GL.iNet MT2500A (Brume 2) Mini VPN Security Gateway for Home Office and Remote Work-VPN Server&Client for Home and Office, VPN Cascading, Internet Security, 2.5G WAN, *NO Wi-Fi* (Aluminium Alloy Case)

Router is great. I use it to create a vpn network on my home network that I can access when traveling. Overall setup is super simple and everything works out of the box. Happy with the purchase.

Works great for adding a vpn to and existing network ans allowing for a vpn killswitch. Took minutes to install.

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.

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.

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.

This router worked great until it stopped working after 1 year. Purchased on Feb 19, 2023, so it failed just a few days outside of the 1 year warranty. :-(

Love this little router when it works, I’ve had 2 now, both lasted just over a year each. Using it for my home network so it’s on 24/7, unit does get hot so I’m wondering it’s just burning out. May try buying another and see if there is someway to add a heat sink but looking on gl-I.net’s it looks like it’s been discontinued.

Works great and I love the small form factor