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)

This little appliance is incredible. There are many features packed into a very small package. One feature is the adguard home feature. Once I turned this on, everything behind this router was protected from ads and information being collected on me. It was very interesting to see all the items from streaming boxes on my network that were collecting information on our families view habits as well. I highly recommend!

Works great and I love the small form factor

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.

One of the best routers for WireGuard VPN.

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. :-(

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.

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.