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Archive for the ‘GL.iNET GL-SFT1200’ Category

Product Comparison – GL.iNet and their products I have

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/05

At the time of writing (during the Covid-19 Pandemic) the [Wayback/Archive] Product Comparison – GL.iNet contains the below products.

I got 3 of them (2 are variations of the same model) and their quality/price ratio is great, even with the prices that risen during the 2020-onwards global chip shortage.

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Posted in Ethernet, GL-AR300M, GL.iNet, GL.iNET GL-SFT1200, Hardware, Network-and-equipment, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Some notes on getting OpenVPN LAN2LAN VPN working from a GL.iNET GL-SFT1200 AC1200 Travel Router to a pfSense that is behind a Fritz!Box 7490

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/19

TL;DR: it failed

Since GL.iNET does not support site-to-site “Peer to Peer” OpenVPN (only “Remote Access” is supported) which is needed to route to/from the networks on both sides of the connection. the below did fail.

Original idea

Below was what I hoped to function.

Some links that should get me started (though my situation is a tad more difficult, see below):

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Posted in Ethernet, Firewall, Fritz!, Fritz!Box, GL-AR300M, GL.iNet, GL.iNET GL-SFT1200, Hardware, Infrastructure, Network-and-equipment, pfSense, routers | Leave a Comment »

GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 Secure Wi-Fi Router On The Go – AC1200 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router | IPv6 | USB 2.0 | MU-MIMO | 128MB RAM | Repeater Bridge | Access Point-M Mode: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/09

For my link archive a router I bought a few years back: [Wayback/Archive] GL-SFT1200 Secure Wi-Fi Router On The Go – AC1200 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router | IPv6 | USB 2.0 | MU-MIMO | 128MB RAM | Repeater Bridge | Access Point-M Mode: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

  • It is USB-C powered (the power brick delivers 3A at 5V, but in reality it uses far less).
  • Mode and reset buttons are behind the antenna (see picture below).
  • It is specced as AC1200, but that’s just theoretical a number.
  • It came with EU and UK plug.

I needed it because from prior experience, I knew GL.iNEt can support a special Wireless Repeater mode where it still functions as a router (hiding the LAN/WLAN behind NAT)

connection method

Two physical drawbacks likely due to the portable nature:

  1. the plastic RJ45 ports are slightly too wide which means that these keep falling out [Wayback/Archive] Inline® Dust cover, for RJ45 socket, color: green, 100pcs. Pack: Amazon.de: Electronics & Photo
  2. no holes in the base to hang it to a wall

One firmware drawback: it shipped with v3.212 for which I could not find release notes. Luckily the firmware v3.215 I upgraded to had: [Wayback/Archive] Firmware v3.215 is released – Technical Support – GL.iNet.

Links to product and manuals (the paper manual are just two thin sheets, but the on-line documentation is OK; I was surprised WireGuard and Tor were supported!):

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Posted in Communications Development, Development, DHCP, Ethernet, GL.iNet, GL.iNET GL-SFT1200, Hardware, Internet protocol suite, Network-and-equipment, Power User, routers, UDP, WiFi, Windows, WinSCP | Leave a Comment »