GL.iNet GL-AR300M16 Portable Mini Travel Pocket WiFi Router - Extender/Repeater for Hotel&Public Network | VPN Client&Server | Connector between WiFi&Ethernet | OpenWrt | USB Port | Internet Security

This is a brilliant little router. Very easy to use, weighs practically nothing and runs from any USB power source. Despite having an internal only wifi antenna, it has a surprisingly good coverage. I have a 3 floor house and can get a solid signal anywhere in the house. You can set it up and share a wired, wireless, or tethered internet connection in seconds. double NAT in router mode was a concern at first, but it seems to work well.You can set up an OpenVPN, or Wireguard VPN also so that everything connected to it shares the single VPN. If I were to criticise anything it would be that the Wifi is only 2.4ghz, and not 5Ghz. Having said that, for general browsing, streaming and office work, its more than adequate. £25 well spent.

Bought this for remote Wireguard VPN access to my home server and to bounce off my home broadband to get UK iPlayer etc. when travelling. Very neat, flexible and clever little device running OpenWRT under an excellent custom UI which smooths out most of the complexity, although setting up private VPN links as opposed to the large menu of commercial providers is buried pretty deep in the menus and needs a bit of thought and subnet planning. Upgraded to the (beta) 4.3.6 release 2 firmware which is working fine so far and offers a few useful advantages. Draws under 5W so will work with pretty much any USB charger / laptop port. Only 2.4GHz / 802.11b/g/n radio and 100M Ethernet so not the fastest thing on the planet, but given the constraints of most hotel / transport Internet is not often going to be a practical limitation. Really wish they'd bring out an updated, equally light, tiny (and cheap!) version with USB-C power, Dual band WiFi 5 / 802.11ac, 2x 1G Ethernet and a more NOR & RAM space but really can't argue with the value and utility of this thing!

This is a great little router with OpenVPN built into it.Everything is easy to set up and install. I can confirm it works with Nord once you download the appropriate config files and install on the router. One word of caution though is that due to the router being fairly under-powered, you’ll find that it struggles to get past 10Mbps connected to VPN due to the processing needed for encryption. This means some 1080p streams (some HD IPTV streams) are choppy for me but most SD and 720 streams work great.

I use this as a repeater running Proton VPN to access my internet banking as the bank blocks my mobile broadband router due to its frequent IP address shifting (allegedly).I've used this same system with a GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 which is many times more powerful for a couple of years now with zero problems. The Shadow was needed for a distant room.Probably best to update to the latest firmware before doing the complete setup as there is jump from 3 to 4 release firmware which may cause the loss of certain settings. Startup with VPN running is slow at almost 5 minutes but once running all is fine and works perfectly if slowly compared to GL.inets more powerful models.Highly recommended for the price, performance and great versatility. Gl.inet make great products.

I got this as a VPN server and didn't need the wifi at all so i've not rated it and i'm not using it, i'm sure it will be good enough for most people, it is a travel router with built in VPN so you can access public internet securely, I've not tried this feature yet, but I have configured as a server to access home internet when away, this was very easy to set up. features like built in wireguard and DDNS make this very good value for money.The only issue i had was one turned up and was faulty with the LAN ethernet port not work, was returned and replaced with no issues. I would recommend one you have configured your router, power it down for about 30 seconds and reconnect as I found some of the setting didn't take until this was done.Highly recommend very simple to set up and use, loads of guides on the internet if you get stuck

When I first powered it on I was amazed to see that it has DLNA media server capabilities and also usb file sharing. I did all the configuration needed and was very happy with the result. So why only 3 stars? well, ...I was prompted to do an update of the firmware, so I did, and then both media server and file sharing dissapeared. I could not re-install it, nor anything else...No space Left. Less than half mb free. So now I find it functional but limited. So many options but no resources to implement them. I should have spent £4 more and gone for the TP-link TL-WR902AC. I may still do this.

As Raspberry Pi’s are almost impossible to get at the moment, I’ve instead used this as a home VPN server so I can access it from abroad. Not too difficult to set up if you are reasonably IT competent. I’ve powered it from the USB port on my router. Works well. Absolute bargain.

Dies after 5 seconds of plugging it in. Second one i have had. Absulute rubbish. Poor customer service needing item to be returned to China. Keep away from this item.