GL.inet MT3000 Router Update
In 2003 I reviewed the GL.inet Beryl AX (MT3000) Travel Router. To be honest I didn’t use it a lot and it seemed to be fine.
But recently I hooked it up on a spare port on my firewall to create another VLAN network in my house. I was wanting to segregate some smart home items.
And then I realized that it had problems. Big problems.
The device simply will not stay on. It reboots randomly. So I ran to Google and searched and it seems like a lot of other people are reporting the same condition. Un-commanded reboots. Meh.
It might work an hour and once it worked for a day but it always reboots itself.
Firmware
This is a cut and paste of the available firmwares. And there are a lot. 4 to be exact.
And yes, I tried them all. All reboot.
Power
I ruled out power by using a brick from another GL.inet travel router I own. Then I plugged it in a portable power supply with Power Delivery (PD). It does not matter. This things still reboots and even worse the reboots are unpredictable. Not very conducive to home networking or home automation.
Heat
It isn’t heat either. I cracked open the case and the fan works after hitting a temp of 70℃. So the cooling circuit at least works.
Pulling My Recommendation
I simply cannot in good faith recommend this router. And that is not to say I’m slamming GL.inet products. I have 3 other devices of theirs that work great. All I’m saying is that at least one batch of the GL-MT3000 routers have some kind of issue.
Do not buy a GL.inet Beryl AX GL-MT3000 travel router.