GL.iNetGL-SFT1200 (Opal) Portable WiFi Travel Router, Mini VPN Wireless Router for Fiber Optic Modem, Mobile Internet WiFi Repeater, Dual Band Openwrt Computer Routers, Home/Business/RV/Cruise

I love these little things. Great for travel, but can work fine on most home networks as a router. Our internet speeds are down under 300mbps, and this unit can handle that just fine. For such a little unit the WiFi range is very good. I actually used it as a router in-house, and outwardly also functioned as an OpenVPN server, with certificate and username/password security. Setting up the OpenVPN was surprisingly easy.

I don’t have a networking background nor could I tell you the real difference between WAN or LAN. What I can tell you is that this little guy is a lifesaver. I was worried about working on the road & searched for solution. After reading the reviews & some videos, I decided to purchase it. What a great decision. Stayed in 3 different hotels & was able to hop on without issue. Great wireless connectivity, the song al strength was super fast with little lag, and it really does fit in the palm of your hand. Use the GLI app and it is really so easy. Plug & play for me. There seems to be plenty of options if you know what you’re doing, to customize it even more. For me though, it worked like a charm!

The router performance is about the same as the Tenda AC1200 AC8 it replaced. It does that with MUCH smaller antenna and only two of them compared with 4 antennae of the AC8. Prepare for very small fonts in the start up instructions! I did have an issue and needed to go online to the site for clarification. Possibly due to language differences there was confusion as to which password to enter into the router once it rebooted. Either the new router password or the host password. That was resolved and the router has run smoothly since 12/11/24. It was setup in our house but it will be transferred to an office environment shortly where its host and password will again be changed before it settles into service at that location. Based on its performance we ordered three more.This router was approved for use by our national organization. We also bought the carry cases for them as Amazon offered a case designed for this router. We do need a case to protect the router when not in use. If you use "WISP" mode to connect to the host wirelessly this router does not have one. Its equivalent mode is "Repeater" and it works the same as WISP as it connects to the host and on to the Internet in our case. We have not used the router in any other mode, however we expect that it will meet our expectations. There are two LAN and one WAN port along with a 2.0 USB port. With its small size we may use a switch for allowing access to other devices. A four port switch device is very light and won't interfere with portability this router affords. The color blends in very well with our office surroundings. The AC8 was only offered in black or white colors and with 4 large antennae it did not blend in very well. Packing it for travel or storage was very annoying. This Opal router works well and has side benefits. The antennae design worked well in a TP-Link access point we used several years ago. The Internet speed test we ran did not differ very much from the AC8 design so we expect about the same performance from this smaller unit as compared to the larger Tenda AC8 design. I also bought one for our house. A nice touch was the power supply and cord. Both match the unit color and the plug has a unique design. The cord is a flat design that FOLDS very nice within itself. I am NOT going to purchase round cords any longer. When one coils (folds) this cord just follow the contours that you see when you first look at the unit in the box. You can then fold it back into the same size. I took a photo of it so I could refold it correctly and it DID! A nice small package without using an elastic. Its funny how the little things add up to a nice design. The Gli folks have a nice design throughout the product. Even the box design is very well done. BTW the route unit takes up about 1/2 the box and the cord and power supply take up the other half. The router is in a soft sleeve and one will realize it is only 1/2 of the box size. The plug of the power cord will need a 10 second assembly.It seems to be a universal plug that allows the unit to adapt to US, EU and other electrical systems. The contacts assembly are separate from the remainder of the cord assembly. The instructions indicate how to connect the contacts to assemble it to the cord unit by aligning the contact unit with the cord unit and then clicking the two into place with a slight twist of the wrist. Sounds complicated BUT it is like aligning an aspirin bottle top with the bottle edge and slightly twisting the top on. The U.S. model has a standard U.S. plug contacts. The units going to the EU probably have the EU type contact assembly. Slick!We do not need speed greater than the AC1200 standard right now. However, if we need more speed or more features the GLi company will be the first place we will look. GLi put a lot of thought into their design and it makes me confident that their electronics are designed with the same care and detail.

This was not expensive as i went for the cheaper model. Using it at a long term stay at a Holiday Inn where we all share a public network. This allowed me to create a 2.4 and 5G network to run a bunch of devices and add a layer of security to my browsing. I run an Alexa, and several LED wifi bulbs (its a LONG TERM STAY) my phone and a laptop. Configuring it to its fullest requires a little work on your end to find Youtube videos that can really help you. My buddy couldnt get his PS5 to work on the Hotel network but when he got one of these, he was able to make it work as well. I really love it as a travel router. Its small and fairly reliable - i have to go into it and reconfigure it from time to time but that could be a hotel problem. I stream my firestick off it too - and thats been flawless.

We sell digital photos in a ski resort. People want to check their email to confirm receipt of their pictures before leaving, but we didn't want to become "the free internet point," so we created a captive hotspot to allow people to connect for up to 5 minutes. We got it working in less than half an hour.

I thought I was going to have to return this router because VPN didn't work on it but I was 100% wrong! Setup of this router was very easy and the connection is flawless. I did a speedtest on this and it's actually close to what my ISP delivers! The app, both on my phone and my tablet, works pretty well but with some caveats which I'll get to soon. The thing though that made me want to return this router was the fact that I couldn't get IPVanish VPNs to work! That was until I saw a video and turned out that what I was doing was, in a way, right but, in the other way wrong. So after following the step by step instructions in the video, IPVanish VPN configurations work and connect, however that's not always the case. Depending on server traffic or if the server is completely down, you may experience slower internet browsing speeds and servers not always connecting but you can always access your VPN provider's settings on their web page and generate location specific configuration files. YouTube video was certainly a help and the reason why I didn't return this! Now I can connect my Roku players to this while I'm in Kosovo and watch restricted content not available in this region. Yes I recommend this product