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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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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Another person was kind enough to explain the difference and I thanked them.
I'm sorry if I came off as being a jerk. That actually wasn't my intention at all.
Gl-inet is great since they're already set up with everything you need and they're easy to set up.
Just pick one with a decent SoC. Mango is on the low end of the scale and might now have enough juice to handle the vpn encryption at a reasonable speed.
Do keep in mind the latency over vpn is significantly higher, double/triple digit in milliseconds since you have additional hops. Throughput, not so much as long as the device and connection are fast enough.
hmmm i went to their site https://tailscale.com/ and i see its avail for Raspberry pi.
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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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