GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 Slate AX Pocket-Sized Wi-Fi 6 Travel Router with VPN

I bought the GL.iNet Slate AX (GL-AXT1800) for a 7-day cruise, hoping to avoid paying for internet on every device for our family of six. It worked exactly as I had hoped. I connected the router to the ship's Wi-Fi using a single internet package, and then connected all of our phones and tablets to the router. Since the kids only really wanted internet in the evenings while we were back in the cabin, this setup worked perfectly and saved us a significant amount compared to purchasing multiple internet packages. Now that we're home, I plan to use it regularly in my audio/video integration business. It will be perfect for creating a temporary network in new homes or businesses before internet service is active, allowing me to configure and troubleshoot networking and IoT devices ahead of the final ISP installation. Setup was straightforward, performance was solid, and the router was reliable throughout the trip. Whether you're traveling, working remotely, or need a portable network for professional use, this router is an excellent investment.

Excellent router and excellent support from GL.iNet. I was experiencing an intermittent DNS issue involving AdGuard Home and a WireGuard client on my GL-AXT1800 router. Bernard was very responsive, helped me troubleshoot the problem step by step, explained the DNS and AdGuard settings clearly, and identified a configuration change that resolved the issue. The support was professional, knowledgeable, and patient throughout the entire process. I appreciate the detailed explanations and the time spent helping me understand how the different settings interact. The GL-AXT1800 has been an excellent router. Performance is outstanding, WireGuard VPN works great, and the flexibility provided by OpenWrt, AdGuard Home, and the advanced networking features makes it a powerful device for both home and travel use. Great router and great technical support. Highly recommended.

This is a highly useful tool for traveling. It's very easy to configure. I can log in once to the hotel wifi, and all my families devices are immediately connected. The router will protect each of the devices from being exposed to public wifi. There are many advanced features, including AdGuard, Parental control, and excellent analytics. I don't use it for high-bandwidth applications. I'm mostly limited by the bandwidth of the hotel wifi, so I don't have any personal experience with speed. Srtreaming video seems to work fine. Other reviews state this router is very fast, though. Very portable. Great value.

We bought the GL.iNet Slate AX (AXT1800) for my blind grandmother so she could still use her Amazon Alexa while staying at a Hilton hotel, which only offers Wi-Fi that requires a sign-in page. This little router worked beautifully. It handled the hotel’s captive portal with ease, and once connected, every device — including her Alexa — worked exactly like it would at home. We’ve also used it to connect our Nanit Baby Monitor, which is notoriously picky about hotel or guest Wi-Fi. The Slate AX had no problem getting it online, keeping the video feed stable and secure all night. Setup was surprisingly simple, performance was fast and reliable, and the connection stayed solid through multiple devices. It’s compact, well-built, and powerful enough for way more than just travel. If you’re tired of fighting with hotel Wi-Fi or need to connect smart devices like Alexa or baby monitors while away from home, this router is a must-have. Absolutely worth every penny.

The Pros: Setup: Dead simple. The UI is clean, but the inclusion of LuCI for advanced tweaks is a godsend for power users. VPN Performance: Handles heavy WireGuard and NordVPN tunnels without breaking a sweat. I’m running multiple VMs (Kali, Linux Mint, Windows 11) through this, and the latency is impressively low. AdGuard Home: Having this integrated directly is a game-changer. It handles 15,000+ queries a day easily, and with a bit of "pro-tip" tweaking, I moved the logs to an SD card to save the internal flash. Travel Ready: The physical toggle switch is perfect for hotel Wi-Fi. I have mine mapped to kill the VPN for captive portals and flip it back on for instant security. The Cons: LED Persistence: Out of the box, the LED schedule can be a bit finicky and sometimes resets to default after a reboot. However, if you're comfortable with a quick SSH command to disable the default LED manager, you can fix it permanently.

Super little travel router. I had been looking for a product that works as a bridge between campus or community WiFi and my devices. This works exactly as described (and can work in all kinds of other cool modes too). For me i just needed my own WiFi that is isolated from the spectrum community solutions managed complex WiFi. This does exactly that. I can connect all my devices wirelessly to this and then have them connect through the provided WiFi tenant account. Not only that it has builtin vpn support so you can encrypt your traffic right out of the travel router. Super cool little device. Glad I found it!

Have used this for about 1yr and travel with it. I set this up with wireguard and a stay@home Opal-SFT-1200 GliNet router. Works beautifully. It performs at fast speeds enough for streaming on various devices, easy to setup and manage and tweak to your needs! The range varies based on building structure but i have had no issues and i live in a 3FL house signal strength has not been an issue. Connecting is virtually seamless. As a few months ago my VPN link wireguard broke between the two devices and Bernard Lo from support helped me troubleshoot a recent issue with having recently placed pihole to be the DNS of all my internet traffic. * Bernard * from GLiNET support was throughout and he was able to run some tcpdumps techniques to identify port communication between the routers and traffic and determined that the port forward was not working so my main ISP router was not forward as it should. THE FIX was i reset both routers to factory settings. Reverted the main router DNS to automatic (serve it from main router). Enabled the VPN wireguard configuratio between the GL-iNET routers and it worked. Systematically 1 variable at a time i once again changed DNS of main router and VPN continued to work. With Pihole now filtering traffic as the DNS. I communicated this to support and Bernard ran another test and indeed VPN was active and working. However, the wireguard client was not using pihole to filter traffic as it should and Bernard after testing changed the server config DNS which ultimately finally pushed client to route DNS through pihole. Everything is currently working as it should and i am beyond grateful for this support and the guidance. Absolutely recommend anyone to invest in their routers.

I bought this and the Beryl AX. I updated both the latest firmware and tested them in identical conditions over the course of two hours. I averaged multiple speed test results, and I have 1 Gb fiber up and down for my home internet, so there was no bottleneck there. 1. The quad-core processor on the Slate AX makes it more stable. The Beryl AX crashed several times switching from WiFi to ethernet as the internet source. The WiFi transmission would cut out and then take a minute to return. A couple of times I had to hard reboot the device using the button on the side. The Slate AX suffered no such issues as I worked through all the permutations in my testing (internet coming in via 5g and ethernet and service to client via 5G, 2.4G, and ethernet). Having a quad core processor not only makes the router control panel more responsive to changes, it makes it more resilient and stable. 2. The Slate AX was faster than the Beryl AX in every test. It does not matter with 2.4 GHz WiFi, so in a lot of hotel settings they will be the same other than the observed better stability in the Slate AX. However, as soon as your start to use 5 GHz WiFi to connect the router to the internet or to send internet to connected clients, the Slate AX pulls ahead. It is almost 30% faster with 5G to and from the router, for example. The gap narrows with 5G wifi to the router and serving clients via ethernet. Again, the faster processor in the Slate AX seems to allow it to move data in and out via WiFi better than the Beryl AX. 3. The Slate AX handles Wireguard significantly better. This is reflected in the specs. I got up to 543 Mb/s with Wireguard VPN on using the Slate AX. I got a 350 Mb/s max with the Beryl AX. It is good to see that both slightly exceed their specifications, and the Slate AX is significantly better. Side by side the Slate AX is just slightly larger than the Beryl, but in use, there is little practical impact of the size difference. The stability and speed make the Slate AX a significantly better value. If setup in an environment where you won't get any benefit from the Slate AX speed with Wireguard, or where 2.4 GHz ethernet is in the mix, then the Beryl AX works well as long as you don't need to change configurations and risk its demonstrated instability. I will keep the Beryl AX knowing its limitations and not wanting to bother with a return. However, I would only consider the Slate AX if I was going to buy just one of them.

Packs a lot of features and speed in a tiny package! I can just chuck it in my bag and I have my personal network with me wherever I go. The Wi-Fi is very reliable and the range is surprisingly decent considering the size and power draw. I also don't need to carry a dedicated power adapter for it as its USB type C power connector is compatible with my phone charger. The software (OpenWrt with a custom UI) is also very clean and easy to use. The 3 gigabit RJ45 ports also add a lot of utility as one is a WAN port which is very useful if you want to use it as a repeater and have a very solid connection. The microSD and USB 3.0 ports are also very useful if you need to travel with a lot of fast storage that you don't want to keep plugging in and out of all of your different devices. In the end, if you are looking for an almost no compromises but very compact travel router, I don't think there is a better product. It is also sufficiently powerful enough to be used just as a home router too! I would also like to say their technical staff are very nice and quick with their help on their forums and I'm sure they will try their best to help you!

Excellent device, great coverage. Easy to setup, WireGuard support natively. If you want a fast, power efficient router with built in vpn support, look no further.

Fel artikel levererad. Vad som levererades var en Slate AX (AXT1800). Kommer att returneras. Inget fel på produkten men inte vad jag beställde.

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Living in Germany has its costs when it comes to internet connection. Not only do you have to wait for someone for 2 months, or sometimes even more, to come and swap 2 cables which enable your internet, but the internet here is also still from the 20th century (AKA DSL). It's true, it has somewhat improved, but it's still DSL. However, that's beyond the scope of this router. The reality is, having internet in Germany means there's a 90% probability that you will have a Fritzbox. It's not bad, in fact, it's a good device. Without it, you wouldn't even be able to connect, as it also has a DSL modem in it. But the problem lies in its price. Fritzboxes are astronomically expensive. Hence, the ISP will ship you (for 5EUR/mo.) the most basic model they can offer. This model will not only lack a 5Ghz band, it's also quite slow, and since all of your neighbors will likely have the same router, all the channels are filled with noise, which makes watching a Netflix TV show or a YouTube video on your Apple TV (or any other TV in general) a nightmare. However, this router is a savior. You just plug it in, do a very basic configuration (like setting a password, SSID and security key for your WiFi) and voila, you can enjoy your maximum speed over WiFi ax on the 5Ghz band, without constant changes of the channel and loss of connection. Not to mention the multi-WAN feature, which is useful while traveling. It allows you to plug in several or different internet sources, maintaining the same internal network and the same SSIDs wherever you go. It also features a failover system, so if your cable drops, it can use your WiFi-repeater or a mobile phone tethering, or whatever. Another feature is the VPN. It allows you to connect to a VPN provider (NordVPN is preconfigured and all you have to do is to create a username and password and fill it in) using OpenVPN or WireGuard protocols. It can also act as a VPN Server, so if you want to work from the Maldives and appear as if you're back home, it's never been easier. It might be best to have 2 of them. By the way, you can create VPN Policies, like splitting the devices you want to use VPN and the ones you don't. This way, you can connect your TV to a country where there is no YouTube Premium, for example... But I didn't tell you this 🤫. There is also an AdGuard app, which filters ads at the DNS level by blocking undesired well-known URLs, which makes your web pages load faster. It doesn't block everything perfectly though, and sometimes can block something useful, but 99% of the time it is good. Lastly, you can easily ssh into this device and gain access to the OS at the root level because it has nothing else but a Linux kernel inside. And when you know what you're doing, you have full access. Yes, there is also a dedicated UI to configure the OpenWRT (which is the base OS for this router). P.S. It also has tons of other features which are mentioned everywhere. In this review, I tried to respond to the potential questions that I personally had before buying it. If you need a powerful router, just buy this one, and you will never regret it.