GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 Opal AC1200 Dual Band Travel Router OpenWrt VPN

This is a full fledged router for home use AND when you are traveling and want to setup a secure network/internet or VPN connection. It uses open-source software. It is quite small and light and comes with and international adapter. It has ethernet ports and can also connect to another wi-fi provider, and still give you wired and wireless connection. Firmware gets updated easily. I am very impressed with its quality and the admin interface for configuration. If you are a technical person, you will love the ability to customize it. If you love Linux, you will like it even more. I am very happy with it. MUCH better than some other old/major brands. I think firmware uses OpenWRT; so sky is the limit as to what you can do with it. I use when using public internet connections, when abroad and when I want to create VPN tunnels. Very good price as well.

The Bottom Line: If you travel internationally or just hate annoying hotel login pages, this tiny box is a must-have. It’s small, fast, and makes public networks actually secure. Why it’s a travel essential: International Reliable: I’ve used this across France and Wales with zero connectivity issues. It handles different network types like a pro. VPN Champ: The standout feature. I set it up to tunnel back to my home network—perfect for keeping my data private and accessing my home streaming services while abroad. Pocket-Sized: It’s barely larger than a pack of cards. It fits in my tech pouch without a second thought. USB-C Powered: I’ve even run it off a power bank when a wall socket wasn't handy. The Real-World Experience: The setup is intuitive. Instead of connecting five different devices to a new Wi-Fi every time I move locations, I just connect the Opal to the local network, and all my gear stays connected to the router. It saves so much time. The Verdict: A game-changer for digital nomads or anyone visiting family abroad. It’s significantly more stable and secure than using a phone hotspot.

I would describe this device as a “pocket rocket.” Despite its small size, it offers an impressive range of functionalities at a very reasonable price. The router is highly portable, making it perfect for travel, while also capable of serving as a full-featured VPN server at home. Design & Portability: The router is compact and fits comfortably in the hand, making it easy to carry when traveling. Its low power consumption means it can be powered via a power bank, laptop USB port, or standard phone charger, adding to its convenience on the go. Wifi 6 gives excellent wifi signal strength offering both 5 & 2.4 options. VPN Capabilities: This router supports both OpenVPN and WireGuard VPN, allowing for secure connections from anywhere. One of the standout features is that it does not require a static IP to run a VPN server. The router detects your IP automatically and integrates seamlessly with the cloud services it provides, simplifying setup. Client configurations are easy to download and configure on multiple devices. Use Case & Performance: I use two of these routers: • At home, as a WireGuard VPN server. • While traveling, as a client connecting to my home VPN server. When abroad, I simply connect the portable router to the hotel or public Wi-Fi network, and it automatically secures all my devices through the VPN. This setup provides a hassle-free, secure Internet experience on the go. Remote Management & Interface: The router’s interface is intuitive and straightforward, offering a wide range of features. You can access and modify the router remotely from anywhere in the world, allowing for easy management of VPN settings and other configurations. Support & Resources: The support page is comprehensive, providing all the information needed to maximize the router’s capabilities. I found it extremely helpful for both setup and troubleshooting. Conclusion: For the price, this router is exceptional. It’s perfect for travelers who want a portable, secure VPN solution or for anyone needing a local VPN server at home. I am very satisfied with my purchase and highly recommend it.

The setup on this was very simple. I tried configuring on old router with openwrt to act as a wifi repeater but found information online was either out of date or not quite what I wanted. This solved the configuration issue with it's simple web based interface. Tested speed against my one 150mb/s Internet and obtained 85mb/s using just wifi. Very happy with that. Seems well built and small enough of carry on travels. The cpu is slow using advanced settings with Luci ui, but that is to be expected at this price. Update: I tested this on my Sky 150mbs home router and the Opal crashed immediately when I tried to use a browser on phone or laptop. I then tried it when during a week at a holiday cottage where the Internet connection appeared to be a guest network running at 15mbs running from the cottage next door. The opal was rock solid all week for streaming, web browsing and video calls. Not sure why it crashes at home maybe the faster broadband or Sky router. It works for the purpose I purchased it for so I am happy.

I chose a travel router as most places we stay on holiday have wifi but I'm never very sure how secure it is and the wee unit is supposed to protect our holiday Internet use. At first I couldn't get my phone to link to the Opal no matter how I tried, but when I used my laptop to run the set up it all happened fairly quickly, so be patient and do the set up at home, not on holiday or in a place where you have no alternative devices to try and help you. Signal strength was excellent and I noticed that both my phone, after linking to the Opal's WiFi rather than my primary WiFi, and my laptop seemed much faster using and browsing pages. Its truly a small wonder, feels a solidly built unit, very portable and a very clever mains plug with UK and European adaptors that fit in seconds wherever your use. Once you are set up via the set up routine its like every other router except its tiny compared to office or even home wifi hubs. I used it with my Virgin hub at home to run the set up and play with it for an hour so it looks like it'll work with most wifi signals that you could meet in hotels or any public place producing a wifi signal that you'd like to use but aren't sure how secure it could be. The only thing you need to consider is that its mains powered so no battery use, but if most of your wifi use in a hotel, or villa/apartment, train, is inside the public wifi signal where you are, just find a plug for power, log in once to the public wifi and its log in routine, and then connect up to five devices to the Opal, no need to log in to the service's log in restrictions or limits. There's also 2 settings in the set up to create a VPN server or client using the Opal so if you want belt and braces security while you travel or work away from home, this wee bit of kit could fit the bill.

small and light little device. Setup is pretty easy. you have choices, 1. repeater (connect to you existing wifi), 2. Ethernet connect to you router (mine changed to modem), 3. tethering (connect to a hotspot) and 4. which can be use dwith a mdoem dongle and a sim. My main router is vergin media HUB 5 with 350Mbps. I switcged my HUB 5 to modem and connected the little guy to it via the wan port you can use the 2.5Gbps port (the red one, which i am doing). You can only use one port on the HUB as wan (Internet). 1. Lan port, I get the full speed and a little more. 2. at 2.4Ghz (set the band width to 40) and I get 150 Mbps. 3. at 5Ghz I get 250 Mbps. Bandwidth set to 80 I am about 10 metres away. (you might have to adjsust the antenna for your locations. direct them one of them towards you.) setting up the VPN servers is a breeze. If you have a dybamic IP address form you ISP (i.e not permanent, most are dynamic) then you need to set a switch for DDNS, you will be advised to do that, ortherwise vpn wont work as it can resolved your IP address. You can choose openvpn or wireguard. Wireguard is newer and faster. Then export the configuration file from the menu to your dvice. Download the client for your device, import the configuration file, and connect to the server. thats it (you need to do this for each device that you want it to use VPN). I testd this configurations from insiode the otudoors and works perfectly fine. You will lose some speed of course, thats normal. I haven't tested the other configurations. I bought this for the otudoor. I liked so much that I bought its big brother the AX1800 (on sale on their website, cheaper than amazon by £20. Just for the VPN servers, saving monthly subscriptions. One more thing, you need to open up port 1194 (you will advised so by the this router) I think on your modem/router. The receiver should be the IP address of the little guy. Also open it on the little guy. In repeater mode, the 5Ghz can poly use bandiwth 40. Loss of some speed. 2.Ghz is great. I you find that it is slower than expected, then check the wifi channel. Experiemnt by changing it. I resolved an issue where 5HZ default channel which was conflicting with my neighbour's. After changing it I got about 280 Mbps. Not bad for this little device. Well Recommended.

I originally bought these to act as network Extenders, replacing old Cat 5 cabling during a home network refresh after several decades! In princible, and from all that I read, these devices should fit the bill perfectly to allow Ethernet-only devices to connect using the Opal's Wi-Fi link to the home Eero mesh network. And they did ... for short distances and with no walls in place! They would also wander all over the mesh, connectiting to more distant nodes inexplicably, despite all attempts to lock these to a particular BSSID. I found after a lot of effort that flipping them into Extender mode rendered BSSID locking completely futile! Fine for Repeater but in Extender the LuCi config for BSSID is ignored. It took so long to work through everything, it would work for a day, or a few hours, then drift off again (pulsing blue light). I didn't keep an eye on the clock and missed the 30-day return period! So what are they good for? Well as long as you're using them in Repeater mode, all configured by the Opal's own User Interface then all will work well (assuming you're within Wi-Fi reach of course, and bear in mind these units are weak in that respect). We're taking one on holiday with us to use to mimic our home Wi-Fi for easy connectivity with the devices we take with us. They are very portable, requiring only a USB power source or using their own supplied PSU.

Extremely easy to setup even for a novice. The range is excellent. I managed to connect to it anywhere in our large home. It works nicely with Proton VPN and Nord VPN too. Super easy to use. Very easy to create a WireGuard VPN Client. Just connect to the Router Admin page (192.168.8.1/Admin). Download a configuration file for a router from Proton VPN (which is totally free of charge), upload it to the GL-SFT1200 (I recommend you use WireGuard rather than OpenVPN). Setup this little custom physical button on the side to use VPN when on and your local wifi connection when off. That is it. Great value and highly recommended.

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Je cherchais un petit routeur pour mon équipement d'astronomie afin de pouvoir piloter et surveiller à distance mon télescope. Après quelques hésitations à cause d'un commentaire inapproprié et rédigé par un incapable je me suis tout de même décidé à le commander. Je ne regrette pas mon choix et je le recommande vivement. Ce petit routeur est performant et extrêmement facile à configurer. Il est même possible d'accéder aux réglage avancés par son interface web et de définir des adresses statiques pour les équipements connectés. Beaucoup d'autres réglages sont également disponible. Pas besoin de documentation, n'importe quel utilisateur avec un minimum de connaissance réseau pourra le configurer selon ses besoins.

Sehr gut. Macht was er soll - greift das Free WLAN am Campingplatz auf und generiert daraus ein eigenes Passwort geschütztes WLAN für unsere Geräte. Einfach schnell und simpel. Top inkl. Wireguard - so macht das Surfen gleich mehr Spaß.

Se come me giocate online (Warzone, FIFA, Fortnite) ma avete soltanto una connessione 5G o FWA e soffrite di picchi di ping assurdi (800-1000ms) non appena qualcuno in casa apre un video o un social, questo router è la vostra salvezza. Il problema non è la velocità del 5G, ma il Bufferbloat (la saturazione della coda dei pacchetti). L'Opal, nonostante il prezzo contenuto, permette di attivare una funzione professionale chiamata SQM (Smart Queue Management) tramite le impostazioni avanzate (LuCI). Ecco come ho risolto il lag su Warzone con modem WindTre 5G: 1. Entrate in Advanced Settings (LuCI) -> Network -> SQM. 2. Impostate un limite di banda leggermente inferiore alla vostra velocità minima (nel mio caso 10 Mbps in Download e 3 Mbps in Upload). 3. Usate l'algoritmo fq_codel con script simplest.qos. 4. Impostate l'Overhead a 44 (fondamentale per linee mobili). Sono passato da picchi di 1000ms a un ping granitico tra i 35 e i 70ms, anche mentre in casa si guarda un film in 4K su YouTube contemporaneamente! Pro: • Costa poco ma ha funzioni da router professionale. • Gestisce perfettamente la priorità dei pacchetti gaming. • Dimensioni ridottissime, perfetto anche da viaggio. Contro: • Il processore fatica se volete gestire velocità sopra i 50-60 Mbps con SQM attivo, ma per il gaming 10-20 Mbps bastano e avanzano per azzerare il lag. Vi lascio la foto del test Waveform con grado A (prima era grado F)

Está muy bien, es pequeño y fácil de configurar, yo lo uso para controlar la mesa de sonido y me da cobertura tanto para salas como al aire libre sin problemas, no lo he probado a más de 35 o 40 metros pero hasta ahí todo ha ido genial, como repetidor lo probé en casa y también funcionó muy bien, el resto de cosas no las uso así que no las he probado, yo estoy muy contento con la compra.