Used one of these (a similar GL.iNet model) for a few years now - wouldn't travel without it. So easy to get on the internet when away from home / office.
I’ve got a few of those GL.iNet travel routers I usually bring 2 with me when I travel. I keep one setup at home for accessing some stuff connected there with the vpn. I like having all my devices auto connect and skip fighting to log in each device. I have the second router hooked up with one of my Pi’s so I can split what is and isn’t running on pihole easily.
Great video. Have an older, cheaper model and have been eyeing this one. You did an excellent job of explaining everything it can do and it's relatable to anyone who travels with more than one device.
Got a question… If you were to connected to a unsecured hotel Wi-Fi. Would you be able to set it up to be private for your devices to connect to it. So any hackers wouldn’t be able to get into your devices through the unsecured hotel WiFi
You would set up Wi-Fi on it with a password, and then only your devices would be able to connect. So you connect the Slate to the hotel’s Wi-Fi, and then set up the Slate as the wireless access point that all of your devices connect to.
Yes the Wi-Fi password but if you want additional security you can set it up with a VPN that connects as soon as it detects internet. Its basically a full fledged home router just tiny. The only draw back to this that I have seen is when you move from hotel to hotel night to night or week to week. Marriott is a good example. You have to sign in on the portal first from the router and then everything else connects. Takes an extra couple minutes but its pretty easy.
I've been using this same router for a while now but recently having issues at Marriott branded hotels where the network constantly stops working when I use it. Not sure what is going on.
I have an older tp-link but it can only remember one WiFi network. Can this remember and save multiple public SSIDs and automatically connect to one while in range? My weird scenario is I want my camper devices to connect to my house WiFi when parked at home to monitor battery, fridge etc. and then when I’m away from home use my phones hot spot because unfortunately two of those devices require cloud to work. Stupid I know, eventually replaced with Bluetooth or local WiFi only but that’s my weird requirement for now. Thanks!
Yes it can. I have one of the lower models (2 Ethernet ports and WiFi 5) and have used it for about a year now. I have multiple SSID’s save and it just connects to the signal as I get near them.
What’s the difference between their other travel router models. Is the one you demo the newest and best or just the model you happen to have? Ie GL-MT3000 / Beryl AX GL-AXT1800 / Slate AX
The Beryl AX is the newest version. The Slate has the quad core Qualcomm processor, SD card slot, three ethernet ports, and faster VPN. The Beryl has a dual core MediaTec processor, two ethernet ports (one is 2.5 GB), faster 5 GHz band, and is smaller. There’s a big firmware update (v4.7) scheduled for November that will adding more software features, but it seems it’s only compatible with models using MediaTec processors, aka Beryl AX. Unless one needs the faster, VPN for large file transfers, I’d go with the Beryl AX.
quick question, can I use the Ethernet cable port to connect one router to another router? my ISP breaks down 3-4 times a year and I lose the use of my google home devices I have a Orbi router but it needs to be hard wired so the orbi can send a wifi signal to everything wifi on ny home network, I can use next doors wifi but I can only use it for single things like a laptop or TV... I was thinking of using one of these to connect to next doors wifi and hard wire my router from it ??
Re: your comment about a sharing cruise ship plan. Wouldn't the ship itself have WiFi all over the ship, and wouldn't that be the benefit of buying individual plans per device? Otherwise, how can (let's just say four people total sharing the cruise ship plan) everyone get service all over the guest parts of the ship? Would they need to be within reasonable distance of the router in order to connect to WiFi?
I tried this on a cruise , no go.The ship used a captive Wi-Fi page to authorise the login. Could not get past it. Spoke to several others who’d tried the same.
I used this exact router at my daughters university flat that had a captive portal. I bought this model because it has captive portal support. It worked perfectly for me. But if you do find a captive portal that you can't login to, then you can always revert to using a method called mac spoofing. Each netwok device has a unique identifier called a mac. So you can login to the captive portal on your phone, then go into phone settings and find out what your phone's mac is. Once you've done that go into the router settings and change the mac to be the same as your phone. From that point on the router is pretending to be your phone, what was already fully authenticated on the network.
There are several videos on UA-cam on how to manage captive portal connectiions You have to connect with one device (it can be your tablet or cellphone in airplane mode) and get the MAC address and then copy it over to the router manually. I did that at a hotel recently and it worked like a charm all weekend. Now Cruise lines are getting wise to people bringing travel routers and it is a good idea to check before traveling if these are restricted.
No. If your talking to device to device working off the same wifi. - then yes it will be fast communications. But the backhaul is going to be whatever it is. Hotel/Motel/Cruise - whatever service plan they have is as fast as your going to go connecting to the actual internet.
This is over kill.. you made this harder then it needs to be.. You don't need a travel router... you can use a old smart phone to be your Access point/repeater.... For example i use my old Samsung Z Fold4 to be my Access point/repeater and also connected my devices like a roku,laptop and security cam i brought with me to put in our hotel room ...
Can you connect your Samsung to the hotels LAN port / cable and get stable Internet? No? Pity. With the travel router you can. Plus, phone is not a router, so it will be painfully slow when you connect 2 or more devices to it.
@@gavinlim3143 Yeah, quite frequently actually. And many times you can use the LAN cable which connects to the TV if you stay at a better place. So yeah…, hahahaha?
Someone help please! I've set up my Slate plus about 5 times and every time I turn it off it forgets all my info and I have to go through full set up again! Anyone got any ideas as to what's wrong??? Thanks
No, you'd need a different product. Look at this one. Same manufacturer and it accepts physical SIM cards. GL.iNet GL-E750V2 (MUDI) 4G LTE Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot for Travel | Mobile Hotspot Device, OpenWrt, OpenVPN, WireGuard, Tor, 7000mAh, Global Version
You need to have a 3rd party VPN or connect to your home VPN to keep your activity secured from the hotel. I would never connect to my devices or travel router without VPN setup.
That's what I'm currently using it for. It works fine. I assume wifi signal won't be as good as a dedicated home router with a hundred aerials like many have nowadays.
Because your mobile phone isn’t a router, but a phone. Connect two or more devices trough your phone and you will have internet just the way we had it in 1990’s. Slow and miserable.
This is still not super secure because the hotel or whomever can see what websites and data you send through their modem/router. If you have access to cellular data, even though it is slower, it is more secure to connect your phone to your computer with a USBC cable or a USBC to Ethernet adapter with an Ethernet cable & then send the data over that/those cable(s) to whatever device you're trying to give internet access to.
What are you yapping about? I travel frequently, more than I like, and having this portable WiFi is gold. Would not travel without it and I would recommend it to anybody traveling.
What’s the difference between their other travel router models. Is the one you demo the newest and best or just the model you happen to have? Ie GL-MT3000 / Beryl AX GL-AXT1800 / Slate AX
Used one of these (a similar GL.iNet model) for a few years now - wouldn't travel without it. So easy to get on the internet when away from home / office.
Can I ask how do you add service to it? Or what service do you use on it?
I’ve got a few of those GL.iNet travel routers I usually bring 2 with me when I travel. I keep one setup at home for accessing some stuff connected there with the vpn.
I like having all my devices auto connect and skip fighting to log in each device. I have the second router hooked up with one of my Pi’s so I can split what is and isn’t running on pihole easily.
Great video. Have an older, cheaper model and have been eyeing this one. You did an excellent job of explaining everything it can do and it's relatable to anyone who travels with more than one device.
Steve I love this 0:36
Got a question… If you were to connected to a unsecured hotel Wi-Fi. Would you be able to set it up to be private for your devices to connect to it. So any hackers wouldn’t be able to get into your devices through the unsecured hotel WiFi
You would set up Wi-Fi on it with a password, and then only your devices would be able to connect.
So you connect the Slate to the hotel’s Wi-Fi, and then set up the Slate as the wireless access point that all of your devices connect to.
Yes the Wi-Fi password but if you want additional security you can set it up with a VPN that connects as soon as it detects internet. Its basically a full fledged home router just tiny. The only draw back to this that I have seen is when you move from hotel to hotel night to night or week to week. Marriott is a good example. You have to sign in on the portal first from the router and then everything else connects. Takes an extra couple minutes but its pretty easy.
Love this and the micro sd card capability. I move my travel photos and video in there when I get back to the hotel.
I've been using this same router for a while now but recently having issues at Marriott branded hotels where the network constantly stops working when I use it. Not sure what is going on.
Thanks Steve, which travel router worked best for you, as you also reviewed the tp-link WiFi6 router a just a few months back?
Do a video on how to make it into a NAS next!
I have an older tp-link but it can only remember one WiFi network. Can this remember and save multiple public SSIDs and automatically connect to one while in range? My weird scenario is I want my camper devices to connect to my house WiFi when parked at home to monitor battery, fridge etc. and then when I’m away from home use my phones hot spot because unfortunately two of those devices require cloud to work. Stupid I know, eventually replaced with Bluetooth or local WiFi only but that’s my weird requirement for now. Thanks!
Yes it can. I have one of the lower models (2 Ethernet ports and WiFi 5) and have used it for about a year now. I have multiple SSID’s save and it just connects to the signal as I get near them.
@@lazydud048 Thanks a lot. I'll keep that in mind if I get some budget for re-doing my camping setup.
What’s the difference between their other travel router models. Is the one you demo the newest and best or just the model you happen to have?
Ie
GL-MT3000 / Beryl AX
GL-AXT1800 / Slate AX
I have the same question! I am considering between the Slate AX and the Beryl AX
The Beryl AX is the newest version.
The Slate has the quad core Qualcomm processor, SD card slot, three ethernet ports, and faster VPN.
The Beryl has a dual core MediaTec processor, two ethernet ports (one is 2.5 GB), faster 5 GHz band, and is smaller.
There’s a big firmware update (v4.7) scheduled for November that will adding more software features, but it seems it’s only compatible with models using MediaTec processors, aka Beryl AX.
Unless one needs the faster, VPN for large file transfers, I’d go with the Beryl AX.
@@GingerAvenger22 thank you for your clarification. That helps so much!
The problem is very few hotel rooms these days have a physical network cable or port in the room.
WAN can connect to hotels wifi. It has four options for WAN: wireless, ethernet, 4G USB modem and USB tethering from phone.
quick question, can I use the Ethernet cable port to connect one router to another router? my ISP breaks down 3-4 times a year and I lose the use of my google home devices I have a Orbi router but it needs to be hard wired so the orbi can send a wifi signal to everything wifi on ny home network, I can use next doors wifi but I can only use it for single things like a laptop or TV... I was thinking of using one of these to connect to next doors wifi and hard wire my router from it ??
If I don’t travel with a laptop. Can I use an iPhone to configure this device to join the hotels network?
Yes
I'd like to see how to set the TTL on this model for tethering to make it look like a cell phone.
Nice a more comprehensive device would be one with built in SIM slot
Re: your comment about a sharing cruise ship plan. Wouldn't the ship itself have WiFi all over the ship, and wouldn't that be the benefit of buying individual plans per device? Otherwise, how can (let's just say four people total sharing the cruise ship plan) everyone get service all over the guest parts of the ship? Would they need to be within reasonable distance of the router in order to connect to WiFi?
Could you put music or movies on the SD card or external drive and access them say from an iPad?
I tried this on a cruise , no go.The ship used a captive Wi-Fi page to authorise the login.
Could not get past it. Spoke to several others who’d tried the same.
I used this exact router at my daughters university flat that had a captive portal. I bought this model because it has captive portal support. It worked perfectly for me. But if you do find a captive portal that you can't login to, then you can always revert to using a method called mac spoofing. Each netwok device has a unique identifier called a mac. So you can login to the captive portal on your phone, then go into phone settings and find out what your phone's mac is. Once you've done that go into the router settings and change the mac to be the same as your phone. From that point on the router is pretending to be your phone, what was already fully authenticated on the network.
There are several videos on UA-cam on how to manage captive portal connectiions You have to connect with one device (it can be your tablet or cellphone in airplane mode) and get the MAC address and then copy it over to the router manually. I did that at a hotel recently and it worked like a charm all weekend. Now Cruise lines are getting wise to people bringing travel routers and it is a good idea to check before traveling if these are restricted.
Does this boost bad hotel wifi to make it faster?
No. If your talking to device to device working off the same wifi. - then yes it will be fast communications. But the backhaul is going to be whatever it is. Hotel/Motel/Cruise - whatever service plan they have is as fast as your going to go connecting to the actual internet.
@@johndurrett3573what you are able to plug it into the ethernet port in the room?
Awesome vid! Can I use that Slate AX as the Home VPN server with my current router?
How can you use this to travel if you need to connect it to a router/motem what the hell am I looking at
Steve I have this
Excellent thanks
This or the TPLink you posted earlier?
This is over kill.. you made this harder then it needs to be..
You don't need a travel router... you can use a old smart phone to be your Access point/repeater....
For example i use my old Samsung Z Fold4 to be my Access point/repeater and also connected my devices like a roku,laptop and security cam i brought with me to put in our hotel room ...
Exactly!
Thank you for explaining this. I will try using my old samsung fold 5.
Can you connect your Samsung to the hotels LAN port / cable and get stable Internet?
No?
Pity.
With the travel router you can.
Plus, phone is not a router, so it will be painfully slow when you connect 2 or more devices to it.
@@johanea can you find a hotel room with a LAN port? Hahha
@@gavinlim3143 Yeah, quite frequently actually.
And many times you can use the LAN cable which connects to the TV if you stay at a better place.
So yeah…, hahahaha?
Someone help please! I've set up my Slate plus about 5 times and every time I turn it off it forgets all my info and I have to go through full set up again! Anyone got any ideas as to what's wrong??? Thanks
Does this come with any 4G or 5G SIM card inside? Also, is there any internet plan from the device company side to start sharing or accessing Wifi?
No, you'd need a different product. Look at this one. Same manufacturer and it accepts physical SIM cards.
GL.iNet GL-E750V2 (MUDI) 4G LTE Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot for Travel | Mobile Hotspot Device, OpenWrt, OpenVPN, WireGuard, Tor, 7000mAh, Global Version
@@vnevala Thank you.
So you need to use a vpn service?
When it's in wifi repeater mode (like at a hotel) I'm unclear how that provides browsing security.
You need to have a 3rd party VPN or connect to your home VPN to keep your activity secured from the hotel. I would never connect to my devices or travel router without VPN setup.
Can this router connect using Surfshark?
Yes
Bro jsut explain how to set up the travel route and that’s it damn
Seems like that would save a lot of time and be more secure, great video!!
it brings your speeds down badly. hopefully they will come up with one who wont take my speeds.
Unplug car5 from voip phone, or tv to get wired ethernet
Yes and no to the cruise ship scenario
Could I use this as a main router with 2 adults and 2 kids though if I don't really need ethernet?
That's what I'm currently using it for. It works fine. I assume wifi signal won't be as good as a dedicated home router with a hundred aerials like many have nowadays.
YOU DONT NEED TO BLUR PRIVATE IP Addresses
This is what a hacker would say!
This is gonna be excellent for my PlayStation portal
Doesn't work at any hotel as it doesn't support captive logons.
It absolutely does support captive connections.
@@Jeff-m5x3j Prove it.
@@Jeff-m5x3j Prove it.
Why would i use this when my phone already has mobile hotspot?
Because your mobile phone isn’t a router, but a phone.
Connect two or more devices trough your phone and you will have internet just the way we had it in 1990’s.
Slow and miserable.
This is still not super secure because the hotel or whomever can see what websites and data you send through their modem/router. If you have access to cellular data, even though it is slower, it is more secure to connect your phone to your computer with a USBC cable or a USBC to Ethernet adapter with an Ethernet cable & then send the data over that/those cable(s) to whatever device you're trying to give internet access to.
DOT or DOH along with VPN configured on router solves that problem.
Not not really true. These routers can autovpn
Missing a 5g sim slot.
Steve, please dont push useless products just because you get paid. Hurts your credibility
What are you yapping about?
I travel frequently, more than I like, and having this portable WiFi is gold.
Would not travel without it and I would recommend it to anybody traveling.
You an idiot?
No need to out yourself publicly mate 🤷♂️, you could have just not commented and moved on to the next video without announcing your illiteracy.
@@johanea please enlighten me. What can this do that my phone's mobile hotspot can't?
@@gavinlim3143 Speed and connections.
Cruise ships are searching your luggage for these devices, storing them and releasing them back to you at the conclusion of your voyage.
What’s the difference between their other travel router models. Is the one you demo the newest and best or just the model you happen to have?
Ie
GL-MT3000 / Beryl AX
GL-AXT1800 / Slate AX
depends on what your intended purpose is, i picked beryl ax as it has better wireshark speeds
GL.iNet GL-XE3000