Another benefit…when internet is out, I can tether my iPad to it to use the cell internment throughout the house. We only have one spot that has decent cell service. Just be sure you hardwired tether than hotspot for best connection and it also charges at the same time. Use a USB 3.0. Cable.
Just got mine today, i was looking for thus everywhere, i wanted to increase the range of my wifi so i was looking at mesh systems, routers, aps, and extenders but this thing has it all in 1
I just got mine, I cannot make the hotel internet speed any faster, any recommendations before I return it tomorrow? I’m lost. I just want better speed for gaming while I travel for work
This can only go as fast your hotel internet. The advantage with this is you can use it with VPN, you can connect multiple devices to it and it probably has better range. But it can't make the internet speed any faster. That's completely depend on the internet source.
Once router is connected via Wi-Fi as a repeater. Can I then plug a Ethernet cord to the back of the router to have hard wire connection (Ethernet) to my desktop or will I need a extender?
Yes, on the newer GL.inet hardware. I say that because I found out that it did not work on the gl.inet Opal. ( Am going to use it as an extender at the house )
Many of the features are just features available from Openwrt, which is an open source router operating system. ANY router, or computer that can install this OS will have mostly the same features and huge amount of extensions for the OS. Zerotier, Tailscale are used when the you don’t have a public IP like you ISP is assigning you and many other houses under 1 single IP, which makes it not possible to remote access your NAS or computer. These 2 services can be used to connect to you home network from outside. The free VPN talk I think they’d re referring to is bing able to setup an Wireguard client. TOR acts like an decentralized VPN, it uses other people’s devices that are also running TOR to relay traffic, however, with governments deploying many relay nodes in the network, TOR is not that secure, and it is an slow. It is also quite old.
2.4GHz is generally for distance or for IoT devices so devices like phones and laptops typically connect to the 5GHz when it's closer which provides the faster speeds. If the phone gets further away, then it will attempt to connect to the 2.4GHz band which will be much slower. It's up to you, in my case I hardly use the 2.4 with this device so it doesn't make a difference for me.
A quick question that you might be able to answer: When I have this on repeater mode, somehow my bandwidth drops down to 20 Mhz and I cannot change that. Is there a workaround this?
Great video! I am a complete beginner to working remotely on a travel router and this helped a lot in clarifying settings. I am using NordVPN (which slows down my internet speed a bit), but as soon as I stack on the company VPN the speed dips significantly. Would using the ethernet instead of a repeater help? Maybe a faster-speed hotel? Or is that just the reality of connecting two VPNs?
The answer is remarkably simple. Configure the VPN so that it does NOT encrypt data for that one particular client, or find the URL that your work VPN is using and exclude that domain from encryption over the VPN. Work VPN's are configured one of two ways; one way is to encrypt all traffic from the laptop ( I assume ) or the Work VPN is configured with a split tunnel. If split tunneled, then you'll want to exclude the domain. If not split tunneled, then you can either exclude the domain of the work vpn is connecting to, or exclude the client. Both options are available on the newer, higher end GL.inet devices, like the Beryl AX.
So just as a heads up, this device itself doesn't offer internet access. This needs to connect to something that can provide it internet access, like a hotel wifi or something like that. It can then take that connection and allow multiple devices to connect to itself and provide internet access to those devices. So assuming wherever you're going already has WiFi with Internet Access, then you can use this but if you're only using your PS Portal, then you don't even need this device unless there's blocks on that wifi or if you want an encrypted connection or something along those lines.
So they have WiFi here but you need a web browser to connect which is the downfall of the ps portal. Hoping if I get this I can connect to the WiFi via it then connect to the router on the portal to get logged in? Then my boys can play on there devices safely also?
For the past two days I've been having problems with the VPN settings. I can set the VPN to the SERVER but not to VPN Client. I have NordVPN and it recognizes my password, it just won't connect to VPN Client and it just stays an amber color, but when I switch it to be enabled on the VPN Server it connects, but webpages aren't protected and do not show I'm in the USA.
For nord vpn you cannot connect using your website log in id and password. Instead you have to use a nordvpn generated uid and pwd. When logged in, Go to nordvpn service, scroll down look for manual setup and get your custom uid and pwd. This threw me for a loop but I figured it out…
@@landpet my $2500 computer I assembled myself has gigabit lan ports. The opal is only able to process 90mbps. My isp supplies me 500mbps. I returned that Chinese junk and purchased a netgear
@@landpet he's correct, unfortunately. I work IT; am very well versed, and been working in the industry for nearly 30 years; the Opal will top out at between 300 and 500 Mbps WHEN WIRED without VPN and that's maximum. On a number of runs, I only received 270 Mbps. 300 to 400Mbps is typical. I managed 6.6Mbps on OpenVPN, and 43 Mbps on wireguard. When running as a wireless repeater, speeds took a nosedive. The more features you load onto the device, the worst that the performance gets; weak CPU ! The OPAL runs an OLDER version of OpenWRT, and much older version of a linux kernel. The last upgrade to it was mere security hotfixes; the beta version of the software is more of the same; in reality, the Opal line is at it's end and is likely just being sold to get rid of existing stock. It'd work fine as a day to day wifi repeater for taking someplace ; basically $31 if lost or stolen. it'd work ok as a wifi repeater for a handful of clients; VPN speeds are abysmal, but more or less consistent with what gl.inet advertises. It's still useful if you don't plan on using a VPN; and you weren't expecting stellar speeds anyways; Probably decent for up to a few streaming devices and several other devices doing things like checking mail, etc. I tested the Opal initially, then the Beryl AX and Slate AX; i tested for my own likely use cases; The Opal is a fine device when sold at $31; but better if one saves up for the Beryl AX instead. I unintentionally found one use case for these devices; Amazon Prime Video does not allow use of a VPN; sitting outside waiting at the gym, I cannot receive the internal wifi on the phone good enough to stream Amazon Prime; all three are capable of repeating the wifi signal from the parking lot at the gym, to the phone, while I wait upwards of an hour for the wife to finish her workout. Another use case would be to repeat signal from the house in a similar fashion when "on the edge" .. Still, I prefer the Beryl AX over the Opal .
they are possible, you can get those speeds on wifi 6, this is not the first router that can do that. Check out the ASUS XT9, ASUS GT6 both of these you can go faster than gigabit even on WiFi 6. One thing to note is that WiFi 6 routers do support faster speeds, it's just most wifi 6 devices can't take full advantage but wifi 6e devices can tap into it even on the 5GHz band. Again if you look at the speed rating, the 5GHz band alone can support over 2Gbps, and both of these phones are taking full advantage of it. I showed it live in the video. Check out my local speed test video as well, I demo it with the GT6 and show it goes over Gigabit speeds easily.
@@landpet but even 1 gbps on wifi 6 is best enough becoz my isp is 1 gbps. So yes those speeds are very much possible. If my internet speed would be higher I would easily get what u r getting.
Another benefit…when internet is out, I can tether my iPad to it to use the cell internment throughout the house. We only have one spot that has decent cell service. Just be sure you hardwired tether than hotspot for best connection and it also charges at the same time. Use a USB 3.0. Cable.
Yup
Just got mine today, i was looking for thus everywhere, i wanted to increase the range of my wifi so i was looking at mesh systems, routers, aps, and extenders but this thing has it all in 1
Awesome
does this boost wifi and hotspot signal?
It can, cause it will emit that signal
I just got mine, I cannot make the hotel internet speed any faster, any recommendations before I return it tomorrow? I’m lost. I just want better speed for gaming while I travel for work
This can only go as fast your hotel internet. The advantage with this is you can use it with VPN, you can connect multiple devices to it and it probably has better range. But it can't make the internet speed any faster. That's completely depend on the internet source.
Once router is connected via Wi-Fi as a repeater. Can I then plug a Ethernet cord to the back of the router to have hard wire connection (Ethernet) to my desktop or will I need a extender?
Yes! Just make sure your ethernet cable goes from the LAN port of the Beryl to your desktop.
Yes as @warrenkawamoto8660 mentioned
Oh nice wow thank you!
Yes, on the newer GL.inet hardware. I say that because I found out that it did not work on the gl.inet Opal. ( Am going to use it as an extender at the house )
Many of the features are just features available from Openwrt, which is an open source router operating system. ANY router, or computer that can install this OS will have mostly the same features and huge amount of extensions for the OS. Zerotier, Tailscale are used when the you don’t have a public IP like you ISP is assigning you and many other houses under 1 single IP, which makes it not possible to remote access your NAS or computer. These 2 services can be used to connect to you home network from outside.
The free VPN talk I think they’d re referring to is bing able to setup an Wireguard client.
TOR acts like an decentralized VPN, it uses other people’s devices that are also running TOR to relay traffic, however, with governments deploying many relay nodes in the network, TOR is not that secure, and it is an slow. It is also quite old.
Well that was informative! Thank you!
Will this work without a laptop or pc? I want to use this while traveling connect my phone and steam deck to WiFi
Yes, as long as it’s configured. It should work just fine without a PC
did you try usb tethering on your android phone? is it charging the phone's battery while usb tethering? thanks
Yes it is but it is not fast charging
Thank you for sharing! Do you also have to change the Bandwidth of the 2.4Hz to the highest number like you did with the 5Hz?
2.4GHz is generally for distance or for IoT devices so devices like phones and laptops typically connect to the 5GHz when it's closer which provides the faster speeds. If the phone gets further away, then it will attempt to connect to the 2.4GHz band which will be much slower. It's up to you, in my case I hardly use the 2.4 with this device so it doesn't make a difference for me.
@@landpet that makes sense, thank you for the very much in depth answer, you’re the best!
@@tongoso np
A quick question that you might be able to answer: When I have this on repeater mode, somehow my bandwidth drops down to 20 Mhz and I cannot change that. Is there a workaround this?
In repeater mode, it’s probably not going to be great for speeds.
Thank you. I think I figured that out
Great video! I am a complete beginner to working remotely on a travel router and this helped a lot in clarifying settings. I am using NordVPN (which slows down my internet speed a bit), but as soon as I stack on the company VPN the speed dips significantly. Would using the ethernet instead of a repeater help? Maybe a faster-speed hotel? Or is that just the reality of connecting two VPNs?
Thanks! Two VPNs are the main the culprit. You need to start with much faster internet since you’re going to be slowed down quite a bit.
@@landpet Any suggestions on a minimum mbps to aim for two VPNs?
The answer is remarkably simple.
Configure the VPN so that it does NOT encrypt data for that one particular client, or find the URL that your work VPN is using and exclude that domain from encryption over the VPN.
Work VPN's are configured one of two ways; one way is to encrypt all traffic from the laptop ( I assume ) or the Work VPN is configured with a split tunnel. If split tunneled, then you'll want to exclude the domain. If not split tunneled, then you can either exclude the domain of the work vpn is connecting to, or exclude the client. Both options are available on the newer, higher end GL.inet devices, like the Beryl AX.
Hallo, do you know, if it’s possible to use the WAN 2.5 port as a LAN 2.5 ghz LAN Port? I want to use it as a access point for my Quest 3
Yes you can.
So I’m currently at a eurocamp in France. If I had this could I connect to the WiFi they have via this router and then play my PS Portal through it???
So just as a heads up, this device itself doesn't offer internet access. This needs to connect to something that can provide it internet access, like a hotel wifi or something like that. It can then take that connection and allow multiple devices to connect to itself and provide internet access to those devices. So assuming wherever you're going already has WiFi with Internet Access, then you can use this but if you're only using your PS Portal, then you don't even need this device unless there's blocks on that wifi or if you want an encrypted connection or something along those lines.
So they have WiFi here but you need a web browser to connect which is the downfall of the ps portal. Hoping if I get this I can connect to the WiFi via it then connect to the router on the portal to get logged in? Then my boys can play on there devices safely also?
@@Bigg14726yes, it works with the portal. Even with hotel WiFi. It’s great.
For the past two days I've been having problems with the VPN settings. I can set the VPN to the SERVER but not to VPN Client. I have NordVPN and it recognizes my password, it just won't connect to VPN Client and it just stays an amber color, but when I switch it to be enabled on the VPN Server it connects, but webpages aren't protected and do not show I'm in the USA.
For nord vpn you cannot connect using your website log in id and password. Instead you have to use a nordvpn generated uid and pwd. When logged in, Go to nordvpn service, scroll down look for manual setup and get your custom uid and pwd. This threw me for a loop but I figured it out…
wished the opal worked as advertised. only getting 20% of what my isp provides and im not using vpn
Assuming this can handle your speeds, check your device as well, make sure it’s capable of receiving the full speeds. Try a restart
@@landpet my $2500 computer I assembled myself has gigabit lan ports. The opal is only able to process 90mbps. My isp supplies me 500mbps. I returned that Chinese junk and purchased a netgear
@@landpet he's correct, unfortunately. I work IT; am very well versed, and been working in the industry for nearly 30 years; the Opal will top out at between 300 and 500 Mbps WHEN WIRED without VPN and that's maximum. On a number of runs, I only received 270 Mbps. 300 to 400Mbps is typical. I managed 6.6Mbps on OpenVPN, and 43 Mbps on wireguard. When running as a wireless repeater, speeds took a nosedive. The more features you load onto the device, the worst that the performance gets; weak CPU !
The OPAL runs an OLDER version of OpenWRT, and much older version of a linux kernel. The last upgrade to it was mere security hotfixes; the beta version of the software is more of the same; in reality, the Opal line is at it's end and is likely just being sold to get rid of existing stock.
It'd work fine as a day to day wifi repeater for taking someplace ; basically $31 if lost or stolen. it'd work ok as a wifi repeater for a handful of clients; VPN speeds are abysmal, but more or less consistent with what gl.inet advertises. It's still useful if you don't plan on using a VPN; and you weren't expecting stellar speeds anyways; Probably decent for up to a few streaming devices and several other devices doing things like checking mail, etc.
I tested the Opal initially, then the Beryl AX and Slate AX; i tested for my own likely use cases; The Opal is a fine device when sold at $31; but better if one saves up for the Beryl AX instead.
I unintentionally found one use case for these devices; Amazon Prime Video does not allow use of a VPN; sitting outside waiting at the gym, I cannot receive the internal wifi on the phone good enough to stream Amazon Prime; all three are capable of repeating the wifi signal from the parking lot at the gym, to the phone, while I wait upwards of an hour for the wife to finish her workout. Another use case would be to repeat signal from the house in a similar fashion when "on the edge" .. Still, I prefer the Beryl AX over the Opal .
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Your chapters are named as be85😅
really? I wonder why, the timeline does it have it listed with the Beryl AX, maybe youtube hasn't processed it yet?
TOR is the DARK WEB, definitely not a VPN.
Those speeds you're getting aren't possible since this router doesn't have Wifi 6E....
they are possible, you can get those speeds on wifi 6, this is not the first router that can do that. Check out the ASUS XT9, ASUS GT6 both of these you can go faster than gigabit even on WiFi 6. One thing to note is that WiFi 6 routers do support faster speeds, it's just most wifi 6 devices can't take full advantage but wifi 6e devices can tap into it even on the 5GHz band. Again if you look at the speed rating, the 5GHz band alone can support over 2Gbps, and both of these phones are taking full advantage of it. I showed it live in the video. Check out my local speed test video as well, I demo it with the GT6 and show it goes over Gigabit speeds easily.
On speed test and fast I get wifi speeds of 1 gbps from a wifi 6 router to my iPhone 14 pro on 5ghz band
@@captshadab Yeah the iPhone can't go as fast as the Galaxy S23 Ultra or Pixel 7 Pro.
@@landpet but even 1 gbps on wifi 6 is best enough becoz my isp is 1 gbps. So yes those speeds are very much possible. If my internet speed would be higher I would easily get what u r getting.
@@captshadab My iPhone 14 Pro Max doesn't go higher than 900 or so from what I've seen.