GL.iNetGL-AX1800(Flint) WiFi 6 Router -Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router | 5 x 1G Ethernet Ports | Up to 120 Devices | OpenVpn&WireGuard

This product is awesome worked exactly how I needed it to work and the Tech support on the GL.inet website it’s awesome they have 24/6 supported agents are so nice and patient and help me with any issues or confusion you may have Barry helped me so much and got my device working as I needed it, great great service if anyone from the gl.inet team see this give him a raise he is way deserving, HIGHLY RECOMMEND

My apartment complex provides fiber internet as a hotshot throughout with a captive portal. I was able to log in, join the service and the router remained logged in the whole time. From time to time it will get kicked off but it will choose the alternate connection I've set it up for.The connections are fast. I've connected to my VPN using wireguard and am using the ad guard as well. Surfing is smooth on either my 5 or 2.4 WAN. My speed, which is relegated to the VPN, works very well. The stability of the router is very good thus far. I experienced some lock ups which required me to unplug the router. (More about this later).I have several smart devices such as a Google Nest, a Bose smart speaker, Samsung TV and a Fire stick. Neither of these likes to go through the VPN. On my Fire stick I noticed that Amazon Prime will not work. Disney works, Netflix works. To get everything on the Fire stick to work, I set up VPN rules now. I made the router route all selected MAC addresses through the VPN so all my other devices bypass the VPN. Oh, once you set up the VPN rules it helped to reboot the router.It took me some time to figure this out so I wanted to pass this on to those that might have a similar situation at their home. I've set up the router for remote access and I use the app. Both work very well. Note, you can't control the VPN settings remotely. If you're connected to the router, the app does it all. On the web based remote access, it has a living map but I haven't figured that out so it doesn't display my location on the map.Summary: the repeater works very well. The drops and pick ups I was experiencing were, from what I could tell, from the VPN server. I'll make an update later now that I'm using my current configuration of having all my smart devices bypass the VPN.Update: 4/2024I had a big speed drop. I'm no longer using the VPN, just the built in Adguard, which works really well! I've kept up with the firmware updates and apparently the previous update really messed up my speeds. I was originally getting about 95/95 and my speeds were down to like 5/15.I contacted tech support who made every attempt to resolve my issue. My unit, being out of warranty was no longer exchangeable. The company offered me a discount on the Flint 2, which appears to be a great upgrade. I ordered it!Upon login in to my router to copy some settings, it immediately notified me of an available firmware upgrade, which I did. I decided to check the speeds again. And wouldn't you know it, my router, in the repeater mode I use it in, was back to normal. My hotspot speeds are 100/100 connected directly. Through the Flint, they are about 97/98! I'm so glad to have it working again. I thought the hardware had failed but it just didn't like the previous firmware. The new firmware fixed everything!This is a great router and a great company that is overlooked. I highly recommend them and their products. As you can see, I had purchased the Flint 2 thinking my router had an internal failure. I trust their products enough to go with them again!I wish to add, the UI they provide, is awesome and so easy to use with helpful tips. I do wish to convey my experience with their product and help anyone whose looking for a great product with Repeater, Router, and other modes, or needing to connect to a hotspot like myself.

I'm very impressed with this router. I replaced an older Linksys E2500 which was admittedly many years out of date. This router improved coverage in the house significantly. I tested it in all corners of a two story house and got excellent throughput and a stable connection. Perhaps more importantly, the router user interface is excellent, easy to use and responsive. I was able to upgrade the firmware with a couple of clicks after booting it up, and especially happy to find AdGuard simple to activate with a single click because I got this router for my parents. As a DD-WRT user on other routers I have managed, I was happy to see that this router is running on OpenWRT and provides access to a sophisticated level of configuration options and plugins if you need them. All of my interactions with this router were smooth and easy, it never froze up or behaved erratically during configuration. This is a great option for people looking for a stable, performant router with excellent coverage.

I vouch for GLinet. I've used them for over 3 years and I've never been let down. I've slowly bought 8 devices of this model over the course of 3 years for various homelab use cases. I also own x2 cell hotspots and x2 mini travel routers. recommend them to my friends and they use them. They are reliable and well made. The fact that I've never experienced problems with how hard I run these is very telling.I love this design, it fits nicely and can be wall mounted. Speed, coverage and features are all covered. Its not noisy. Regular firmware updates and power consumption isnt bad at all.I really like the customer support too. 10 out of 10. It's speedy and run by someone named Bernard who cares about customers and is actually technically savvy. This makes a huge difference in quality of life for fulfilling my needs and requests as the customer.I am a lifetime loyal customer of theirs

Very good product a+

i bought this router in November 2023 and until yesterday (April 2025) have been very happy with it. Now I am PISSED OFF because an update from GL.iNet completely hosed up the system and cost me much time and money.I have been an operating system engineer for most of my 40 year career. This router's firmware is based on OpenWRT, which is an extremely well vetted and widely used open-source operating system for routers. I bought the router precisely because of the OpenWRT firmware and customized the configuration for use in my consulting practice.Until yesterday, software updates were painless and were consistent with OpenWRT updates.HOWEVER, the latest update to the firmware that GL-iNet pushed out was destructive to all my customizations, deleted needed files I needed, and even removed necessary software I had installed from OpenWRT. On top of that, the update deleted the software repositories needed for software installation.I've lost countless hours of work, and I no longer trust this company. I can only speculate if the update is part of some wider trade war between the USA and Chinese companies, but I don't care. What I know is that the GL.iNet F****D me and I'm not going to buy anything from them again.