I just learned of the existence of these a few weeks ago, what a lifesaver. Went to best buy for one, the guy never heard of them. Had to buy online. Anyway this solved my issue trying to set up an echo speaker at my grandma's assisted living. I'll probably get one for myself if I ever do more traveling I got the yellow one, it's good enough for a speaker
I wish they still had a model in production with a SIM slot. I'd like to use on of these as a travel NAS, but for that to work I need the USB port for the storage. These things can works with external SIMs in a USB adapter, but the devices only have 1 USB port.
I have two questions. 1) when you connect any of these devices to a hotel network, supposing they are capping the free WiFi at 0.5gb, will these devices bypass that and give you faster? and number 2) The only reason I am thinking about getting one of these is because I cannot cast my phone on to a TV screen using just my mobile data. Can any of these do that for me? I'm not asking how, just I want to know if it is possible and does the manual explain how. Thank you for any advice you can offer!
1) If the hotel sets a cap for each wifi device, then that cap applies to this router which would have to be split with all your devices connected to it. 2) You connect this router to hotel network (search other youtube videos on how to do that) and connect both TV and Phone to the new network hosted by this router. You can then cast the screen the way you normally do.
Helpful video, Thanks. I did not realise the Beryl was physically smaller than the Slate. I have used the slate, the mango and also another model - the Opel. I like the size of the Mango - but agree - Micro USB and lack of 5Ghz are a problem. Hope for a Mango Vs3 soon.
Thanks, I’m not tech savvy but will be working remote in a few weeks and this has helped on the travel router decision. Can you do a video on travel edc you would recommend? As in things you take when you work remote.
Look at getting an Anker or Ugreen 100w gan adapter or the anker 140 watt power strip with ports. Both have come in clutch and reduced the number of chargers needed, especially if your laptop can charge via USB C
the opal seems like a good compromise between the mango and the beryl. it's like 40 bucks, usb c charging, 1 gb wan/ 2 gb lan ports, only usb 2.0 A port but good enough in a pinch. AC1200 speeds. I think for most general use cases, this one checks a lot of boxes, and if you feel like you need more, you probably already know what requirements you have going into it.
Exciting stuff. I'm new to travel routers & my work is going to demand travels in the near future. These are quite neat w/ the VPNs built in. Glad to see GL iNet is seeing value in smaller creators. Congrats on the sponsorship.
I was delighted to get a travel router for my family and as a network engineer it should be relatively easy to use right ? There are PLENTY of issues with that hardware/software combo and I still can't connect my IOS devices to the 2.4G SSID on my Beryl router.... which is an issue for remote rooms and all .... :( I was very excited at first and I ended up very disappointed.
I'm looking for something to mask one of my laptops from my home network. I'm thinking of using a travel VPN Router like the one you show, plugging it into my Giga Switch, and then hooking the laptop to that. Would this work for what I am trying to do?
That could work! It would show up as the router in the network (if you have a VPN configured the traffic itself will be fully encrypted out to the internet)
You are right! I should have requested that one for the comparison as it is more comparable. In that case it really comes down to profile and port quantity.
I would like a travel router mostly used on cruise ships. With the fluctuation of speed and bandwidth limitations being distributed to the cabins, which one would you recommend? Thanks!
I am looking for a system to use a router with that will allow me to be fully independent from having to use hotel internet when I travel. AND… I know little about these things but I do travel and I want security and ease in being autonomous (is that even possible?). I ended up getting a GL-Inet SFT1200 Opal model over the Beryl AX because the security is supposed to be stronger. I am having a hard time getting the router to power on and can return it because I just received it a few days ago. Can you compare both the Opal and Beryl models for us?
Beryl AX doesn't support EAP protocol. So you will not be able to connect it in many hotels that uses this protocol. I have one Beryl AX and had a bad experience in my first use. The hotel I tried to use, was EAP protocol and I was unsuccessful to connect. The SSID doesn't even appear in Beryl AX menu when it's a EAP WIFI/Network.
@@DrivingPhilippines Source? Im looking at the firmware download notes for 4.6.2 (the only 4.6.x version they have listed) and nothing in it tells of adding EAP support.
I'm interested in a router to bridge an existing wifi network with a captive login portal (think hotel/airplane/cruise-ship) and then share that 1 paid connection with multiple devices. My concerns are around heat a power draw, which most videos do not address. I'll be placing the router into a backpack and powering it off a USB battery for 12-24 hours at a time. 100Mbps would be more than enough speed for me. Are any of the routers showcased good for that use case? My guess is the Mango draws less power (hopefully generating less heat) than the others and I don't mind the USB micro. Thanks!
This is a really good question. So heat would be a consideration but based on my testing I *think* it should be fine. I may try running one of these in a backpack for a few hours to see. If that works you would just need to calculate the power draw using a battery drain calculator online where you enter the mAh of your battery pack.
Guessing it depends on how they track you. If it's purely through internet connection then you can use the VPN settings on the router to connect to a VPN server at your home. Then any connection made through the router will go via your home network. But if they also use things like your laptop's GPS then this won't help you much.
Thank you for this, precisely the breakdown and validation I was looking for! 🎉!
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Can the byrle AX support wireless VR? I travel for work a lot and I brong my PC with me. It'd be nice to have a solution that allows me to connect my VR headset to my PC wirelessly with a stable connection (something i obviously cant do with hotels due yo how their wireless is setup)
Curious. Isn’t the Beryl overkill for 2.5 gig ports when most hotels etc. don’t offer speeds nearly that fast? I would almost want the extra Ethernet port vs faster less number of ports given the speed limitations of most places.
Are you using it for international travel or domestic travel ... My interest is international .... I'm wondering about travel router/.mobile hotspot/ and VPN Services ....(????)
I’m currently doing seasonal work and plan on traveling at least for a few years. I have my PC with me, but unfortunately dorm living provides terrible Wi-Fi speeds and I’m looking for something to help with that. I’ll be making a purchase soon based on your recommendation, but I’m caught up on how to use these? Does the product have its own internet connection or would I need to take the SIM from my phone and use it? Thank you to anyone who can answer, it’s the only thing I’m curious about. So ready to play some Halo, D2, and COD again if anyone has input for running those types of games.
Hey! This may not be the best option for you as it requires you to feed it with an internet connection. For example it takes your dorm's wifi and extends you your own personal network. It still would depend on the dorm's wifi. However, if you have good LTE (5G) service in the area check out the T-Mobile Home internet stuff. It is about $60/month and may be a good place to start. Latency may be a bit high for gaming but possibly better than your dorm.
Great question! So I don't have any first hand knowledge (I wish I did!). I have heard mixed reviews on cruise ships. It sounds like some have found ways to block them however I am not entirely sure how, as you can do some cool tricks with this to get around it.
I have used the mango successfully on three or four cruise ship lines to be able to share the one device connection amongst three or four devices at the same time.
@@david_does If you don't put it in router mode they have a way to tell how many devices it's connected to their network. In router mode it's all NAT'd.
This is a really bad product. (Glinet ones). It constantly disconnects. And my job requires a constant connection. Luckily I’ve been testing it in the states before I go abroad. What a disaster if a product. Can you imagine if you’re working and it keeps crapping out in a foreign country?
Tried two of these GL iNet routers years ago to make a VPN between two homes, they constantly overheated for no reason and crapped out killing the entire internet connection. Absolute garbage.
I just returned mine today. If your job relies on this product don’t risk it. This is Chinese made junk. Past two days it kept cutting in and out. Now my supervisors are noticing my tech issues.
Plastic baggies for EVERYTHING. Then I put the small clear plastic baggies in larger clear plastic baggies.
Now that's what I'm talking about!
I just learned of the existence of these a few weeks ago, what a lifesaver. Went to best buy for one, the guy never heard of them. Had to buy online. Anyway this solved my issue trying to set up an echo speaker at my grandma's assisted living. I'll probably get one for myself if I ever do more traveling
I got the yellow one, it's good enough for a speaker
I wish they still had a model in production with a SIM slot. I'd like to use on of these as a travel NAS, but for that to work I need the USB port for the storage. These things can works with external SIMs in a USB adapter, but the devices only have 1 USB port.
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Thank you so much. This made my day 🙂. I hope you have a great weekend.
Thanks for the comparison. As a two ethernet port person myself, I appreciate your insights and recommendation!
Thanks for watching 🙂
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I have two questions. 1) when you connect any of these devices to a hotel network, supposing they are capping the free WiFi at 0.5gb, will these devices bypass that and give you faster? and number 2) The only reason I am thinking about getting one of these is because I cannot cast my phone on to a TV screen using just my mobile data. Can any of these do that for me? I'm not asking how, just I want to know if it is possible and does the manual explain how. Thank you for any advice you can offer!
1) If the hotel sets a cap for each wifi device, then that cap applies to this router which would have to be split with all your devices connected to it.
2) You connect this router to hotel network (search other youtube videos on how to do that) and connect both TV and Phone to the new network hosted by this router. You can then cast the screen the way you normally do.
Thanks for the quick video about travel routers. Hopefully you can start making some longer videos that are more in depth 👏
Thank you for the feedback 🙂! I need to start practicing longer content.
@@david_does That's amazing that the Beryl has more horsepower for VPNs than the Slate does. Did I hear you right on that?
Helpful video, Thanks. I did not realise the Beryl was physically smaller than the Slate. I have used the slate, the mango and also another model - the Opel. I like the size of the Mango - but agree - Micro USB and lack of 5Ghz are a problem. Hope for a Mango Vs3 soon.
Thanks, I’m not tech savvy but will be working remote in a few weeks and this has helped on the travel router decision. Can you do a video on travel edc you would recommend? As in things you take when you work remote.
Look at getting an Anker or Ugreen 100w gan adapter or the anker 140 watt power strip with ports.
Both have come in clutch and reduced the number of chargers needed, especially if your laptop can charge via USB C
Which wired only router would you recommend?
Ayy i was looking into a travel router and your just the ticket into finding what i need
Thank you so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Nice!!!! And to the point!!! That the way all comparisons should be… after that if you want the technical details, then you can go into it.
Thank you!!
I use a Mango router as a repeater for my phone hotspot. GLiNet routers are all good for travel and/or access points and repeaters.
the opal seems like a good compromise between the mango and the beryl. it's like 40 bucks, usb c charging, 1 gb wan/ 2 gb lan ports, only usb 2.0 A port but good enough in a pinch. AC1200 speeds.
I think for most general use cases, this one checks a lot of boxes, and if you feel like you need more, you probably already know what requirements you have going into it.
Exciting stuff. I'm new to travel routers & my work is going to demand travels in the near future. These are quite neat w/ the VPNs built in. Glad to see GL iNet is seeing value in smaller creators. Congrats on the sponsorship.
Thank you 🙂. These are super solid devices. It was really exciting to see them reach out after they saw my first video. They have a great media team.
I was delighted to get a travel router for my family and as a network engineer it should be relatively easy to use right ? There are PLENTY of issues with that hardware/software combo and I still can't connect my IOS devices to the 2.4G SSID on my Beryl router.... which is an issue for remote rooms and all .... :( I was very excited at first and I ended up very disappointed.
I'm looking for something to mask one of my laptops from my home network. I'm thinking of using a travel VPN Router like the one you show, plugging it into my Giga Switch, and then hooking the laptop to that. Would this work for what I am trying to do?
That could work! It would show up as the router in the network (if you have a VPN configured the traffic itself will be fully encrypted out to the internet)
Im on a low budget and was wondering if this could be used as a VPN client for one device alone through a direct connection from the router?
They also have a slate plus that has the same power as the beryl.
You are right! I should have requested that one for the comparison as it is more comparable. In that case it really comes down to profile and port quantity.
I would like a travel router mostly used on cruise ships. With the fluctuation of speed and bandwidth limitations being distributed to the cabins, which one would you recommend? Thanks!
Yes, good question. I am going to MSC in two weeks
Hey! I have had a lot of questions regarding cruise ships. I have yet to test these on a cruise trip. I would likely bring the Beryl.
If you are carrying around a laptop why not set that up as a hotspot? I do this on cruise ships.
I am looking for a system to use a router with that will allow me to be fully independent from having to use hotel internet when I travel. AND… I know little about these things but I do travel and I want security and ease in being autonomous (is that even possible?). I ended up getting a GL-Inet SFT1200 Opal model over the Beryl AX because the security is supposed to be stronger. I am having a hard time getting the router to power on and can return it because I just received it a few days ago. Can you compare both the Opal and Beryl models for us?
Beryl AX doesn't support EAP protocol. So you will not be able to connect it in many hotels that uses this protocol. I have one Beryl AX and had a bad experience in my first use. The hotel I tried to use, was EAP protocol and I was unsuccessful to connect. The SSID doesn't even appear in Beryl AX menu when it's a EAP WIFI/Network.
Upgrade to v4.6.0 of the firmware released this week. Should solve the problem
Dang! This is good to know. I need to push an update to mine.
@@DrivingPhilippines Source? Im looking at the firmware download notes for 4.6.2 (the only 4.6.x version they have listed) and nothing in it tells of adding EAP support.
I have the Beryl AX. Never had a problem with hotel wifi.
I'm interested in a router to bridge an existing wifi network with a captive login portal (think hotel/airplane/cruise-ship) and then share that 1 paid connection with multiple devices. My concerns are around heat a power draw, which most videos do not address. I'll be placing the router into a backpack and powering it off a USB battery for 12-24 hours at a time. 100Mbps would be more than enough speed for me. Are any of the routers showcased good for that use case? My guess is the Mango draws less power (hopefully generating less heat) than the others and I don't mind the USB micro. Thanks!
This is a really good question. So heat would be a consideration but based on my testing I *think* it should be fine. I may try running one of these in a backpack for a few hours to see. If that works you would just need to calculate the power draw using a battery drain calculator online where you enter the mAh of your battery pack.
Does anyone know how great it works on a cruise?
one question , if we use travel router can company track location or no? also which is fastest one?
Guessing it depends on how they track you. If it's purely through internet connection then you can use the VPN settings on the router to connect to a VPN server at your home. Then any connection made through the router will go via your home network.
But if they also use things like your laptop's GPS then this won't help you much.
Thank you for this, precisely the breakdown and validation I was looking for! 🎉!
Can the byrle AX support wireless VR? I travel for work a lot and I brong my PC with me. It'd be nice to have a solution that allows me to connect my VR headset to my PC wirelessly with a stable connection (something i obviously cant do with hotels due yo how their wireless is setup)
Can I use 5V/2A power supply?
Curious. Isn’t the Beryl overkill for 2.5 gig ports when most hotels etc. don’t offer speeds nearly that fast? I would almost want the extra Ethernet port vs faster less number of ports given the speed limitations of most places.
Honestly - yes! 2.5 is a bit much. It's great it has it but the form factor is really what sold me on it.
Are you using it for international travel or domestic travel ... My interest is international .... I'm wondering about travel router/.mobile hotspot/ and VPN Services ....(????)
PS: I see much discussion about "opensource openWRT firmware " can you provide some insight as to why this is an important feature.
I’m currently doing seasonal work and plan on traveling at least for a few years.
I have my PC with me, but unfortunately dorm living provides terrible Wi-Fi speeds and I’m looking for something to help with that.
I’ll be making a purchase soon based on your recommendation, but I’m caught up on how to use these?
Does the product have its own internet connection or would I need to take the SIM from my phone and use it?
Thank you to anyone who can answer, it’s the only thing I’m curious about.
So ready to play some Halo, D2, and COD again if anyone has input for running those types of games.
Hey! This may not be the best option for you as it requires you to feed it with an internet connection. For example it takes your dorm's wifi and extends you your own personal network. It still would depend on the dorm's wifi. However, if you have good LTE (5G) service in the area check out the T-Mobile Home internet stuff. It is about $60/month and may be a good place to start. Latency may be a bit high for gaming but possibly better than your dorm.
Thank you for the video. I wouldn't mind finding out if this works on a cruise ship. Can they be blocked?
Great question! So I don't have any first hand knowledge (I wish I did!). I have heard mixed reviews on cruise ships. It sounds like some have found ways to block them however I am not entirely sure how, as you can do some cool tricks with this to get around it.
@david_does I know I can copy the mac address but all I know how to do.
I have used the mango successfully on three or four cruise ship lines to be able to share the one device connection amongst three or four devices at the same time.
@@david_does If you don't put it in router mode they have a way to tell how many devices it's connected to their network. In router mode it's all NAT'd.
yeah i got the little mango one don’t get it unless you just want to check email xD
I just got the opal version...
Missing internel LTE or USB capable of USB. Thus should not be on top lists.......
Mango outdated for this year. Max 95mbps lan cable, 60mbps wifi. Wireguard 20mbps cuz weak cpu.
Agreed!
KInda pointless as you didn't even do a real-world speed test.
This is a really bad product. (Glinet ones). It constantly disconnects. And my job requires a constant connection. Luckily I’ve been testing it in the states before I go abroad. What a disaster if a product. Can you imagine if you’re working and it keeps crapping out in a foreign country?
Which product do you recommend please if not this one ?,
Tried two of these GL iNet routers years ago to make a VPN between two homes, they constantly overheated for no reason and crapped out killing the entire internet connection. Absolute garbage.
I just returned mine today. If your job relies on this product don’t risk it. This is Chinese made junk.
Past two days it kept cutting in and out. Now my supervisors are noticing my tech issues.
You should add @Threads as an option for those of us who WILL NOT USE X.
This is a fantastic idea. I am not a huge fan of X tbh. Threads seems to be really taking off so I really need to set that up.