4 vs 600mbps WiFi gen6)
      25 times WAN port (100Mbps vs 2500mbps)
      10 times LAN port (100Mbps vs 1000mbps)
      (LAN/WAN should be able to be configured the other way around by the magic of OpenWRT)
      ~10 times better USB port (480mbps USB2.0 vs 5000mbps USB3.0)

    • impoze on 16/08/2023 - 10:54
      +1

      the size of the mango and ease of powering is definitely a plus

      I ran into one issue where the hotel only had 5Ghz so I couldn't use my mango

      • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 11:56

        I have both Mango and MT1300
        and I love Mango more due to it size and the power requirements (5V 1A only)
        I can even power Mango with a 10000MaH powerbank the whole night without issue

        Speed wise, yes MT1300 or this MT3000 are faster
        but I have no issue streaming Netflix and Youtube using Mango

        • TheLurker on 16/08/2023 - 12:35
          +2

          Just fyi on powerbank idea… I get around 20hours runtime on a 20000mah powerbank with Beryl AX

          • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 12:54

            @TheLurker: Thanks, havnt really tried to run MT1300 on powerbank (as it requires 5V 3A while my powerbank only support max output 5V 2A)
            maybe I will try a PD powerbank next time

  • OMGJL on 16/08/2023 - 10:44
    +1

    power input does not represent power usage. You need to factor additional power requirement for USB devices

    hence it's always good to have a larger power supply.

    • mandelbrot on 16/08/2023 - 10:49
      +1

      I ran one (with a Samsung S21 USB tethered) off a 20000mAh portable power bank for about 24 hours

      • OMGJL on 16/08/2023 - 10:55
        +1

        if your phone is charged initially, that means the router + phone together uses abut 5v600mA average. quite impressive.

        though it also depends on how heavy the network is, it probably won't use much idle.

    • impoze on 16/08/2023 - 10:54

      I've also run it with a powerbank but no devices plugged in, just for hotspot

    • 5kbjvb3o on 16/08/2023 - 19:05

      I have this thing providing wi-fi to a couple dozen devices and it's powered from my ISP router's USB-A port.

  • M and O on 16/08/2023 - 11:00
    +1

    isn't it standard now for all hotels to have wifi?

    • vulpesvulpes on 16/08/2023 - 11:15
      +3

      It is expected, however you would be amazed how often it's not standard!

      This is more often used when you can't do something on hotel WiFi, for those that stay for extended periods or often.

      My regular use for these is VPNs that you want at a router level (say connect to home, then work laptop connects via laptop VPN) or something like getting a Chromecast to work.

      Not useful for the masses, a key tool for those that need it.

      You should have seen the tech kit I rocked into my 2 weeks of hotel jail (sorry "quarantine").

    • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 11:50
      +2

      another advantage of using a travel router is it can bypass captive portal
      some devices cannot show captive portal login page (eg. a smart speaker)
      (captive portal in a hotel usually ask you to enter room number and/or guest last name when you connected to the hotel wifi, and before you can connect to the interent)

      • Daff on 16/08/2023 - 11:57

        So this router can login to the portal page?

        • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 11:58
          +2

          not exactly, but you just need to first connect a device that support captive portal (eg. mobile phone)
          then all other devices connected to this router will automatically gain access to internet (without needing to login via portal again)

    • HoochieMamma on 16/08/2023 - 11:59

      This is perfect to get around device limits hotels impose.

  • wwwsam on 16/08/2023 - 11:10
    +1

    The GL-MT1300 is also at all time lowest (by like 1c) for those wanting official OpenWRT support.

    Correct me if I'm wrong but the MT1300 is the best you can get from the GL.iNet with official OpenWRT support currently.

    • Kanjus on 16/08/2023 - 11:24
      +1

      The company states that this (beryl ax) router “runs on open-source OpenWrt 21.02 firmware, supporting more than 5000 ready-made plug-ins for customization. Simply browse, install, and manage packages with our no-code interface within Beryl AX’s Admin Panel.“

    • Namidairo on 16/08/2023 - 12:26
      +1

      Correct me if I'm wrong but the MT1300 is the best you can get from the GL.iNet with official OpenWRT support currently.

      Nah, this device has support in trunk and the 23.05 release candidates.

      The references to 21.02 will be referring to GL.inet's fork they have in their GitHub repos. It's buildable with all of their additions, if that's what you want. (Although for most people the choice will be the GL.inet prebuilt or the 23.05 RC2 image)

      • wwwsam on 16/08/2023 - 12:41

        Must've missed that.
        It's good to hear it's being worked on.

  • CharityCase on 16/08/2023 - 11:41
    +1

    Does this unit have a sim slot so I can use felix plan to replace my NBN?

    • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 11:45
      +3

      no, its just a travel / vpn router
      If you need to use 4G/5G network
      you can connect a 4G usb dongle to the usb port of this router
      and select USB as the internet source

    • legelas on 17/08/2023 - 11:46
      +1

      have a look at the Spitz or Spitz AX

      • AssociatedLimbot @ GL.iNet, Hong Kong on 17/08/2023 - 13:40
        +1

        Or if you want battery powered Mudi or Puli.

        They just about to release the Puli AX (5G) as well but it's pretty big for portability.

    • Namidairo on 17/08/2023 - 14:01

      felix SIM cards that are used in non-approved devices may be suspended by felix mobile, unless felix mobile has otherwise given approval in writing.

      They would much rather you be on a proper TPG Home Broadband service (LTE or 5g) for the extra $35 or so.

  • zrmx on 16/08/2023 - 11:51

    Is anyone able to share the differences in experience compared to Brume 2? Saw the comparison chart and just wondering if the Beryl is worth the extra in practice.

    • doxxie on 16/08/2023 - 11:57

      the brume 2 ( also on special btw ) and brume are probably overall better routers, more ram, more cpu, but both lack wifi if thats what you need (ignoring brume-w)

      the brume routers are not really travel routers, mostly due to the lack of wifi, they are aimed towards vpn connectivity.

    • OMGJL on 16/08/2023 - 11:58

      No WiFi at all, more RAM(1G) and more NAND storage (able to install more extensions/plugins)

      • zrmx on 16/08/2023 - 11:59

        Thanks guys! Felt something was different when I read the comparison chart and realised i probably misread Amazon's listings.

  • HoochieMamma on 16/08/2023 - 12:00
    +1

    I have several GL.inet units including this one, they are great. The goodcloud portal is great for management as well.

    • dan199 on 28/08/2023 - 14:33

      Have you had any problems with goodcloud and the Beryl.AX? Just setup 2 x Mangos in Goodcloud and it worked perfectly, could remotely login to their web UI's. Then went to do the same with the Beryl.AX, upgraded to latest firmware (4.4.5), added to goodcloud, it appears in the list, and some panels on the detail view load, but the top section (that has the link to login to the web UI), does not.

      edit
      Scratch that. Just powered it on again to take a screenshot of the problem and now it's working perfectly too shrug

  • nickj on 16/08/2023 - 14:16

    Would you buy:
    * this (beryl ax) or
    * the original beryl (for ~$40 less) or
    * the mango,
    … if you wanted
    * a travel router (for infrequent family travel - 2 phones /1 iPad / 1 macbook - all with fairly standard usage requirements, just internet connectivity for the phones, and enough speed for Zoom & office work on macbook, and YouTube / Netflix on the iPad), and
    * maybe running a wireless bridge for home office Ethernet devices where it's not practical to run an Ethernet cable to the modem. (I have a dd-wrt Asus unit doing this currently, but it's not as reliable as I'd like [sometimes devices can't connect to WiFi, and sometimes wireless devices can't see the Ethernet printer - have kept trying updated beta firmwares over the past 4 months, some better than others, but all with issues, and I'm getting jack of it and want it to "just work" ] , and happy to try another unit, or maybe just replace it with powerline Ethernet).
    Thoughts?

    • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 14:35
      +2

      My thoughts :

      • For travel, either get Mango or MT1300 unless you need to run VPN clients or other applications (eg. I run ShadowSock client) that requires more memory
        Speed wise you are mostly limited to the Hotel / public wifi anyway so I don't see too much performance different between MT1300 and MT3000

      • For home, instead of getting one of these, better get a Asus router and run in AiMesh
        eg. Asus AX-56U is a pretty powerful one as a AiMesh node
        $139 in Amazon https://www.amazon.com.au/ASUS-Extendable-Subscription-free-…

    • koreanfriedchicken on 17/08/2023 - 10:24

      I have both. The Mango is far smaller and uses less power. But it is also far slower. It also only has a Micro USB port to power it so I never use it anymore, having the convienience when travelling of one of those HEYMIX 120w wall chargers with 3 USB-C ports is worth the extra cost alone in my opinion.

      The only caveat I would say the Beryl AX has is that the OpenVPN client in my experience is quite slow. Not sure if this is due to my own setup but my Macbook using the OpenVPN client was way faster and more stable than having it done on the router (although that would be preferable so my partners stuff was being secured as well but whatever).

  • benny2000 on 16/08/2023 - 14:32

    What would I use this for?

    • MauTauAja on 16/08/2023 - 14:52
      +1

      for watching p 0 r n during your holiday without internet speed interruptions

  • mikeleemy on 16/08/2023 - 14:46

    Wonderful device. have been using it every time i travel.

  • AssociatedLimbot @ GL.iNet, Hong Kong on 16/08/2023 - 16:05
    +3

    Re the power requirements, the power supply supplied does not necessarily mean the unit won't work with lower power. From their documentation

    Power consumption
    Mango <2.75W
    Slate < 6.0 W
    Beryl < 6.5W
    Slate Plus <6.5W
    Slate AX < 8.75W
    Beryl AX < 6.5W

    So if you're just doing some basic routing/repeating then you shouldn't need overly powerful powerbanks that match the supplied AC adapters.

    Things like running a USB drive will consume much more power and the supplied AC adapter is supplied to cover this type of "worse case" scenario.

    • littlesoldier on 16/08/2023 - 16:41

      Thanks Rep
      Looks like a 5V 2A powerbank / adapter is sufficient to run most of these routers in normal scenarios

  • AMrMister on 16/08/2023 - 17:11

    Could I use this with a Meta Quest 2 to stream from my PC?

    • wwwsam on 17/08/2023 - 10:30

      Yes, but its a bit more hands on to setup compared to your typical plug and play routers.

      I'm planning to put one in my desktop for the same reason.

  • cornflakes on 16/08/2023 - 23:22

    So I get how you can connect to an internet source via ethernet cable, or plugging a 4g dongle into the USB. But how do you connect to a wifi network? Say connecting to the free internet wifi at the airport?

  • gruffjaguar on 20/08/2023 - 10:49

    Whats the use case for one of these? What's the difference between this and tethering to your phone?

    • mandelbrot on 20/08/2023 - 21:02

      So you want someone to give you a tdlr of the thread?

  • Tup0lev on 21/08/2023 - 23:51

    It's 104.51 on AliExpress

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