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I'm not so familiar with these but familiar with them enough to understand the use cases. Does anyone with experience can recommend for me which one for a family of 4 with 2 kids for basic travel use ie. cruises, international hotels ?
I'm not so familiar with these but familiar with them enough to understand the use cases. Does anyone with experience can recommend for me which one for a family of 4 with 2 kids for basic travel use ie. cruises, international hotels ?
I have MT3000 and SFT1200. I will go with MT3000 as it is currently at it's lowest price point, it's equipped with wifi 6 providing high throughput, it also has the required processing power for VPN/ ad blocking app etc. SFT1200 on the other hand also works, but it's def with limited hardware performance.
Concur with the MT3000. Recent firmware updates have made it more stable and much easier to connect to captive (think hotel that require a sign-in screen). It now can identify the captive screen and direct you to the page to connect the router properly. Have used in Marriott and Hilton properties worldwide as well as on several cruise lines (MCL, RCCL, DCL) and has worked with no issues.
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Personally I would say if you can budget it, springing for the Qualcomm chipset gets you the most reliable performance especially if you plan on using the WiFi splitting feature where it both connects to a public WiFi for internet and also broadcasts your own network. Qualcomm has an extensive patent portfolio for this kind of feature and you'll find that nobody else gets close. This would be the AXT1800 unit.
The MT3000 is a runner up and I would say the main advantage is MediaTek chips can run a newer OpenWRT if you are into advanced plugins and OpenWRT features. Otherwise, I've found mediatek wifi to be buggier and less stable. The 3000mbps max combined rate tends to be meaningless in most cases because your 5GHz radio settings are bound to what channelization the public WiFi network is using and it's basically never 80/160MHz in public settings.
TLDR: most people should go with the Slate-AX unless you really know of something you're doing that requires a newer OpenWRT
Hi folks, would there be any issues running the MT3000 as a home router? Any issues running it 24/7 for and indefinite period of time?
Thanks!
There are a lot of reviews on this router. Its strength is as a travel router and running vpn. I've never run a lot of devices off of it. But I can imagine this getting hot the more it has to handle traffic. I'm been running this 24/7 for months running 2 drives off of it without any issues.
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I picked up a GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 a few months ago in preparation for a trip to Ireland and was super pleased with it.
I was able to configure it and my travel devices to connect to it before leaving. I host a VPN at home via my router, and so I set this up to connect to it - which made streaming from the various streaming services using my US-based subscriptions on all of my devices super easy while abroad. I also liked having the added peace of mind that I wasn't just sending all of my personal data over the AirBnB's network.
Aside from vacationing abroad, I often travel for work (Software Architect/Programmer) and this frequently comes in quite handy. Sometimes the co-working spaces will only have an open wifi, so having this in my bag provides me a bit of added security in that I can connect this router to one of my VPN services so that I'm not just using some random unsecured wifi. It's also nice that I have this as a known network on my devices, so if I'm someplace with poor cell data but decent Internet, I can just securely connect my phone to the wifi broadcasted from this router without having to jump through a bunch of hoops adding new random networks.
There are a lot of reviews on this router. Its strength is as a travel router and running vpn. I've never run a lot of devices off of it. But I can imagine this getting hot the more it has to handle traffic. I'm been running this 24/7 for months running 2 drives off of it without any issues.
Thanks, I should have mentioned I am not a gamer and stream netflix/youtube moderately and will be traveling as well. If I can find the coupon I will pull the trigger.
I picked up a GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 a few months ago in preparation for a trip to Ireland and was super pleased with it.I was able to configure it and my travel devices to connect to it before leaving. I host a VPN at home via my router, and so I set this up to connect to it - which made streaming from the various streaming services using my US-based subscriptions on all of my devices super easy while abroad. I also liked having the added peace of mind that I wasn't just sending all of my personal data over the AirBnB's network.Aside from vacationing abroad, I often travel for work (Software Architect/Programmer) and this frequently comes in quite handy. Sometimes the co-working spaces will only have an open wifi, so having this in my bag provides me a bit of added security in that I can connect this router to one of my VPN services so that I'm not just using some random unsecured wifi. It's also nice that I have this as a known network on my devices, so if I'm someplace with poor cell data but decent Internet, I can just securely connect my phone to the wifi broadcasted from this router without having to jump through a bunch of hoops adding new random networks.
Did you have any trouble with login page redirect that a lot of airports or hotels have for connecting to their wireless network?
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The MT3000 is a runner up and I would say the main advantage is MediaTek chips can run a newer OpenWRT if you are into advanced plugins and OpenWRT features. Otherwise, I've found mediatek wifi to be buggier and less stable. The 3000mbps max combined rate tends to be meaningless in most cases because your 5GHz radio settings are bound to what channelization the public WiFi network is using and it's basically never 80/160MHz in public settings.
TLDR: most people should go with the Slate-AX unless you really know of something you're doing that requires a newer OpenWRT
Thanks!
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There are a lot of reviews on this router. Its strength is as a travel router and running vpn. I've never run a lot of devices off of it. But I can imagine this getting hot the more it has to handle traffic. I'm been running this 24/7 for months running 2 drives off of it without any issues.
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I was able to configure it and my travel devices to connect to it before leaving. I host a VPN at home via my router, and so I set this up to connect to it - which made streaming from the various streaming services using my US-based subscriptions on all of my devices super easy while abroad. I also liked having the added peace of mind that I wasn't just sending all of my personal data over the AirBnB's network.
Aside from vacationing abroad, I often travel for work (Software Architect/Programmer) and this frequently comes in quite handy. Sometimes the co-working spaces will only have an open wifi, so having this in my bag provides me a bit of added security in that I can connect this router to one of my VPN services so that I'm not just using some random unsecured wifi. It's also nice that I have this as a known network on my devices, so if I'm someplace with poor cell data but decent Internet, I can just securely connect my phone to the wifi broadcasted from this router without having to jump through a bunch of hoops adding new random networks.
I was able to use a USB a to c when I didn't have a c to c to power it
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