GL-iNet has
Mango Portable Mini Travel Wireless Pocket VPN Router (New, GL-MT300N-V2) on sale for
$21.39.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Staff Member
LovelyCheetah for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- CPU: MTK MT7628NN @580MHz
- Memory / Storage: DDR2 128MB / NOR Flash 16MB
- Protocol: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Speed: 300Mbps (2.4GHz)
- USB Port: 1x USB 2.0
- Ethernet Port: 1x WAN, 1x LAN
- Ethernet Speed: 10/100Mbps
- Power Input: microUSB, 5V/2A
- Power Consumption: <2.75W
- Dimension / Weight: 2.28 x 2.28 x 0.98" / 1.41 ounces
About this product:
- Convert a public network (wired or wireless) to a private Wi-Fi for secure surfing via tethering
- Powered by any laptop USB, power banks or 5V/2A DC adapters (sold separately)
- Portable and pocket friendly
- OpenWrt pre-installed, USB disk extendable
- Dual Ethernet ports, UART and GPIOs available for hardware DIY
- OpenVPN client pre-installed, compatible with 30+ VPN service providers
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One main option and huge benefit is when you're traveling and using hotel Wifi this device will set up its own wifi network that runs a VPN on the unit itself and all traffic funneled thru this device will be thru the VPN. so you only need to connect to the hotel wifi, accept the terms and conditions, turn on the VPN, and now all your devices are tunneled thru the VPN. so you don't need to set up your VPN on every device.
one example of my main use is that when we travel, I bring my chromecast and Amazon echo dot. because I set it up before we leave. When I turn it on and get connected, all my devices connect automatically and funneled thru the VPN. I'm able to stream my own shows thru the chromecast, and I can set timers, alarms, play audiobooks, music, etc, thru the echo dot.
I power it thru a USB charging block with 5 ports and charge all my devices over night and power this unit. but you can also power it thru a portable battery, which is one benefit of using this device over the newer ones. if you like you can also bring along a battery operated Wyze cam and use it to monitor the hotel room when your gone.
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Also some hotels do still have Ethernet. Do you find that it works that way too?
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Thanks for the breakdown though. I wasn't considering that use for it.
I was looking for a quick source to give a breakdown and the most concise seemed to be this answer: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-d...ype=answer
There are other resources if you search for the difference, but that felt well easiest to digest among the top results.
The others are mostly talking about an appliance you leave on your home network while you're not home that then allows you to create your own VPN and connect to your home network, devices on your home network, or accessing the Internet as if you were at home with your home IP.
VPN stands for virtual private network. Lots of uses and lots of different ways to think of them depending on the use case.
edit: and this thing likely uses like 2-5W of power power even at full boar. the laptop even with the screen shut is probably more like 30-40W left running. This just stays running all the time, is always ready to go, etc.
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If you want to improve your home network on the cheap, look into getting a Pi Zero W and installing PiHole on it to block various sites, block ads at the network level, monitor traffic, and all sorts of other cool stuff for $15. I would suggest grabbing a cheap case ($8) but it isn't necessary if you have a place to set it and use an old cellphone charger you have in a box somewhere to power it. The W you can use with wireless to connect it to your network without any noticeable performance loss and maybe even plug it right into your existing router for power too.
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If you want to improve your home network on the cheap, look into getting a Pi Zero W and installing PiHole on it to block various sites, block ads at the network level, monitor traffic, and all sorts of other cool stuff for $15. I would suggest grabbing a cheap case ($8) but it isn't necessary if you have a place to set it and use an old cellphone charger you have in a box somewhere to power it. The W you can use with wireless to connect it to your network without any noticeable performance loss and maybe even plug it right into your existing router for power too.
"accessing the Internet as if you were at home with your home IP." , what is this process called or any guide you recommend
"accessing the Internet as if you were at home with your home IP." , what is this process called or any guide you recommend
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This is a great alternative to a raspberry pi zero with pi-hole.
Just run this with Adguard Home (installable as an opkg package).
With its wired ethernet, even at only 100mbps, it will beat the latency of any wifi5 connection.
Or use it to share a wifi connection (on the airplane or in a hotel where you are billed per device).
Both OpenVPN and WireGuard can act as both a client AND a server; so with this thing set up at your home, acting as a VPN server, is way safer than any portforwarding solution.
Plenty of use-cases!
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Also can tether to your phone to use phone data instead of hotspot data. That's a rabbit hole I'm not walking you through though, but you can Google EasyTether + Glinet for details.
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