{
 "slug": "gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000",
 "name": "GL.iNet Beryl AX (GL-MT3000)",
 "maker": "GL.iNet",
 "category": "wifi",
 "categoryLabel": "Wi-Fi & Bluetooth",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "Give a portable hardware setup its own Wi-Fi and Ethernet network.",
 "goodFor": "Connect a portable lab through Ethernet, Wi-Fi or phone tethering.",
 "youNeed": "5 V / 3 A supply and an upstream connection; tethering needs a compatible phone and data cable.",
 "tradeoff": "Captive portals and optional modems require their own setup.",
 "tags": [
  "Travel router",
  "Wi-Fi 6",
  "WireGuard",
  "OpenWrt",
  "Portable lab"
 ],
 "price": "US$98.99",
 "priceShort": "$98.99",
 "priceFrom": "gl-inet.com",
 "checked": "2026-09-16",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "GL.iNet",
   "label": "Buy from GL.iNet",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at GL.iNet when checked on 2026-09-24."
  },
  {
   "merchant": "Amazon",
   "label": "Buy from Amazon",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPSGJN7T?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gl-inet-beryl-ax-gl-mt3000&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at Amazon when checked on 2026-09-24."
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Exact model and hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Model",
     "value": "Beryl AX GL-MT3000.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "MT7981B dual-core 1.3 GHz; 512 MB DDR4; 256 MB NAND flash.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Wi-Fi",
     "value": "2.4 / 5 GHz 802.11ax; two retractable antennas.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Ethernet",
     "value": "One 2.5 Gb/s WAN port and one 1 Gb/s LAN port.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "USB",
     "value": "One USB 3.0 peripheral port; USB-C is the specified power input.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "USB-C 5 V / 3 A; maker lists consumption below 8 W.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Size",
     "value": "120 × 83 × 34 mm; 196 g.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "In the package",
     "value": "Router, Ethernet cable, power adapter and country-dependent converter, plus printed documents.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Build a portable network",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "First connection",
     "value": "Power on; join its labeled Wi-Fi network or connect to LAN by Ethernet.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Administration",
     "value": "Open 192.168.8.1 in a browser and set an admin password.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Uplink choices",
     "value": "Ethernet WAN, Wi-Fi repeater, USB phone tethering or a cellular USB modem.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Phone tethering",
     "value": "Use a USB data cable, enable tethering on the phone, then connect from the router's Tethering panel.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Cellular prerequisite",
     "value": "Cellular mode needs an external USB modem.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Documented outcome",
     "value": "A repeater connection can provide Wi-Fi for several devices through an upstream hotspot.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/faq/connect_to_a_hotspot_with_captive_portal/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Portal behavior",
     "value": "Login Mode is documented for firmware 4.6+; it temporarily suspends some services and switches DNS to automatic.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/faq/connect_to_a_hotspot_with_captive_portal/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Firmware and VPN setup",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Firmware family",
     "value": "Maker supplies OpenWrt-based firmware and links a GL-MT3000-specific download selector.",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "VPN options",
     "value": "Model guide documents OpenVPN and WireGuard client/server setup.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
    },
    {
     "label": "WireGuard prerequisites",
     "value": "Use a provider's credentials or configuration file; the current guide targets firmware 4.7+ with an older-version selector.",
     "source": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/interface_guide/wireguard_client/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Official GL-MT3000 specifications",
   "url": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Beryl AX package and setup",
   "url": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Model-specific firmware selector",
   "url": "https://dl.gl-inet.com/router/mt3000"
  },
  {
   "label": "WireGuard client guide",
   "url": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/interface_guide/wireguard_client/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Hotspot and captive-portal guide",
   "url": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/faq/connect_to_a_hotspot_with_captive_portal/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Maker-linked Beryl AX media kit",
   "url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/va471id8gkec69vk7s10b/AF3rTAxEcbsdXc2-HUwCkxI?rlkey=pegrchp3eixm2o1vxru88fb2m&dl=0"
  },
  {
   "label": "GL.iNet website content terms",
   "url": "https://www.gl-inet.com/en-gb/policies/terms-of-service"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "open-firmware",
  "opennessLabel": "Open firmware",
  "summary": "GL.iNet publishes GPL OpenWrt firmware and MT798x U-Boot source for the MT3000 on GitHub, but no PCB schematics, Gerbers or BOM; some vendor add-ons ship only as closed binaries.",
  "files": [
   {
    "kind": "manual",
    "label": "GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) user guide",
    "url": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-mt3000/",
    "format": "HTML"
   }
  ],
  "repos": [
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/undefined/undefined",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true
   },
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/gl-inet/mt798x-boot",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true,
    "license": null,
    "stars": 34,
    "pushed": "2025-03-25"
   },
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/gl-inet/gl-feeds",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "stars": 24,
    "pushed": "2026-09-24"
   }
  ],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "MediaTek MT7981B",
    "role": "SoC (dual-core Cortex-A53, Wi-Fi 6)",
    "datasheet": "https://one.openwrt.org/hardware/MT7981B_Wi-Fi6_Platform_Datasheet_Open_V1.0.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Listed all ~95 repos under github.com/gl-inet and ran GitHub code search across the org for 'schematic' and 'gerber' -- zero hits anywhere; no hardware directory exists. gl-inet/mt798x-boot's own description explicitly says 'U-BOOT for MT2500/MT3000/X3000/XE3000/MT6000', confirming it covers this device (bootloader source only). Also checked gl-inet/glinet4.x: its tree contains a pkg_config/gl_pkg_config_mt3000.mk entry confirming MT3000 support, but every other file in that repo is a precompiled .ipk binary package (the gl-sdk4-* vendor management/cloud/VPN add-ons) -- i.e. GL.iNet ships closed binaries for its own value-add software on top of the GPL OpenWrt base, so 'open-firmware' describes the base OS, not the whole shipped image. dl.gl-inet.com/router/mt3000/ (200) is a JS-rendered download center; could not enumerate its file listing via static fetch, but product/support docs give",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [
  {
   "name": "OpenWrt Official",
   "url": "https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt",
   "tag": "Router OS",
   "description": "Customizable embedded Linux distribution with WireGuard, Tor, and packet inspection packages."
  }
 ],
 "chips": [
  "mt7981"
 ]
}