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INCREDIBLY advanced router in a TINY PACKAGE!! UPDATE: AVOID
I needed a router for traveling that was small and supported WireGuard, a fairly new VPN protocol.
The User Interface (UI) for this router is BRILLIANTLY done. Setting up WireGuard was a simple as entering my account number with my provider (it supports Azire and Mullvad out the box!) and picking a server. That's it.
It has TWO WiFi channels, and can be used as a repeater. The entire unit is the size of my palm, with two little antennae.
It has a one year warranty, and I'll see how it works day-to-day on my next trip.
As someone with a lot of experience with VPNs, having a device that sets up so fast and easy, is unheard of.
When I am due to buy my next BIG router (I currently have a Synology RT 2600ac in the US, and an Asus AC5300 running Merlin in an overseas location), I am buying a Gl.Net router.
UPDATE: I am overseas set up in a hotel/Apartment for a month. I pulled the router into the Ethernet port in the wall and it works great. Covers the entire one bedroom apartment. As for VPN, I can switch between OpenVPN or WireGuard VPN. I haven't had any issues, bugs, QA defects or anything else. The router just works, set it and forget it, and that's what I wanted.
I highly recommend picking one of these up if you are a road warrior and needs a secure portable router.
UPDATE: This unit was working fine and dandy, just like candy for two weeks. Then, it failed to connect to the internet.
WIFI still worked, but nothing I could do, could make it connect to the Internet. I put the WAN cable directly into my laptop (Thank God my Lenovo P72 still has the old school ethernet port) and the internet worked fine.
I reset the unit, I tried power cycling ("have you tried turning it on and off again..."), I changed DNS settings, I even danced in a grass skirt and a coconut bra. Nothing. Not happy.
March 2019 · Electronics · verified purchase