Part of Black Friday sale, equal lowest price on camel camel. Picked one up finally.
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Great price for an excellent tiny router.
This thing sits in the home office and acts as a bridge connected to my laptop via ethernet.
Improved speed and reliability tremendously.
Going on an overseas trip next week and curious how this thing will work on a hotel wifi as it's actual intended use.
So far would highly recommend - specially at this price.
that's how I'm using mine and has been flawlessly so far.
What's the benefit of doing this vs connecting to your existing home wi-fi (assuming you have that)
I'm having a mash setup in my house but my office gets bad reception.
I initially wanted to buy a new node before looking into this travel router.
Travel router is cheaper and can be leveraged for… you guessed it…travel.
I'm now using the travel router via ethernet through my docking station and have a stable and fast connection.
Make sure the firmware is up to date before you go away as a recent update fixes issues with captive portal.
Love mine, use on sideline of sports events for networking to ftp on laptop and uploading online
Very flexible with its capabilities
This (or Slate AX) has been on my shopping list for a couple of years (since the Slate AX was first announced). Finally committed! Thanks.
Probably worth waiting for a bonus cashback deal from TA on topcashback or one from cashrewards ;)
Does this have battery inside?
Nope needs power supply, but you could power it off a power bank.
Anyone share thoughts on the cheaper models, the slate plus and opal? Use cases VS?
I got the one with the sd card slot, great for sharing media when no 4g coverage.
Mango is under powered, but the higher up the more power they use.
Can someone just place some notes here on how to use this as Mesh router (FTTP) along with other node?
Is there any retailers in Sydney who carry this item? I need it for a conference next Tuesday but Amazon will take a week. Or any similar alternatives at a retail store?
Can someone please explain the use case for this?
GL.inet GL-MT3000 Beryl AX is a wifi router.
Unlike the one you probably have at home this one is small and portable. Literally fits in a pocket and can run off of a powerbank or your phone charger.
Hence "Travel Router".
It can give you WiFi as well as it can be a WiFi Client (or both at the same time).
It allows it to be used on cruises or in hotels where you pay per device connected.
Method: you pay to connect one device, connect this thing, and connect the rest of your devices to your Beryl AX.
It runs OpenWRT which is an OS with lots and lots of bolt-on modules.
You can make it run VPN server(s), VPN client(s), hotspot portal, ad filtering, custom DNS solution, tailscale and what not…. the list is big.
If not traveling it can be your backup router at home.
Or it can be a WiFi extender.
Or an extra access point in your WiFi system.
What this specific one can NOT do: it does not support EAP WiFi Auth.
Thank you. Makes sense. Pretty versatile thing then.
Anyone with this unit, I have questions
Does it support full list of AU channels we're legally allowed to use here?
Especially the 100-112, 132-144, 149-161 and 165-169 in 5GHz?
Does it have the proper Tx levels or does it allow adjusting them?
For reference full list of allowed 20Mhz channels would be:
2.4Ghz: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
5Ghz: 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, (68), 100, 104, 108, 112, (116), 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, (173)
Official legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2015L01438/2023-03-02/text
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_(802.11a/h/n/ac/ax/be)
great little unit