GL.iNet GL-MT2500A Brume 2 Wired VPN Security Gateway 2.5G WAN

This thing has Very low power usage, and Excellent performance. It is a very advanced router, without WiFi. It uses 1-2 watts using it as a router. It's very easy to configure with many advanced features. The RAM and Flash memory are unusually large, so you can use it for a network that has a massive number of devices with all kinds of special rules for routing if you like, and it's solid. I looked for years for this kind of device. Finally I found it.

My use case is probably more specific than most, and this is where this device would shine. I am a digital nomad, and wanted to setup a Zero-Tier device at my home, so I can leverage the public IP at my house (in case my corp office ever blocks cloud-based Wireguard VPNs). I did NOT want to replace my existing router, since my current router is more powerful than even the Gl.inet Flint. So I wanted a dedicated device for Zerotier only, and did NOT need wifi. I hooked this into the LAN port of my existing powerful router. I hooked this into my Zerotier account and figured out the routing. I can now pull my house IP on my cell phone via Zerotier app, so the routing is working. However, the speed is slow (which i guess doesn't surprise me). Next, I need to figure out how to force my travel router (beryl AX) to force traffic through the zerotier network as well. Overall, it does what I need it to do in a small an efficient form factor. That being said, it is good to restate that my use case is very specific. I have used this as a dedicated zerotier server/endpoint ONLY, and nothing more. I did NOT want to replace my existing router. For this use case, this is the correct device for my needs.

The GL Inet GL-MT2500 has been great! I needed a router with a native wireguard server feature. This router is so easy, both in setup and the wireguard service! After spending hours on an ASUS RT-AX1800S , lacking any decent troubleshooting indicators, I sent it back for a refund. Pros - : very helpful web-based admin panel(this is great) : detailed status info for troubleshooting : took only 20 mins to get internet up : great status and detail on the admin page : Wireguard was incredibly easy to set up : free ddns is reserved configured with a click keep in mind: does not provide WIFI con: : no mounting holes or bracket

I needed a quick and easy VPN server for my home office. It support both open VPN and wireguard. It’s easy to set up. Clients are free.

Horrible product with a horrible setup process. Will be returning.

Good device. Simple set up. Have this and a vpn running on an Asus router. Had my setup in FL and was logging in from the Arabian Gulf. I was expecting the servers running on the Brume to be faster than the Asus but this wasn't the case. Perhaps user error but both OpenVPN and WireGuard on the Brume were Significantly slower than the OpenVPN server on the Asus. The Brume server therefore ended up being my backup. Was getting 70mbps peak on Asus and hardly 30 on the Brume. Bandwidth at "home" was 500 down 100 up. Distance definitely played a role but would have expected the same affect on the Asus router as well. Shrug. Anyway - its worth a purchase regardless. I was using the Beryl AX as the client.

Great Product Works a expected.

This is a no brainer solution for remote tunneling back to your home network. I am not an IT pro so set up was a bit tricky. The Brume2 is the easy part. It's the particular, less documented ISP modem firewall settings you need to be familiar with to make it work. In my situation I have ATT Fiber with a Netgear Mesh router. All of my hair pulling was caused by the ATT Fiber modem. But rest assured the Brume gateway works great once you dial in the modem settings. Basically the ATT modem does not have port forwarding. You have to use IP Passthrough. Set the IP Passthrough to the mac address of your main router. You also have to delete all the default packet filtering rules set by the modem. I have the Brume gateway behind my Netgear router. The Netgear assigns a NAT IP address to the Brume. If your gateway is behind your router you will set port forwarding to the IP of the gateway. Make a note of the Brume default port number and forward to the same port number. Should work like a charm.

L'article est bien mais pour une utilisation en VPN pour accéder aux fichiers d'un NAS depuis un ordinateur Windows via SMB du NAS j' ai du passé plus de 4 h de débogage avec chatgpt avant de trouver la commande qu'il fallait ajouter à la configuration pour que cela fonctionne parfaitement. J'aurais peut-être dû mettre a jour avant d'installer. Maintenant cela fonctionne vraiment très bien et je suis parfaitement satisfait. Accès réseau imprimante NAS scanner etc ... Depuis portable via téléphone 5G vitesse impeccable et sécurisé.

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I bought the GL.iNet MT2500A mainly to use with Tailscale, and it has been excellent so far. Setup and configuration were quick and painless. Most settings can be handled directly through the native GL.iNet web GUI, which makes it very user-friendly. There were only a few small things I needed to do via terminal, but nothing too difficult. Once configured, Tailscale worked smoothly and reliably. Overall, a great compact device for anyone wanting an easy Tailscale router setup.

The best little device there is to get you connected to your home network in literally zero seconds... highly recommended 👌

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