Absolutely brilliant video advice. In fact the best short video so far for this product. I’ll definitely buy it!! I’ve just subscribed to you channel. Thank you!!
Thanks for the detailed review of the GL.iNet GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) Wi-Fi 6 Travel Router. It's great to see all the features and accessories it comes with, especially the power plug converters for various countries - very handy for travelers like us. I'm curious about a couple of things: 1. How has the Wi-Fi range been in your experience? Did you face any dead zones, especially in larger spaces? 2. You mentioned the router runs on OpenWRT. Have you explored any advanced configurations or customizations on it? Thanks for sharing this, and I'm looking forward to more tech insights from your channel! 👍📡
Hi there, nice review @@Tech4Baba I am considering getting one of these, but I am wondering if you found which 4G dongles would work with it plug and play, this could be very useful. Also, I was thinking on the previous model which has an SD card, this could serve as a family media hub while on the road. But maybe I can find a workaround if I can plug a USB 3 Hub and connect USB storage through there, do you know if this would be recognized? Thanks for your help!
Moderately decent range compared to most other wifi routers; but this is portable. For up to 1 or 2 thousand square feet, likely good enough. Most will likely use it as a repeater, and that works well enough in most cases. For the most part, a wifi router with external antennas outperforms one without external antennas. Performance drops as it passes thru concrete, brick walls, etc. IOW, most routers will perform similarly in regards to range. It's obstacles that reduce range more than anything. Could you use it as a router in a smaller apartment or dorm; yes. Smaller house, like 2000 sq feet ? Yep. Ideal - nope. Would most notice the difference ? Not really; In order to get the "better" features and better range on most wifi routers, you're gonna have to spend closer to $200+ > 400 to find a noticeably "Better" router. Better routers support more "streams" and usually have faster core speeds with like quad core processors ( usually at 2.0 ghz or faster. ) . Most people won't know what a better router is till they just buy one; like a good gaming router.. Range itself tends to be more about what obstacles are in the path between you and the router. Note: Not all "good" routers have external antennas. Some have antennas that are "hidden", like my wireless access point. But that is not a sub-$100 router either. The number of streams that it supports, plus the core/cpu speed is an indicator; as well as price is; if it's dirt cheap, it probably ain't that good. Some devices will also tout the number of devices that it supports. However, it's more "spouting off" than anything. If the manufacturer suggests that it supports 70 devices, it probably will work well with half of that; or 35, and better with fewer devices. That said, this device specs suggests up to 70 devices connected. Reality is when it hits half that, it's probably time for a better device.
Ok, Thank you for your video and the features available for this microrouter. One thing that is missing, is how to connect to a hotel that uses a landing page, where you have to enter some details, i.e. room number or username and password. How does it cope with this? Regards Martin
You just connect to your router’s ssid name first. Then on your device when you attempt to get on the internet the captive portal page will show up. Enter in your credentials and access will be given to the router instead of your phone. Then you can connect all of your other devices to the router. The key is to connect to your router’s wifi name first before filling out the information on the hotel’s captive portal page.
Sadly the Tailscale feature is still in beta and it’s not possible to set this up as a Tailscale exit-node, so that sucks! GL.iNet confirmed to me the Tailscale/exit-node is not being further developed. They said “the team has no plans for this” So the feature to make this router even more secure is cancelled😂🤨
To bypass a captive portal all you have to do after you set up the router with your preferences (ssid name etc.) you connect to your routers ssid name first. Then go to a webpage like google then enter the information required for the portal. This will give your router the internet access then you can connect other devices behind it. Done this dozens of times.
I would like to know if this device can be powered by one of the external battery used to power cel phone? Also, does the VPN is activated or does it need to be set up or buy a subscription?
You have to choose and/or purchase your own VPN service. Then you set it up on the device. Technically, there are free vpn services, or you can set up a vpn from your home internet. It supports OpenVPN and Wireguard VPN providers. The device can run off from USB power banks; it's about the only way I use mine. A paid for vpn service typically is in the $2 to $5 per month basis based off from the length of the "contract" , usually paid up front. For example, I paid like $72 up front for 2 years, with a visa "gift" card- meaning it's not tied to my name. That ends up being about $3 a month. Even without the router, you can get windows/linux/mac clients and use the service for (typically) 6 to 10 clients; each service has a different number of allowed clients at a time. If you and a significant other had a laptop, tablet, and phone each, all online at the same time, well that'd be 6 clients in use; but behind one router, it's just one client. Some vpn services are better than others; usually free means that your connection goes thru one of a few servers, meaning less speed. Other services have other features as well, like being able to choose a server in a specific foreign country ( to watch media from that country, for example ) . Some use different protocols ( proprietary vs openvpn vs wireguard ) . Others have rotating IP's, etc. Take your time while choosing, or try a few out for a shorter period, then choose afterwards. Most offer a trial period.
I know the Anker 737 can power the travel router as i have done it before. So yes an external battery can be used to power it. Wireguard is built in as a server or client. So you can use this router as your vpn server to other devices or connect it to a 3rd party vpn. Set up is relatively easy.
I take mine to a gym. Actually outside of it; I cannot watch amazon prime just outside of the gym using the phone and the gym's wifi. But with one of these, I can. It picks up wifi better than my phone does. The gym is a "steel building" structure . I have to turn off the vpn to use amazon prime however.
Big thank you for explains the toggle button setup! I couldn’t find anything about this anywhere
Absolutely brilliant video advice. In fact the best short video so far for this product. I’ll definitely buy it!!
I’ve just subscribed to you channel.
Thank you!!
Thanks for the detailed review of the GL.iNet GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) Wi-Fi 6 Travel Router. It's great to see all the features and accessories it comes with, especially the power plug converters for various countries - very handy for travelers like us.
I'm curious about a couple of things:
1. How has the Wi-Fi range been in your experience? Did you face any dead zones, especially in larger spaces?
2. You mentioned the router runs on OpenWRT. Have you explored any advanced configurations or customizations on it?
Thanks for sharing this, and I'm looking forward to more tech insights from your channel! 👍📡
Thanks for the video. Do you think using the travel router improves anonymity and privacy, as well as security?
Thanks for the review. I wish you elaborated more about wireless range
Thanks for watching and your feedback, @satekhi2349! Are you considering one? Feel free to let me know if you have questions about its range.
Hi there, nice review @@Tech4Baba I am considering getting one of these, but I am wondering if you found which 4G dongles would work with it plug and play, this could be very useful. Also, I was thinking on the previous model which has an SD card, this could serve as a family media hub while on the road. But maybe I can find a workaround if I can plug a USB 3 Hub and connect USB storage through there, do you know if this would be recognized? Thanks for your help!
@@FerTechCH you can plug a USB hub into the Beryl AX and share files that way. It's one of the first things I tested when I received mine.
Moderately decent range compared to most other wifi routers; but this is portable. For up to 1 or 2 thousand square feet, likely good enough. Most will likely use it as a repeater, and that works well enough in most cases. For the most part, a wifi router with external antennas outperforms one without external antennas. Performance drops as it passes thru concrete, brick walls, etc. IOW, most routers will perform similarly in regards to range. It's obstacles that reduce range more than anything. Could you use it as a router in a smaller apartment or dorm; yes. Smaller house, like 2000 sq feet ? Yep. Ideal - nope. Would most notice the difference ? Not really; In order to get the "better" features and better range on most wifi routers, you're gonna have to spend closer to $200+ > 400 to find a noticeably "Better" router. Better routers support more "streams" and usually have faster core speeds with like quad core processors ( usually at 2.0 ghz or faster. ) . Most people won't know what a better router is till they just buy one; like a good gaming router.. Range itself tends to be more about what obstacles are in the path between you and the router.
Note: Not all "good" routers have external antennas. Some have antennas that are "hidden", like my wireless access point. But that is not a sub-$100 router either. The number of streams that it supports, plus the core/cpu speed is an indicator; as well as price is; if it's dirt cheap, it probably ain't that good. Some devices will also tout the number of devices that it supports. However, it's more "spouting off" than anything. If the manufacturer suggests that it supports 70 devices, it probably will work well with half of that; or 35, and better with fewer devices. That said, this device specs suggests up to 70 devices connected. Reality is when it hits half that, it's probably time for a better device.
Ok, Thank you for your video and the features available for this microrouter.
One thing that is missing, is how to connect to a hotel that uses a landing page, where you have to enter some details, i.e. room number or username and password. How does it cope with this?
Regards
Martin
You just connect to your router’s ssid name first. Then on your device when you attempt to get on the internet the captive portal page will show up. Enter in your credentials and access will be given to the router instead of your phone. Then you can connect all of your other devices to the router. The key is to connect to your router’s wifi name first before filling out the information on the hotel’s captive portal page.
Sadly the Tailscale feature is still in beta and it’s not possible to set this up as a Tailscale exit-node, so that sucks!
GL.iNet confirmed to me the Tailscale/exit-node is not being further developed.
They said “the team has no plans for this”
So the feature to make this router even more secure is cancelled😂🤨
Which USB 4G modem would you recommend?
Anyone have Verizon on one of these?
How does it connect to Internet without sim?
What about openwrt/passwall/v2ray options on this?
How do you connect it to a splash webpage login
To bypass a captive portal all you have to do after you set up the router with your preferences (ssid name etc.) you connect to your routers ssid name first. Then go to a webpage like google then enter the information required for the portal. This will give your router the internet access then you can connect other devices behind it. Done this dozens of times.
I would like to know if this device can be powered by one of the external battery used to power cel phone? Also, does the VPN is activated or does it need to be set up or buy a subscription?
You have to choose and/or purchase your own VPN service. Then you set it up on the device. Technically, there are free vpn services, or you can set up a vpn from your home internet. It supports OpenVPN and Wireguard VPN providers. The device can run off from USB power banks; it's about the only way I use mine.
A paid for vpn service typically is in the $2 to $5 per month basis based off from the length of the "contract" , usually paid up front. For example, I paid like $72 up front for 2 years, with a visa "gift" card- meaning it's not tied to my name. That ends up being about $3 a month. Even without the router, you can get windows/linux/mac clients and use the service for (typically) 6 to 10 clients; each service has a different number of allowed clients at a time. If you and a significant other had a laptop, tablet, and phone each, all online at the same time, well that'd be 6 clients in use; but behind one router, it's just one client.
Some vpn services are better than others; usually free means that your connection goes thru one of a few servers, meaning less speed. Other services have other features as well, like being able to choose a server in a specific foreign country ( to watch media from that country, for example ) . Some use different protocols ( proprietary vs openvpn vs wireguard ) . Others have rotating IP's, etc. Take your time while choosing, or try a few out for a shorter period, then choose afterwards. Most offer a trial period.
I know the Anker 737 can power the travel router as i have done it before. So yes an external battery can be used to power it. Wireguard is built in as a server or client. So you can use this router as your vpn server to other devices or connect it to a 3rd party vpn. Set up is relatively easy.
is it possible to connect a proxy there ? and distribute via wi - fi ?
How many devices can be connected to this router at one time? thanks
Specs for this model suggests 70 devices. Reality is half of that.
which scale is this?
6:27😂😂😂😂
At time = 6:16, did he just say "my wives"?! 😂
"Take it to a cafe" 🤣
yes, take it to a cafe
I take mine to a gym. Actually outside of it; I cannot watch amazon prime just outside of the gym using the phone and the gym's wifi. But with one of these, I can. It picks up wifi better than my phone does. The gym is a "steel building" structure . I have to turn off the vpn to use amazon prime however.
My first thought was “take it to a buffet” 😂
@@pinkcash578 🤣
You get hacked one time on public wifi you won’t be laughing. 😅
Too much annoying hand movements
*many
@@Holy_Weazle i stand corrected