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title: "GL-SFT1200"
brand: "gl.inet"
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# AC1200 Dual-band WiFi (300+867 Mbps) 3 Full Gigabit Ethernet Ports Pre-installed OpenVPN & WireGuard GL-SFT1200

**Brand:** gl.inet
**Price:** 71353CFA
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌍 Stay connected, secure, and ahead—wherever your journey takes you!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** GL-SFT1200 by gl.inet
- **How much does it cost?** 71353CFA with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- gl.inet enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted gl.inet brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Instant VPN Toggle:** Physical switch lets you enable or disable VPN (OpenVPN/WireGuard) on the fly—privacy made effortless.
- • **Gigabit Ethernet Ready:** Connect wired devices directly with 2 LAN and 1 WAN gigabit ports for lightning-fast, stable internet.
- • **Public WiFi Reimagined:** Transform any public hotspot into your own private, secure WiFi zone—never compromise on safety while on the move.
- • **Blazing Dual-Band Speeds:** Seamlessly switch between 2.4GHz for emails and 5GHz for 4K streaming or gaming without lag.
- • **Ultra-Portable Powerhouse:** Weighing just 145g with a sleek pocket-friendly design, it’s your ultimate travel companion for secure connectivity anywhere.

## Overview

The GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 (Opal) is a compact, travel-ready AC1200 dual-band router delivering up to 1167 Mbps combined wireless speed. It features 3 full gigabit Ethernet ports, built-in OpenVPN and WireGuard support for robust privacy, and a handy physical VPN toggle switch. Lightweight and pocket-sized, it’s designed for seamless secure internet access on planes, hotels, or public WiFi, making it a must-have for professionals who demand fast, flexible, and safe connectivity on the go.

## Description

Compact, dual-band wireless router delivers fast, secure internet on the go. Supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, Gigabit Ethernet, and built-in VPN for privacy.

Review: Good for the price. - This won’t be everyone’s use case, but someone out there will be in the same boat. I picked up the Opal not for travelling, but to spin up a NAT’d guest network at home. My main network is basically a home-lab ecosystem, and the last thing I want is visitors connecting their random devices directly to it. The Opal gives them a normal, no-nonsense Wi-Fi experience without me having to collect MAC addresses or fight with whitelists. Setup was straightforward. I put it on its own subnet, plugged the WAN port into my main network, and it was up. At first it treated my LAN like the public internet, but the router is way more configurable than its price suggests. You can SSH into it, tweak IPTables, block inter-subnet access, and even enable an advanced control panel module straight from the web interface. It’s essentially a cut-down Linux box with a friendly skin on top. A genuinely nice touch is the hardware switch for its VPN client. The router can connect to a VPN server and push all guest traffic through it, and you can toggle this on and off on the side of the unit. Useful in the UK, where half the internet wants you to upload your passport for reasons unknown. The one real snag was OpenVPN performance. Without tunnelling, I was getting around 250 Mbps on 5 GHz. The moment OpenVPN client was enabled, speeds dropped to single digits, around 5–7 Mbps. It’s not the router’s fault; OpenVPN is single-threaded and the Opal’s CPU just doesn’t have the grunt for heavy crypto. It routes traffic fine, but encrypting it is another matter. WireGuard was the fix. After spinning up a WireGuard server remotely, the Opal managed around 50–60 Mbps through the tunnel, which is more than enough for guests to browse and stream. I suspect the higher-end GL.iNet models would perform better here simply because of the upgraded CPUs. Overall, I’m happy with it. It’s a small, cheap, surprisingly capable router that’s perfect for experiments, side networks, labs, and guest isolation. If that’s your type of setup, it’ll probably slot in nicely.
Review: Most suited for outside and v. good inside if you are on a budget. - 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 desertcart 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.

## Features

- 【AC1200 Dual-band Wireless Router】Simultaneous dual-band with wireless speed up to 300 Mbps (2.4GHz) + 867 Mbps (5GHz). 2.4GHz band can handles some simple tasks like emails or web browsing while bandwidth intensive tasks such as gaming or 4K video streaming can be handled by the 5GHz band.
- 【Pocket-friendly】Lightweight design(145g) which designed for your next trip or adventure. Alongside its portable, compact design makes it easy to take with you on the go.
- 【Full Gigabit Ports】Gigabit Wireless Internet Router with 2 Gigabit LAN ports and 1 Gigabit WAN ports, ideal for lots of internet plan and allow you to connect your wired devices directly.
- 【Keep your Internet Safe】IPv6 supported. OpenVPN & WireGuard pre-installed, compatible with 30+ VPN service providers. Cloudflare encryption supported to protect the privacy.
- 【Repeater for Public WiFi】Convert a public network(wired/wireless) to a private Wi-Fi for secure surfing. In general, most of the Free Public Wi-Fi hotspot set a time limit for users, which will disconnect your devices once the time is over. To deal with this situation, please reconnect your router to the wifi. ***Do NOT support easytethering***
- 【Enable VPN Easily】Immediately enable/disable your selected feature(OpenVPN Client or WireGuard Client) through the physical toggle switch. ***The default setting of the button is NO Function, you need to set it in the admin panel before using this function.***

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B09N72FMH5 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 1,141 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 4 in Routers |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Item model number | SFT1200 |
| Manufacturer | GL Technologies |
| Product Dimensions | 11.8 x 3 x 8.5 cm; 300 g |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** GL.iNet
- **Colour:** White
- **Compatible devices:** Laptop, Personal Computer, Smartphone, Tablet
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Frequency band class:** Dual-Band
- **Included components:** Ethernet Cable, Power Adapter (EU+UK Plug), Router (with 2 years warranty), User Manual
- **Model name:** GL-SFT1200
- **Recommended uses for product:** Gaming
- **Special feature:** Access Point Mode, Internet Security
- **Wireless communication standard:** 802.11a, 802.11ac, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

## Images

![GL-SFT1200 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41yDlYxsHAL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Why has the price of this gone up by 45% in the three months?**
A: Sorry for this issue, we have been offering promotional price for half year after we launch this product. Recently, we are encountering uprising cost on logistics, and insufficient stock condition etc. We strive for offering the best price for our customers.

**Q: How is it powered? may not always have shore power on my boat but will have 12v system and a usb charging socket.**
A: Dear customer,

You can plug the Type-C power cable into the power port of the router. Please make sure you are using a standard 5V/3A power adapter.

We hope the above is useful to you. Thank you. 

Sincerely,
GL.iNet

**Q: Does this support two separate 2.4 ghz channels or just one? i.e. are there two radios for 2.4 ghz?**
A: There will be one 2.4 ghz channel and one 5 ghz channel.

**Q: If i run my nord account on this device what speeds would i get, i usually get around 150mbps. would this mean i only get around 12?**
A: The maximum speed of Wireguard is 65Mbps, while max speed of OpenVPN is 12Mbps.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good for the price.
*by I***N on 28 November 2025*

This won’t be everyone’s use case, but someone out there will be in the same boat. I picked up the Opal not for travelling, but to spin up a NAT’d guest network at home. My main network is basically a home-lab ecosystem, and the last thing I want is visitors connecting their random devices directly to it. The Opal gives them a normal, no-nonsense Wi-Fi experience without me having to collect MAC addresses or fight with whitelists. Setup was straightforward. I put it on its own subnet, plugged the WAN port into my main network, and it was up. At first it treated my LAN like the public internet, but the router is way more configurable than its price suggests. You can SSH into it, tweak IPTables, block inter-subnet access, and even enable an advanced control panel module straight from the web interface. It’s essentially a cut-down Linux box with a friendly skin on top. A genuinely nice touch is the hardware switch for its VPN client. The router can connect to a VPN server and push all guest traffic through it, and you can toggle this on and off on the side of the unit. Useful in the UK, where half the internet wants you to upload your passport for reasons unknown. The one real snag was OpenVPN performance. Without tunnelling, I was getting around 250 Mbps on 5 GHz. The moment OpenVPN client was enabled, speeds dropped to single digits, around 5–7 Mbps. It’s not the router’s fault; OpenVPN is single-threaded and the Opal’s CPU just doesn’t have the grunt for heavy crypto. It routes traffic fine, but encrypting it is another matter. WireGuard was the fix. After spinning up a WireGuard server remotely, the Opal managed around 50–60 Mbps through the tunnel, which is more than enough for guests to browse and stream. I suspect the higher-end GL.iNet models would perform better here simply because of the upgraded CPUs. Overall, I’m happy with it. It’s a small, cheap, surprisingly capable router that’s perfect for experiments, side networks, labs, and guest isolation. If that’s your type of setup, it’ll probably slot in nicely.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Most suited for outside and v. good inside if you are on a budget.
*by G***A on 12 March 2025*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by R***Z on 16 December 2025*

Excelente! Muy bueno y práctico

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