GL-AR300M16 Mini

GL.iNet

GL-AR300M16 Mini

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Based on 29 Reddit mentions

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Why has GL iNet turned it back on small inexpensive travel routers? Routers like the USB150, AR300M, and even the Original Slate were small and light. Size, weight and power are very important for people who are using your routers for travel.

eric0e in r/GlInet

September 18, 2025 3:14 AM

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Unifi is playing Gl-inet dirty. What's everyone's thoughts on their new travel router?

I'm hoping this will spur Gl-inet to refresh their mini-routers like the GL-MT300N-V2 Mango or GL-AR300M16. They're getting pretty long in the tooth now and lacking things like the built in Adblocker and NAS functionality compared to the currently supported models

millarrp in r/GlInet

December 29, 2025 5:23 PM

4

Flint Died I need New Device

I see that you bought a Flint 2, but you have not fixed your real problem. What you need for travel is redundancy and to get rid of any single point of failure, like having only 1 remote router. Remember that any single device or location can fail or go offline. Having multiple routers at multiple s

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

July 18, 2026 6:42 PM

2

Community GL.iNet Firmware Mirror now available!

I just took a look. Great work. Thank you for doing this! As there are issues with 4.x in some of the older routers like the AR300M, AR750, AR750s, and MT300N-V2, is there any chance of adding in the Legacy 3.x code, at least the versions that GL iNet has on their site, so they are not lost to futur

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

February 21, 2026 3:52 PM

2

Questions on VPN Tunnel & Planning

Before spending money on a new router to use as a VPN server, check your uplink speed. Your uplink speed at the VPN server will be your maximum downlink speed to your remote router. Some cable and 5G home internet providers have great download speeds but poor upload speeds, like 500 Mbps down and 35

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

March 9, 2026 2:27 PM

2

gl.iNet AR300M Shadow causing things to be very slow when configured to an MT2500 using Goodcloud

You need your Wireguard UDP packets to fit inside the Ethernet packet, or the UDP packets fragment, and depending on the network, can be dropped on the floor. On the AR300M, try dropping your MTU in your Wireguard config file down to 1280. If that works, you can try stepping it up, but I normally ju

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

March 17, 2026 3:43 AM

2

Yet another cruise ship connection question

I have friends and family who let me put VPN servers in their houses/Apt. I pay for the routers, I manage them, and give them accounts on them, so they can also remotely use their home IP address when traveling. Most of them are GL iNet AR300M routers, running OpenWrt. Not fast, but cheap and depend

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

April 2, 2026 3:21 AM

2

cheapest two items of hardware for semi-permanent point to point VPN

If you are looking for cheap and reliable, go with a pair of AR300M16. Unlike the Opel, it has great support for OpenWrt, so you will have an option for firmware with security fixes after GL iNet drops their support, and it's a bit faster than the Mango, at around the same price. Set it up with Wire

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

January 14, 2026 12:42 PM

3

What do you expect from GL.iNet in 2026?

I purchased my first GL iNet router in 2019. Firmware inconsistency across their line of routers, along with poor QA, has been the norm for me with their products. I have basically given up on using their stock firmware. Hardware-wise, though, they have been great. My first device, an AR300M, is sti

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otnuzb in r/GlInet

January 1, 2026 4:13 AM

3

Coffee for Wanda?

GL.iNet AR300M16-Ext (Shadow) it’s a mobile travel router with two wife dongles added to it. Here’s the you tube video I built it off of. https://youtu.be/67sGUzKJ8IU?si=t3ZmGzHVRHRj0-BE really fun project and way cheaper then that cheapest pineapple.

Crimson_saint357 in r/pwnagotchi

September 20, 2025 1:40 AM

2

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