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GL.iNet GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) Pocket-Sized Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Travel Gigabit Router on sale for $86.99 - 19% off at checkout =
$70.46.
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Specs:
- 1x 2.5G WAN port
- 1x 1G LAN port
- 1x USB 3.0
- MT7981B 1.3GHz dual-core processor
- Dual band network
- Wireless speed 574Mbps (2.4GHz), 2402Mbps (5GHz)
- OpenVPN and WireGuard pre-installed, compatible with 30+ VPN service providers
- Max. VPN speed of 150 Mbps (OpenVPN); 300 Mbps (WireGuard)
- OpenWrt 21.02 firmware
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Community Reviews
This pocket travel router is best at turning hotel, cruise, RV, and campsite internet into one shared network for all your devices. It handles captive portals well after firmware updates, supports OpenVPN and WireGuard, and can route everything through a VPN or Tailscale for home access. It also works as a repeater, access point, or extender, with USB C power and international plugs adding convenience. Main drawbacks are occasional speed drops, limited LAN ports, and some hotel or cruise networks blocking it. A compact pick for travel setups that need flexible networking.
Common Questions (6)
Yes. It can act as a wireless repeater for hotel Wi‑Fi, and newer firmware reportedly improved captive-portal login handling. Once connected, downstream devices can auto-join the router's saved SSID, which is useful when hotels limit devices per room.
Yes. It connects to the hotel or ship network once, then your laptop, phone, tablet, streaming devices, and other gear connect to the router instead of the venue network. That helps bypass per-device limits and keeps all devices on one local network.
Yes. OpenVPN and WireGuard are easy to set up, and it can route all downstream devices through the VPN so traffic appears to come from home. It works well for overseas travel and streaming, though throughput may be lower than a direct connection.
Yes. It has been used successfully in RV setups with Starlink and a hotspot, and as a home router with OpenVPN running 24/7. It can also be part of a failover setup with a cellular gateway and a primary broadband line.
It has fewer LAN ports than the previous version, and some users wish it had one more or even three total ports. You can repurpose the WAN port as LAN or add a small USB-C-powered switch to expand wired connections.
No. This model does not have a SIM card slot, so mobile data typically comes from a phone hotspot or a separate gateway feeding the router.
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PS: A lot of people buy these routers to hide their true location on their laptops which is impossible if you have WiFi on.
You need an ethernet connectiion to do that. With the previous version there were two ports for connecting two devices but you can't do that anymore. You can connect a travel switch but then it gets real cumbersome, real fast.
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i'm considering replacing my home att fiber internet with this setup, but i pull down 2-3TB a month so i am pretty sure that would be flagged and i'd get flagged and kicked off the plan.
Was camping with starlink. The only way to get a signal was to put it at the far end of my campsite. Worked fine at my camper, but my friend on the next site over was just too far to get a reliable signal. Fired this up as an extender and it worked great. In fact we got a more stable signal at my spot using this than connecting to the starlink mini router.
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You should know that just a VPN won't protect your location if the device can scan your local WiFi environment.
You need both, a VPN and disable WiFi
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Only area of improvement would be if they supported more VPN clients (aka auto select fasted server, etc).
But that may be on the VPN companies. Looking at you Proton!
It just means I need to preload separate configs for a half dozen server IPs and manually flip if one gets congested.
I'm getting ready to move south of the border and work on dual residency which requires staying put for about two years, at which point I can move back and forth between countries with ease. In the meantime I plan to connect to a friend's US based router while logging into any bank and brokerage accounts. Any recommendations on a low cost/low power solution? Right now I'm thinking of connecting an older (and cheaper) gen pi running tailscale.
Earlier this year I stayed at a hotel that offered ethernet so I connected it there and was getting consistent 50mbps up & down. Wifi tethering was maybe 5-6mbps and more inconsistent.
The issue in most hotels is they offer free wifi, but limit the number of devices. You connect this and all of your devices now connected to your travel router instead of doing individual authentication on the network.
As a family of 4 who may travel with 2 phones, 2 watches, 4 tablets and maybe a laptop or two, this is a no-brainer.
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