GL.iNet WiFi Travel Router: Slate AX $147.82, Beryl AX $114.87, Opal $52.42 + Del ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ GL.iNet Amazon AU

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GL.iNet WiFi Travel Router: Slate AX $147.82, Beryl AX $114.87, Opal $52.42 + Del ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ GL.iNet Amazon AUAffiliate
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A collection of these GL.iNet travel routers are back on sale and they've been quite popular previously. Chuppa did a really good comparison of specs between the models so I've shared that below.

These are particularly good due to OpenWrt compatibility, VPN support, Wireguard support, VLAN support and more. Possible use cases include AdGuard for network level adblocking, protecting yourself against unsafe networks such as hotel WiFi networks, or as dangerdanger describes a second WiFi network for the kids with Open DNS to filter out 'bad' content.

All routers are discounted with the exception of the GL-AXT1800 Slate AX where you must Redeem the 10% off coupon under the price.

Product GL-AXT1800 Slate AX GL-MT3000 Beryl AX GL-A1300 Slate Plus GL-SFT1200 Opal
Price $147.82 $114.87 $84.49 $52.42
CPU IPQ6000 1.2GHz Quad-core Processor MT7981B Dual-core, 1.3GHz IPQ4018, Quad Core@710Mhz SF19A28, Dual-Core @1GHz
Memory DDR3L 512MB DDR4 512MB DDR3L 256MB DDR3L 128MB
Storage NAND Flash 128MB NAND Flash 256MB NOR Flash 4MB + NAND Flash 128MB SPI NAND Flash 128MB
Ethernet Ports 3 gigabit ports 2.5G +1G gigabit ports 3 gigabit ports 3 gigabit ports
2.4GHz Wi-Fi Speed Max. 574Mbps Max. 574Mbps Max. 400Mbps Max. 300Mbps
5GHz Wi-Fi Speed Max. 1201Mbps Max. 2402Mbps Max. 867Mbps Max. 867Mbps
OPENVPN (Via Ethernet) Max. 120Mbps Max. 150Mbps Max. 28Mbps Max. 12Mbps
WIREGUARD (Via Ethernet) Max. 550Mbps Max. 300Mbps Max. 170Mbps Max. 65Mbps
IPv6 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
EAP Support ✓ X ✓ X
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Comments

  • knobbs on 17/01/2025 - 20:08

    On a sidenote, I recently moved into a house with unknown cabling. Is there a easier/better way to test what connects to where than just taking a laptop round and plugging in an ethernet cable to each hole? Hoping one of them runs the length of the house to put another wifi point in the other side.

    • Darkscythe on 17/01/2025 - 20:10
      +5

      You can use an Ethernet tester which will show connectivity as well as if they're wired correctly. But still have to move the two halves around the ports.

    • djgrazzy on 18/01/2025 - 01:40

      Some of the cheap cable tester also include a basic tone generator for tracing which might help speed up tracing. Then you can move on the checking all the ethernet pairs are functional.
      Eg
      https://amzn.asia/d/8gNiBhZ

  • Bob81 on 17/01/2025 - 20:10

    I think a better buy would be a Mikrotik HAP AX2 from Duxtel for $169.

    The HAP AX2 router has 5 x 1G Ethernet ports, a quad-core 864Mhz, 1GB RAM, 574Mbits 2.4Ghz, 1200Mbits 5Ggz and passive POE-IN and POE-OUT.

    HAP AX2 also runs RouterOS which has a large range of features.

    • theguyrules on 17/01/2025 - 20:13
      +3

      Doesn't exactly scream "travel router" to me though

      • Bob81 on 17/01/2025 - 20:15

        It's pretty small…101mm (L) x 37mm (H) x 120mm (W).

        • FLICKIT on 17/01/2025 - 20:30
          +6

          Travel routers are usually 5v USB powered so you can run them off a single dock, USB adapter, power-bank, or such :)

          • Bob81 on 18/01/2025 - 00:45

            @FLICKIT: Oh, if it needs to be USB powered, there's a HAP AX Lite that runs off USB

            • hsc21 on 18/01/2025 - 03:06
              +1

              @Bob81: The Beryl AX looks significantly better for an extra $20. Double the ram and storage. Faster cpu and dual band wifi 6.

    • soymeat on 17/01/2025 - 21:19

      I can't see how this would beat the Slate or Beryl AX as a travel router, sorry.

  • LoftyAu on 17/01/2025 - 20:36
    +2

    Just be mindful due to the small amount of storage onboard and the size of the OS, you can't do "too many" functions in parallel.

    On my Beryl there's not enough space to install both the VPN client app and the file sharing app (to share content from the uSD slot) for example, which is a bit annoying. The latest firmware has got quite bloated (used to be able to do it).

    • robert2024 on 18/01/2025 - 00:56

      I think I have the same Beryl as you. This is an updated one with more storage on board.

  • krammis76 on 17/01/2025 - 21:10
    +1

    Huge recommendation for the GL-MT3000 Beryl AX for my use case at least. I live in a granny flat and after trying a few dedicated wifi extenders I changed over to this and it's been absolutely rock solid! Only thing I do have issues with is the dlna side of it. It works great but if I update the media on the hard disk it never updates on the client. That's probably a me problem though.

  • skwashd on 17/01/2025 - 21:24
    +3

    +1 for a travel router.

    Last year my Slate AX did over 110 000 kms on the road and in the air. I run tailscale on the Slate to connect back home and to a couple of homelab servers. This avoids geoblocks for Australian streaming services. My iPad connected to the HDMI in on the hotel TV works a treat for streaming.

    In some hotels I could connect the router to the ethernet port used by the TV to access full speed internet. For the rest I either used a 4G travel router or made the slate a client of the crappy hotel wifi.

    Running all my traffic through tailscale means I avoid the hotel seeing every site I connected to.

  • chamer911 on 17/01/2025 - 22:05
    +1

    Ive got the GL-MT3000 from a while ago, anyone else have issues when an internet network is plugged into the WAN port trying to rebroadcast it?

    Mine always disconnects and drops out and has weird issues, tried firmware updating and stuff but no fix.
    Only works as a repeater through WiFi

  • outlander on 17/01/2025 - 22:19

    You can use OpenWrt on these to run the ps4 11.0 exploit

  • EarlyBird on 17/01/2025 - 23:45

    Couldn't use a travel router on my previous 3 wks trip in Japan because none of the accommodation had an ethernet port and it wasn't worth the trouble of repeating the hotel wifi 😔

    • FLICKIT on 17/01/2025 - 23:57
      +1

      These 'routers' are a lot more than just 'routers'.. You can set up adblocking, VPN's, and such, use them as repeaters, extenders, USB data servers, and such…

      Personally I run one in my campervan just for transferring crap between my phone, Win/Surface-tablet, laptop, and such, because my Tel$tra router is just stupidly slow for transferring vids and such…

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