I bought this for use on an overseas trip, as well as for RV camping. It's proven itself nicely on a recent overseas trip.
Why I like travel routers, in general: (1) Connect all my devices to the router before leaving for a trip, and then when I arrive at a destination, I only have to connect one device (the travel router) to the Internet. This allows me to use multiple devices where some destinations limit the number of connected devices. It also allows family members to not have to connect their own individual devices to the wifi. (2) Use a VPN when connecting to WiFi hotspots of unknown quality. I don't know how safe a hotel's WiFi is, or a campground's WiFi. Some may be great, but some may be run by people who aren't very good at securing the network. By connecting my devices to the travel router, and having it set up to use a VPN, I'm establishing my own security. I can also choose a VPN server in the region of the world that makes the most sense for my use case. (3) Range extension: Whether I'm plugging into a network jack in a hotel, or connecting the router wirelessly to the hotel or campground's network, the router has better antennas than some of my devices, and can be situated in a location that gets better signal. In my RV I can put it near the ceiling or near a window, for example. Then I'm able to rebroadcast my own wifi bubble that my devices connect to with fewer problems.
The reason I like *this* travel router are: (1) Size. It's slightly larger than the previous travel router I used, but still compact enough to take anywhere. (2) Capabilities: Adguard, DNS over HTTPS, Wireguard / OpenVPN, and the configurability of OpenWRT. It's a full-featured router. (3) Range: Its antennas seem to work very well to pull in wifi signals in tricky places like campgrounds. (4) Speed: On my recent trip overseas I was able to stream movies over WireGuard VPN (using ProtonVPN) without any difficulty, while other devices still were browsing the internet fine. It's the fastest travel router I've ever owned (it's my 4th travel router). I really was surprised at how well it performed with WireGuard VPN. Its speeds with WireGuard are as fast as the unprotected speeds of my older travel routers.
Places where this router is a perfect fit:
(1) 3-bedroom or smaller apartments. I've set up good quality travel routers as the primary routers in apartments before, and have found them perfectly satisfactory. This, being the fastest travel router I've used, and having very good range, is ideal in such situations. Why mess with a big ugly router in a small apartment when this will do the job just fine?
(2) RV camping in campgrounds that provide Wifi. Often these locations have difficult wifi. So placing the router in a position within the RV that seems to get the best signal, can help in rebroadcasting a usable signal to the rest of your devices.
(3) Travel to hotels that limit number of devices.
(4) Anywhere a VPN can be useful. Sometimes I'll leave this router running at home so that if I want my device to connect through a VPN I just select this router's wifi SSID. When I don't need the VPN, I select my home's router's SSID. It's often useful to be able to select VPN points of presence in other parts of the world.
(5) Sharing a hotspot. I can allow several devices to connect to my phone when it's on hotspot mode. But it's sometimes easier to just connect a travel router to my phone's hotspot and let family members connect to the travel router; stronger signal, for example.
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| Sold By | GL Technologies | GL Technologies | GL Technologies | GL Technologies | Cudy | GL Technologies |
| connectivity tech | Ethernet | Ethernet | Wi Fi | Ethernet, USB, Wi Fi | Wi-Fi | Wireless, Ethernet |
| number of ports | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| data transfer rate | 1300 megabits per second | 3000 megabits per second | 1800 megabits per second | 300 megabits per second | 1200 megabits per second | 300 megabytes per second |
| wireless standard | 802 11 AC, 802 11 B, 802 11 G, 802 11 N, 802 11 A | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX | 2.4 ghz radio frequency | 802 11 AC, 802 11 G, 802 11 N, 802 11 A, 802 11 B | 802 11 N |
| frequency band class | dual band | dual band | dual band | — | dual band | dual band |
| lan port bandwidth | — | 10/100/1000 Mbps | — | 10/100 megabits per second | 10/100Mbps | 10/100 megabits per second |
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| CPU | IPQ4018, Quad Core@717Mhz | QCA9563, @775MHz SoC | MT7981B Dual-core Processor @1.3GHz | SF19A28, Dual-Core @1GHz | IPQ6000 1.2GHz Quad-core Processor |
| Memory | DDR3L 256MB | DDR2 128MB | DDR4 512MB | DDR3 128MB | DDR3L 512MB |
| Storage | NOR Flash 4MB + NAND Flash 128MB | 16MB Nor Flash + 128MB Nand Flash | NAND Flash 256MB | SPI NAND Flash 128MB | NAND Flash 128MB |
| GIGABIT PORT | 3 gigabit ports | 3 gigabit ports | WAN Port: 10/100/1000/2500Mbps; LAN Port: 10/100/1000 Mbps | 3 gigabit ports | 3 gigabit ports |
| 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Speed | Max. 400Mbps | Max. 300Mbps | Max. 574Mbps | Max. 300Mbps | Max. 574Mbps |
| 5GHz Wi-Fi Speed | Max. 867Mbps | Max. 433Mbps | Max. 2402Mbps | Max. 867Mbps | Max. 1201Mbps |
| OPENVPN (Via Ethernet) | Max. 28Mbps | Max. 17Mbps | Max. 150Mbps | Max. 12Mbps | Max. 120Mbps |
| WIREGUARD (Via Ethernet) | Max. 170Mbps | Max. 68Mbps | Max. 300Mbps | Max. 65Mbps | Max. 550Mbps |
| IPv6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| EAP Support | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ |
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