GL.iNet GL-MT300N-V2 (Mango) Portable Mini Travel Wireless Pocket VPN WiFi Router - 2X Ethernet Ports | USB 2.0 | OpenWrt | OpenVPN/Wireguard for Public & Hotel Wi-Fi | Easy to Set up via Admin Panel

Small and perfect for streaming devices to get past Geo-restrictions to watch content from other countries. The downside is that it's powered through micro USB instead of USB-C. It does not come with a USB charger so you need one. Works with surf shark wire guard VPN. You can connect your cell phone as an Internet provider in a pinch if necessary. Surf Shark doesn't have a VPN client for Apple TV. This solved the problem. Additional Info. The router runs OpenWRT and supports multiple VPN profiles in memory which can come in handy to access streaming content from across the globe. It supports multiple protocols such as Open VPN, L2TP, IPsec, WireGuard, & IKE2. The company also provides cloud management apps for Android and perhaps Apple. So once you set up your various VPN profiles, switching between them can be done easily with the phone app. Several popular VPN providers are already listed but you can manually set your VPN profiles using your provider vpn.conf from their website or enter it manually with a cell or PC. Here is another plus, if you add an inexpensive ethernet switch to the LAN port, you can connect multiple streaming devices. I use an Apple 4K Gen 3 and a Nvidia Shield TV 2019. My Roku can connect to this router using the built-in 2.4Ghz wifi hotspot this router provides. This won't replace a full home main router unless your needs are very modest. But given its small size, the modest needs of streaming devices, and how small streaming devices like Amazon Sticks, Roku, and Walmart streaming devices are, it is a no-brainer for travel as you can put them inside a case and pack it with your luggage. Just a reminder, this does not come with a USB dongle/charger. But most people have many lying around in draws from old phones.

I was leery of a product that says it can do it all. Too many times I have found flaws and features missing. This little device is the exception! I needed it to act as a wireless node (connected to t-mobile). Worked like a charm. I later needed it as a connection between my house WiFi and ethernet. Perfect. Worth every dime. A great investment.

I have a Samsung S9 Android through Verizon. I purchased this to be able to connect a Roku device in our RV for our daughter and using a Wyze camera to watch our dogs while camping. I have an unlimited data plan through Verizon but the hotspot data is limited. This lets me use my regular unlimited data instead of my limited hotspot data. My only real complaint is that it was frustrating not being able to easily find how to tether Android devices! The only video by the company shows how to tether an iPhone and even finding written instructions was difficult online. When I finally did find mention of Android on their site, it wasn't exactly correct. The second frustration came from the password setup, which was a bit confusing, but I address it later. So, hopefully this will help others. This is how it worked on my Samsung Galaxy S9. Follow all of the steps per the iPhone tethering video through step 4. Step 5: Go to Settings > Connections > Mobile Hotspot and Tethering > USB Tethering (switch to "on") Step 6: Skip this, it doesn't apply to Android Step 7: Same as video Now make sure your data is turned on and you can turn off wifi. To access the router with another device, you will need to use the password that was initially given to you in the packaging, not the new password that you were prompted to create at set up. (This was initially what stumped me, thinking I didn't have a connection!) That new password you created at setup was just for the router admin panel access. You can log back into the router admin panel and change the actual router wifi password by clicking the 3 lines in the upper right > Wireless > Modify > Wi-Fi Key > enter new password > apply That wifi key is what you will use to connect to the router. I was able to connect an Amazon Firestick and my husband's Galaxy S9 to the router this way. The speed was good and my husband was able to connect his phone from the living room to the router in our bedroom upstairs. I hope this helps some other Galaxy/Android users! Connecting the Wyze pan and tilt camera via repeater mode using our home wifi was easier and straightforward. I've left it connected, so when we go camping I can just connect the router to the campground wifi or my Galaxy phone. I recommend connecting the Wyze to the router while the router is connected to something other than your phone, since you'll need your phone to set up a new wifi for the camera on the Wyze app. Once the Wyze is connected to the router, it's an easy matter to connect the router to whatever source you prefer. Other than the lack of good instructions for tethering my specific phone (I was seriously ready to return it because I couldn't figure it out!) the rest was pretty easy.

I’ve been using the GL.iNet GL-MT300N-V2 (Mango) Mini Router for travel and around the house, and it has become one of the most useful networking gadgets I own. Despite its small size, this little router delivers consistent Wi-Fi performance and a lot of flexibility that bigger routers often don’t offer. ✔ What I liked • Compact and portable: This thing is tiny — perfect for throwing in a backpack, suitcase, or even a pocket. I take it on trips, and it’s made hotel Wi-Fi way more usable by creating my own secure network. • Easy setup: It took only a few minutes to get up and running. The interface is user-friendly, and most features are accessible right from a browser without any complex steps. • Versatile modes: I use it as a travel router, repeater, and Wi-Fi bridge — it adapts to whatever connectivity situation I’m in. Whether I’m sharing a single wired port at a hotel or boosting weak Wi-Fi signals, this little device handles it well. • Security features: It supports VPN (OpenVPN & WireGuard), which makes it great for secure browsing when on public Wi-Fi or untrusted networks — ideal for travel, remote work, or just more privacy at home. • Good performance for size: Not blazing fast like a full-size router, but more than capable for streaming, browsing, and light downloads. Consistent signal and coverage for a device of this footprint. ⚠ Things to consider • Not high-end speed: Being a compact travel router, it isn’t designed for ultra-high-speed connections or heavy 4K streaming across many devices simultaneously. But for personal travel use or small home networks, it’s more than enough. • Limited Ethernet ports: Only one WAN/LAN port means you’ll need a switch if you plan to connect many wired devices — typical for a device this size. ⭐ Final Verdict The GL.iNet Mango Mini Router is a fantastic travel companion and a very flexible networking gadget for everyday use. It’s easy to set up, supports multiple modes, and brings added security with VPN options. For anyone who travels — or wants a compact, secure way to manage Wi-Fi — this little router is a solid pick. ✔ Recommended for travelers, remote workers, and anyone wanting portable Wi-Fi control.

My requirement for this device was fairly specific. I travel every week for work and have begun bringing my Nintendo Switch on these trips with me. The problem is that the Nintendo Switch is notoriously horrible at connecting to wifi with a captive portal (aka registration splash screen). Such as hotels or other public wifi might require for confirmation to connect via a browser window. Basically the Switch hidden browser is worthless for these situations and hardly ever works. So I bought this device as a work around. By using this router to connect to the hotel wifi I only need it to make the connection and then it rebroadcasts my own private network. Which the Nintendo Switch can connect to just like any normal wifi that doesn't use captive portals within internet browsers (such as your home network). Setup was fairly straightforward. Granted I am a Network Engineer so I have a slight advantage. However, I found the instructions easy enough for anyone. My only minor complaint is that the router doesn't start broadcasting unless you toggle the "mode" switch located on the side (next to the reset button). The instructions aren't clear on that and the toggle switch itself isn't even labelled (but it is called out in the manual). Anyway turn that on first. Once I had setup the router per the instructions. I went ahead and pre-connected all of my devices (phone, laptop, Nintendo) while it was connected to my home network. Then a few days later I setup the router in a hotel. Using my phone I went to the router IP address (admin menus) and connected it to the hotel wifi. Then I launched a browser via my phone to do the hotel wifi registration. Done. Now the router is on the hotel wifi and all of my devices are connected to the router. One IP address. One registration (instead of having to register multiple times for multiple devices). Turned on my Nintendo Switch and it worked perfectly. No messing around with the Nintendo browser. So in summary. The router works on hotel wifi with captive portal. You only need to perform the hotel registration once and all of your devices are good. For $20 something bucks this just saved me a month of hotel registration headaches that I have been fighting. Thumbs up and highly recommend for anyone else in a similar situation. Side bonus this will give your personal devices an extra layer of protection from those public networks. This router is also very small (about 2x2 inches) so it easily fits inside a Nintendo Switch travel case if you own one.

Man this things is sweet. It's got an incredible amount of use cases, elite extremely versatile and feature rich. There's 4 ways of connecting and setup is incredibly easy. I am running a pia VPN on it at the hardware level for work. I was able to add a config file to run my VPN using openvpn protocol. I bought two of them when I saw how many things it could do, the other one is going to make a wifi pineapple for cyber security homelab testing and a few other projects. I believe you can also run plugins and it has openwrt features as well. For $30 your stupid if you don't get it even just to have for occasional use. Also it's way smaller than you would assume from the picture, it really could fit in your pocket comfortably.

I was pretty impressed with just how cheap this thing feels because it made me realize just how little of a form factor was required for the functionality this thing has. It's almost like a Raspberry Pi except more like a Banana Pi. Well, so the really cool upside is that this thing works on my captive portal effortlessly (password required in browser after WiFi connection), and the UI for the router management interface is very nice. However, this is a WiFi repeater, so if you're not using it over Ethernet, it's taking your WiFi signal and broadcasting it out milliseconds after. This results in a noticeable loss of bandwidth, but not enough to make your browsing sessions totally sluggish. An Ookla speed test showed about a 50% downstream/upstream reduction. (I did not try a LAN transfer but did successfully connect peer-to-peer devices.) I was hoping that I'd be able to use this little guy to have a private network of my own and use accessories like my HomePod. While it was effective, despite the bandwidth drawback, the real reason I decided to box this up and return it back to Amazon is that there were blatant connectivity gaps where I would experience 100% packet loss and a stalled connection that would have no real solution outside of taking down the network interface and bringing it back up. That was unacceptable, unfortunately. I had a hard time giving this thing less than 3 stars because I could still see use cases for it, such as while traveling in a hotel for an extended (but finite) period of time. Unless I got a dud (and I doubt it), this probably isn't the device you want for a home WiFi repeater/extender. You might find yourself wanting to chuck it across the room, and it's unfortunately not heavy enough to be satisfying for that either. It'd be like tossing a plastic container lid. Just doesn't have the effect you want.

this particular model is not super powerful (cpu/ram) but very tiny and offers many things out of the box as promised. it supports openvpn and wireguard vpn, the UI/UX is nice as well. it uses openwrt which gives you a lot of flexibility if you are interested in customizations. storage is limited, you’d need to flash it with your own set of packages and loose the manufacturer polished experience if something extra is needed. in my cases i wanted to use it for a personal ipsec s2s vpn tunnel, which is not supported by default and requires kernel settings not present in the default one + a bit more custom configuration/routing etc. overall i’d recommend it and buy it again even though it didn’t give me what i needed out of the box, it’s better than tp-link travel router. this particular model should work fine for a few wifi clients.