GL-AR300M16-EXT

Impressively tiny & lightweight (approx the size of a Samsung Flip cell p but less than 1/2 the weight! 3 in 1 eouter. Acts as a cabled WAN/LAN Router/Repeater & Wi-Fi router/extender + 2.4/5ghz capable & has16MB built-in RAM & it's infinitely re-flashable & imitates whatever name brand router you need it to (as long as you have the software). NOT your typical "Made in China cheap POJ" no name router! Was definitely impressed that it even came with a 3ft flat CAT6 cable in the package for setup or cables use. Simple basic setup & dashboard + does both 2.4/5ghz bands (you may need a 5ghz capable antenna if you don't have 1. I got an extra under$10 extended range 1). Stock, it still has impressive range. Entire package is far under 1/2 a #! Saves me from carrying an extra heavy router in my car. It's absolutely portable & powers off any PBank even for range testing. Definitely buy it again.

This little router is pretty cool. I purchased it to give WiFi to my VoIP telephone device (Ooma Telo- it doesn't come with WiFi, only ethernet). I set it up basically as a WiFi extender, connected via WiFi to my home network, and plugged the Ooma into the LAN port. It works like a charm and was easy to setup with the included instructions. The Ooma wi-fi adapter is $50 ($20 more) and would only be good for that one use. I can always repurpose this pocket router in the future if I want. I also think this would be really handy to expand your WiFi network for smart devices that don't need a whole lot of bandwidth. I'm not sure if it would be ideal for WiFi cameras based on the bandwidth I'm getting, but it would probably work well enough. It's cool that it can be used in different configurations, from an extender, to a WAP, to an independent router tethered to your phone or hotspot. That's cool. It also has built-in VPN capabilities, which would be especially handy while traveling. A lot of features in such a small package at a great price. The shortfall I think is going to be that you're limited in data transfer speeds and only one WAN and LAN port. It only uses WiFi on 2.4ghz bands, so slower than the 5ghz networks. In WiFi extender mode, with my laptop hard wired on the LAN port, my download speeds were somewhere around 30 Mbps (and I usually get well over 300 Mbps on my home network). I would think it probably gets better transfer speeds as a WAP (connected to the internet via ethernet vice WiFi), but I haven't tried that out. BUT, it's plenty fast enough for VOIP phone calls and basic office work use, which is what I need. Overall, I'm impressed.

I am very happy with this because it does exactly what I needed, plus, it's super small and lightweight. I did go for the one with the external antennae that might help with weaker WiFi networks. I needed it to connect to a Hotel/condo network that requires a login screen (often called a "captive" network or "captive login"). Once this is established, it provided my own subnet (with a password I can specify) for just my various equipment of computers, media players, video game stuff. Now they just connect to this local subnet instead of directly into the public hotel network. Some notes: you have to update the firmware. It also says this in a printed note in the package, so no surprise there. You need to use another computer to load a file from their site, and then switch your network to go directly to this little box, then tell it to upgrade from the file you saves (should only take a few minutes, though it took me longer at first to find the right file and how to do it.) Mine came with an older 2.x firmware and there is a newer 3.x version which seems much more friendly to use and has more features and fixes. note 2: to use a "captive login" network, there is a security setting in "Advanced DNS" you have to un-check. This is actually a good feature because it's trying to protect you from sites spoofing another site you think you are getting to -- but that's exactly how hotel networks for you to their login screen (i.e. go to any site and it puts you first onto the hotel login). For security, this is stopped by default. So there's a checkbox you have to change to allow it. There is a good document on their site explaining this. Also I will use this when travelling in an RV for the same reason -- RV parks often have captive logins or limit connections; this allows you to share that among all your equipment. Even when you move from one park to the next, your equipment still knows how to connect to this unit -- you just need to log in to it from a computer to set it up for the new location and then all your equipment will be happy. So anyway some advanced skills needed, but if you are messing with networking that's kind-of unavoidable. A great product at a reasonable price. Note that this one does not do the AC (5GHz) network.

It does it's job, the only issue I have is my phone messages don't always go through. When I am connected to my main Wi-Fi my messages have no issue but when I am on the GL network. They won't. Fix that and I'll give 5 stars I'm using my mini inside my metal shed man cave that's also underneath a tin roofed carport. And before you say that's the issue, I can still connect to my main Wi-Fi in there and messages still go through. Only bought the GL because I loose signal for my main to much.

Ordered this in November 2025, it quit working July 2026. Contacted MFG customer service who sent a replacement immediately! The 5 stars is for customer service.

I was in the market for a device to act as a wifi bridge between an adhoc wifi device and my Win10 laptop. This device had the potential to fulfill that need and prior to purchase, I asked if this was capable. There were three answers to my question, two of them clearly not understanding the question (always fun on the publicly-accessible internet!), but the manufacturer also responded, in the positive. So I made the purchase. I could not get the device to join an adhoc network, no matter what I did. I emailed customer support and received the answer I needed to install a plug-in. I was unable to locate an appropriate plug-in and told this to Support. After a few days, they replied back they made a mistake and there is no plug-in. End of communication. I did my own research and deduced I would have more access to the hardware functionality if I upgraded the firmware to a newer (compatible) version of OpenWrt. I downloaded it and started flashing. After approximately 45 minutes there was no visible progress so I killed the web page and restarted the router. I never came fully back up (e.g. no login, wifi SSID not visible). I did the 10-second reset. No difference. I left it unpowered overnight and then did the 10-second reset. No difference. I left it unpowered over another night. Still not functional. It is now a brick and as I no longer have the original packaging, it will shortly join a pile of electronics destined for recycling. Do not buy if you want to do anything more than basic routing, despite the manufacturer's claims.

These tiny, inexpensive, unassuming, power efficient, little tiny boxes of joy are the single best routers I have ever used. I've had MANY routers over the years. I've modified them and installed custom firmwares. I've had every type of router from cheap department store types, all they way to commercial units for critical fallback use. I've had home user routers from 10$ to over $300 dollars. THIS is the best router I have ever used. If you need to add wifi to your home, and all you want to do is connect it, set it up, and forget about it this is what you want. This router is the ONLY router I have ever used that has simply _NEVER_ needed to be rebooted. It is on 24/7 and just works! That's like, GODLY when it comes to routers. I got the highest end model with the 128MB of NAND added in, and was so impressed I bought two more in the form of these 16 MB Nor flash models. I reccomend these cheaper Nor flash ones unless you specifically need the extra space. I install the Easy Tether package and nothing else, so these 16 MB ones are perfect. If you or anyone you know uses wifi at all, just get these. Get them as gifts even. Get them just to set on your desk and admire how a tiny little thing like this can do such a good job. Now if you need a high speed LAN link to transfer terrabytes of data in short order, or other advanced tasks this may not be an ideal choice. For 98% of all wifi related tasks though, this is the one. I am a computer building, newtwork mastering, IT tech who feels that the lack of constant babying require makes this router worth more than its weight in gold. Though it weighs almost nothing, still. You can set these up as access points for a hotel for example and never even have to think about them again. No climbing up into the crawl spaces to go reset the dang things. Honestly they are incredible for the price and beyond.

Note: This is only 2.5G wifi. It does not support newer speed protocals (5 or 6 g). I could not find this fact in the description, which if I had i would have likely bought a different product.

I used this connect an old TV - which only had an ethernet port - to my wifi network (i.e. a bridge). Have to say I always have to mentally prepare myself when it comes to any new hardware as usually it involves hours of fighting/firmware updates/resets to get things working. But this worked first time! I connected my phone to its built-in wifi, used the dashboard to connect it to my house wifi, plugged the supplied ethernet cable into the TV, and it worked first time! This is very neat too, its small and it's USB powered so was able to power it from the TV's USB socker, so the wires are not visible (happy wife!)

Snelle levering.

Works like a charm, even with the hotel splash pages. get the firmware update going and watch for open ports and attack surfaces. I used cable on the outside and WLAN on the inside. Work like a charm. Maybe a weekly reset is needed, but hey, it packs a punch, fast, easy, runs.

Its really small. Easy to use. The range is great as well. We have a 90 foot garden and signal went to the bottom of the garden and still got 20 meg speed. normally I get nothing. Crazy. The UI is great and it updated to the latest firmware and restarted fine, and thats without having to download the firmware and stick it on a USB drive. If I had paid double for this I would till very be happy with it. It also acts as a repeater as well. proper amazing for £30. and it runs from a micro usb cable. Got it powered from an always on USB port on a gaming rig then through powerlines to the router at the other side of the house.

I bought two of them, one to place a wireguard server at home and the second one to use as wireguard client and travel with it. It was very easy to setup, the interface is great and easy to understand. I am not too experienced in networks (but still a little) and I had no difficulty doing these things work as I intended. So I can connect from anywhere with my home IP, which is great. It's tiny and easy to carry around. Usb and ethernet cables are provided. What else to ask?