{
 "slug": "gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200",
 "name": "Opal (GL-SFT1200)",
 "maker": "GL.iNet",
 "category": "wifi",
 "categoryLabel": "Wi-Fi & Bluetooth",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "A budget dual-band travel router with three gigabit ports and encrypted DNS.",
 "goodFor": "The cheapest GL.iNet travel router with gigabit ports.",
 "youNeed": "Nothing beyond a USB-C supply.",
 "tradeoff": "Old OpenWrt base and slow VPN.",
 "tags": [
  "Wi-Fi 5",
  "Travel router",
  "Budget"
 ],
 "price": "US$39.99",
 "priceShort": "$39.99",
 "priceFrom": null,
 "checked": "2026-09-17",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "GL.iNet",
   "label": "Buy from GL.iNet",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200&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/B09N72FMH5?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gl-inet-opal-gl-sft1200&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at Amazon when checked on 2026-09-24."
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Core hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "SF19A28 dual-core 1 GHz · 128 MB RAM · 128 MB NAND",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Wireless",
     "value": "Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac): 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz + 867 Mbps at 5 GHz · two external antennas",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "USB-C 5 V / 3 A · under 6 W",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Details from the product page",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Ethernet",
     "value": "1 WAN + 2 LAN, gigabit",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "USB",
     "value": "USB 2.0",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "VPN",
     "value": "WireGuard up to 65 Mbps; OpenVPN up to 12 Mbps",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Size and weight",
     "value": "118 × 85 × 30 mm · 145 g",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Software",
     "value": "OpenWrt 18.06; Cloudflare DNS encryption; 52 wireless clients",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Buying",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Price",
     "value": "US$39.99 on gl-inet.com",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "In stock on the day of review",
     "source": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Maker product page",
   "url": "https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/"
  },
  {
   "label": "GL.iNet documentation",
   "url": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "open-firmware",
  "opennessLabel": "Open firmware",
  "summary": "Firmware is GL.iNet's GPL OpenWrt fork for the Siflower SF19A28 platform; Siflower publishes an SF19A28 datasheet, but no router PCB schematics, Gerbers or BOM are public.",
  "files": [
   {
    "kind": "manual",
    "label": "Opal (GL-SFT1200) user guide",
    "url": "https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/user_guide/gl-sft1200/",
    "format": "HTML"
   }
  ],
  "repos": [
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/undefined/undefined",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true
   },
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/gl-inet/gl-feeds",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "stars": 24,
    "pushed": "2026-09-24"
   }
  ],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "Siflower SF19A28 (datasheet filed under sibling part SF19A2890)",
    "role": "SoC (dual-core MIPS interAptiv, up to 1.2 GHz)",
    "datasheet": "http://www.siflower.com.cn/assets/upload/file/SF19A2890_datasheet.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Confirmed via GitHub API recursive tree listing of gl-inet/openwrt branch openwrt-18.06-siflower: it contains linux-4.14.90-dev/.../arch/mips/boot/dts/siflower/sf19a28_fullmask_gl_sf1200.dts -- a devicetree literally named for this device on the SF19A28 chip, which is strong direct evidence this branch is GL.iNet's real GL-SFT1200 firmware source (kernel-level only; no schematic/Gerber/BOM files anywhere in the org per a separate code search). Siflower's own datasheet PDF (siflower.com.cn, verified 200) is filed as 'SF19A2890', a closely related part-number variant of SF19A28, not necessarily byte-identical -- noted as a naming variant rather than treated as a mismatch.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": [
  "sf19a28"
 ]
}