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GL.iNet WiFi 6 Travel Routers: GL-AXT1800 Slate AX $147.82, GL-MT3000 Beryl AX $103.38 Delivered @ GL.iNet Amazon AU

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GL.iNet WiFi 6 Travel Routers: GL-AXT1800 Slate AX $147.82, GL-MT3000 Beryl AX $103.38 Delivered @ GL.iNet Amazon AUAffiliate
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These routers were popular last time and now they're back on sale again with another comparison table below. While both the GL-AXT1800 Slate AX and GL-A1300 Slate Plus are the same price as before, the GL-MT3000 Beryl AX is even lower at $103.38 and was very popular in this recent deal.

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.

To get the discount you must "Redeem the 10% off" coupons on the listings for the GL-AXT1800 Slate AX and GL-MT3000 Beryl AX, while the GL-A1300 Slate Plus has been discounted already.

Alternatively you can get the Flint 2 AX6000 router for $207.20 here.

Product GL-AXT1800 Slate AX GL-MT3000 Beryl AX GL-A1300 Slate Plus
Price $147.82 $114.87 $84.49
CPU IPQ6000 1.2GHz Quad-core Processor MT7981B Dual-core, 1.3GHz IPQ4018, Quad Core@710Mhz
Memory DDR3L 512MB DDR4 512MB DDR3L 256MB
Storage NAND Flash 128MB NAND Flash 256MB NOR Flash 4MB + NAND Flash 128MB
Ethernet Ports 3 gigabit ports 2.5G +1G gigabit ports 3 gigabit ports
2.4GHz Wi-Fi Speed Max. 574Mbps Max. 574Mbps Max. 400Mbps
5GHz Wi-Fi Speed Max. 1201Mbps Max. 2402Mbps Max. 867Mbps
OPENVPN (Via Ethernet) Max. 120Mbps Max. 150Mbps Max. 28Mbps
WIREGUARD (Via Ethernet) Max. 550Mbps Max. 300Mbps Max. 170Mbps
IPv6 ✓ ✓ ✓
EAP Support ✓ X ✓
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  • umadbrahhhh on 28/04/2025 - 21:30
    +1

    wtf i bought one last night haha. bless free returns

  • Blurem on 28/04/2025 - 22:04

    Would these work in an apartment that is with Opticomm?

    FTTP I believe (according to leaptel)

    And I’d probably go with Exetel if that means anything. Got Deco X55’s mesh wifi with exetel and it’s been flawless.

    Edit: never mind, read the travel part

    • CHUNITHM Luminous on 28/04/2025 - 22:33
      +8

      Would work but no reason to really pick these over a normal router for home use.

      • 5kbjvb3o on 28/04/2025 - 22:55
        +3

        For just over a hundred bucks, the MT3000 has a lot of features. Powered by USB-C and quite small, for the mini rack in my cupboard only the new Slate 7 beats it.

      • tugman on 29/04/2025 - 10:17
        +3

        I thought so too until I bought GL-MT3000 Beryl AX and put OpenWRT on it, and while I was testing it, I found it was equal performance to what I had before. So I just left it on. I had a TP-Link AX55 before. With OpenWRT you can install Adguard etc and other cool stuff that most normal routers can't do.

  • fatcat83 on 28/04/2025 - 22:28

    Thank you OP. I have an Owlet baby monitor that I want to travel with but I don't want to change passwords all the time at new destinations. Beryl should work well as a wifi bridge and VPN back home. I normally use OpenVPN on my mobile phone but will explore other VPN offerings and features the Beryl has and see if there are any benefits.

    • InternetExplorer on 29/04/2025 - 16:50
      +2

      Just install tailscale on an old phone and leave it at home connected to Wifi. It will then enable everything that you described above

  • rainy118 on 28/04/2025 - 22:49
    +11

    the best usage for this is phone tethering. just purchase the Felix $20 unlimited sim and insert into an old iPhone. then connect iPhone to the USB port and then you have $20 per month broadband.
    Felix permit tethering hence this is not against their policy.

    • sqheaven on 28/04/2025 - 23:01

      I bought it and haven't found a use for it, this seems a decent setup if Felix offers unlimited data, you can also use a USB stick like dongle I guess

      • Galvatron on 28/04/2025 - 23:19
        +1

        Unlimited data capped at 20mbps, and $40 a month after 3 months.

        • rainy118 on 29/04/2025 - 03:38
          +1

          just buy a new sim card every 3 month. you can keep paying $20 forever.

    • Bedgrub on 28/04/2025 - 23:04

      USB dongle is much less hassle, and you don't have to keep unlocking the phone to trust the device.

      • frugalferret on 29/04/2025 - 05:56

        They can tell if you're not using an actual phone, so can cancel your service if you're using a USB dongle. Some people get lucky, others get booted.

    • Gebb on 29/04/2025 - 00:01

      2nd this, im using a much older mango unit. Instead of dedicated sim and phone I just connect my phone via USB when primary FTTN is down and the whole house then shares my phones 5G service

    • greater mimic on 29/04/2025 - 00:37

      Is there any way to just buy a sim card with data which doesn't expire, or expires after a year or so? Would love to just have one of those on hand but the 12 month plans aren't cheap

    • Cheersbruh on 29/04/2025 - 07:12

      You're limited to 20mbps download speed, you can barely stream a movie let alone run a whole house on this.

      • rainy118 on 29/04/2025 - 07:41
        +2

        no probs with 1080p. when HD movie came out 15 years ago the fastest internet in Australia was called ADSL2, and it was 24M.
        good enough for young or retired family.

  • devpress on 29/04/2025 - 08:28
    +3

    What are the main use cases for this?
    1) When travelling
    2) Tether a device (that has a cheap SIM) to share data for devices

    anything else?

    • Lonewolf1983 on 29/04/2025 - 10:30
      +4

      i use mine on the sideline of sporting events for local network for photography
      FTP server on laptop, cameras connected via WIFI, connected to a wireless hotspot for internet access - all USB powered

    • unison on 30/04/2025 - 22:21

      Use the build-in VPN feature to connect specific devices or a complete VLAN to a different country's IP address. Useful for devices that don't allow client VPN apps like some Smart TVs or company issued devices.

      • devpress on 30/04/2025 - 23:29

        So I can ues the GL.iNet to implement a vlan? My existing Linksys velop provides the internet connection … how would I link the gl.inet device to the linksys?

        • unison on 30/04/2025 - 23:32

          Wire an ethernet cable from your Linksys into the WAN port of the gl.inet.

  • isdnman on 29/04/2025 - 13:17

    Memory is bit low on these devices to run Openwrt. 1GB would have been nice.

  • gviddy on 29/04/2025 - 14:48

    I bought one of these. The plan was to use it in hotels when travelling. It is always a pain to get them to eventually sign into the hotel wifi sign in page. But even after all that the WiFI is so slow!

    For example, I'm in a hotel at the moment which has 100/100. However when I connect using the travel router then I get 10/4. And this is not even with VPN turned on to then make it private. Such a waste! I've asked in their forums, but nobody replies. Surely the drop shouldn't be THIS bad but that is constant with the many hotels I have tried.

    • blacklude on 29/04/2025 - 14:53

      Interesting that this is the case for you, I have used my Slate AX in a lot of hotels over the world and usually a 100/100 will end up being about 80/80 worst with no VPN on, so maybe a 20% loss at worst.

      Maybe try playing with wifi channels on the GLi "LAN" or try wired LAN to isolate wifi being an issue

    • Limbot on 29/04/2025 - 15:17
      +2

      Mmm, something very wrong here. First off I'd be doing a full reset. If that doesn't fix it to eliminate a firmware/software/hardware issue, I'd be downloading the latest firmware and doing a uboot to reload the latest firmware. I know it's a bit of work but if it fixes it, it fixes it and if it doesn't it's most likely a hardware issue.

    • kizzaaa on 29/04/2025 - 16:20
      +1

      I would try band locking to 5 GHz and avoid the 2.4 GHz band as it’s often oversaturated in hotels. I’d also check that QoS, AdGuard etc aren’t running in the background.

  • Kabal on 29/04/2025 - 18:54

    I got a Beryl AX last time they came up here and I just used it in Japan it was pretty good - I changed hotels a few times and it was nice just connecting the 1 router and then all my stuff would be on the internet.

    I've had trouble getting the Tailscale client on it to work in any meaningful capacity tho - seems like it connects but then i cant actually send any traffic thru it lol

  • sickburn on 30/04/2025 - 14:58

    Been using the Beryl AX on my recent trip to Fiji. I was able to find a live ethernet port in my Holiday Inn room in Suva and piggyback off the Hilton wifi in Denarau. Works great for using my own Chromecast.

  • venomx2 on 10/05/2025 - 17:58

    Seems Beryl AX doesn't have the extra 10% off anymore.

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