GL-AXT1800 (Slate AX) Portable Travel Router, Pocket Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Internet Router, Portable VPN Routers WiFi for Travel, Public Computer Routers, Business, Moblie/RV/Cruise/Plane

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.

I bought this for its VPN capability to route all internet traffic over VPN for privacy. Works great, easy to setup. I use this as a wireless bridge in the center of the house to connect to an older Netgear router that is plugged into the cable modem in one of the bedrooms. I get speeds almost twice as fast connecting to this router which then connects across the air to the old router, than connecting directly to the old router. Pretty amazing antennae for such a compact device. Also, I love the power signal range you can choose in the setup, from low to max.

I've been using Glinet routers consistently for the past 5 years. This is their finest work so far and a huge upgrade over the previous generation. The stock GUI has significant improvements for both user experience and advanced customization. Everything just works better, smoother and faster. Of course you can always flash it to run pure open WRT but I have no issues with the stock firmware. Speed? Highly impressive. Wifi 6 is blazing fast. I always run a second router downstream from my ISP router as a repeater for security and customization. I went from getting around 20mbps over the air on my first gen Mudi travel router to 220 with the Slate 6. Haven't tester the speeds over VPN yet but if the initial results are any indication, I expect the performance boost to be a similar multiplier. This unit is sightly larger then previous Glinet travel routers but still fits comfortably in the palm of my hand. When traveling abroad I've found it nearly impossible to find any routers in stores that work as effective repeaters, much less with Open WRT support and router level VPN. Once you get used to these features it's hard to compromise. This device does everything I need in a compact form factor router at an unbeatable price. I'll be buying the Slate 7 as a backup as soon as it is available.

I purchased the GL-AXT1800 to stream with Roku streaming stick through a VPN at the office. AT&T DSL is the only reliable internet we can get where the office is located. We have tried satellite internet with less success over the years. We now have fiber cable ran to the building and soon will have fiber internet at the office in a year or two. Those crooks at AT&T are charging the company Broadband rates for their DSL service because they can. It may be due to the fact we are streaming from Youtube and other media services on the weekly. ISP providers can throttle your internet for streaming too much and also use that as an excuse to jack your rates up. With a good secured VPN, ISP providers can't tell how much you are streaming with their service. Also, VPNs are good for privacy and additional online security. If you are a gamer, a VPN can increase your level of protection against DDoS attacks for instance – not that these are common, but gaming rivals with a serious grudge could decide to attempt to target your connection and bog it right down, lagging you out of the game. Router is easy to set up. At first, I was able to get the Private Internet Access credentials to download to it and set up the VPN. All was fine until I discovered that PIA is not a good choice for streaming beyond Youtube. Since the router comes with Nord VPN already isntalled, I set up an account and downloaded the credentials to it and all is fine with streaming from multiple streaming services. Sometimes the internet connection can be slower at times when streaming through a VPN, but a three-hour live stream on one of the major streaming services only buffered for a second three times. Another good reason to use a VPN through this router is it can allow up to 120 devices to be secured through the VPN. Also, you can only use one VPN at a time. So far, I have two VPN services installed on the router. I am not a network router aficionado, but this device is very customizable. You can set up a private network to store and share files with an external USB hard drive. Depending on what VPN you use, you can configure it with OpenVPN or WireGuard within the router firmware. The toggle switch can be configured to turn AdGuard or Open VPN or WireGuard on or off without having to log into the router.

Purchased this with deal price for my around trips. Provided stable performance over three months without critical issues. Only one thing, since it came with older firmware 4.6, it must be manually upgraded to 4.8.2 to extend some VPN providers profile-based access. It simplified a lot multiple mobile devices to bypass hotel captive internet access page, but sometimes it takes multiple attempts to get through. Looking forward to fixing this issue. Used this portable router to provide internet connection for my MacBook, Win11 Laptop, iPad, iPhone, Android devices, FireTV stick, PS5, Quest 3 VR headset, wireless printer, USB file sharing at the same times no issues.

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.

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.