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Page 1: ...Mini Router USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ng 4 3 Admin Panel 5 2 INTERNET 6 2 1 Cable 7 1 DHCP 8 2 Static 8 3 PPPoE 9 2 2 Repeater 10 2 3 USB 3G 4G Modem 11 Compatible Modems 12 2 4 Tethering 13 EasyTether 14 3 WIRELESS 14 4 CLIENTS 16 5 UPGRADE 16 5 1 Online Upgrade 16 5 2 Upload Firmware 17 1 Official OpenWrt LEDE firmware 17 2 Compile your own firmware 18 3 Third party firmware 18 5 3 Auto Upgrade 18 6 FIREWALL 19 6 1 Port Forwards 19 ...

Page 3: ... Using SS on PCs or Smartphones 40 7 3 4 Shadowsocks Client Setup on the router 40 7 4 VPN Policies 45 7 4 1 Settings 46 7 4 2 Add VPN policy 46 7 4 3 Clear DNS cache 47 8 APPLICATIONS 48 8 1 Plug ins 48 8 2 File Sharing 49 8 2 1 Router settings 49 8 2 2 Access the storage device 50 8 3 DDNS 59 8 3 1 Install gl cloud ui plug 59 8 3 2 Enable DDNS 60 8 3 3 Check if DDNS is enabled 61 8 3 4 HTTP Remo...

Page 4: ...the default page 68 8 5 3 Disable Captive Portal 68 9 MORE SETTINGS 69 9 1 Admin Password 69 9 2 LAN IP 70 9 3 Time Zone 71 9 4 MAC Clone 72 9 5 Custom DNS Server 73 9 6 Network Mode 75 9 7 Revert Firmware 76 9 8 Advanced 77 ...

Page 5: ...L AR150 Ext 2 GL AR150 Ext PoE 2 GL AR300M GL AR300M Ext GL AR300M16 GL AR300M16 Ext GL AR300M Lite Note GL AR300M Lite has one Ethernet port only 1 1 Power on Plug the Micro USB power cable into the power port of the router Make sure you are using a standard 5V 1A power adapter Otherwise it may cause malfunction ...

Page 6: ... devices to the local area network LAN of the router You cannot access the Internet currently In order to connect to the Internet please finish the setup procedures below and then follow Internet to set up an Internet connection 1 Connect via LAN Connect your device to the LAN port of the router via Ethernet cable ...

Page 7: ...nnected to it you can change the WAN port to LAN port in Internet so that you can connect to it via Ethernet cable 2 Connect via Wi Fi Search for the SSID of the router in your device and input the default password goodlife Note The SSID was printed on the bottom label of the router with the following formats GL MT300N V2 XXX GL AR150 XXX GL AR300M XXX GL AR300M XXX NOR ...

Page 8: ...nguage of the Admin Panel Currently our routers support English 简体中文繁體中文 Deutsch Franç ais Españ ol and 日本語 Note If your browser always redirects to Luci http 192 168 8 1 cgi bin luci you can visit http 192 168 8 1 index html instead of http 192 168 8 1 2 Admin Password Setting There is no default password for the Admin Panel You have to set your own password which must be at least 5 characters ...

Page 9: ...web Admin Panel and the embedded Linux system It will not change your Wi Fi password 3 Admin Panel After the initial setup you will enter the web Admin Panel of the router It allows you to check the status and manage the settings of the router ...

Page 10: ...Page 6 77 2 INTERNET There are total 4 types of connection method that you can use to access the Internet Cable Repeater 3G 4G Modem and Tethering Click INTERNET to create an Internet connection ...

Page 11: ...via Ethernet cable to access the Internet Before plugging the Ethernet cable into the WAN port of the router you can click Use as LAN to set the WAN port as a LAN port That is useful when you are using the router as a repeater As a result you can have one more LAN port ...

Page 12: ... DHCP is the default and most common protocol It doesn t require any manual configuration 2 Static Static is required if your Internet Service Provider ISP has provided a fixed IP address for you or you want to configure the network information such as IP address Gateway Netmask manually The current settings will be automatically filled once you choose Static Change it according to your needs and ...

Page 13: ...ny Internet Service Providers ISP Generally your ISP will give you a modem and provide you a username password that you needed when you are creating the Internet connection Under PPPoE protocol enter your username and password then click Apply ...

Page 14: ...ervice Provider mode by default which means that the router will create its own subnet and act as a firewall to protect you from the public network In Repeater section click Scan to search for the available wireless networks nearby Choose a SSID from the drop down list and enter its password You can also enable the Remember button to save the current chose wireless network Finally click Join ...

Page 15: ...ot 3G 4G modem In General you can set up your 3G 4G modem by the three basic parameters below Click Apply to connect Device Choose dev cdc wdm0 if your modem supports QMI otherwise you need to choose dev ttyUSB which may include several ttyUSB from 0 to 3 You need to choose the correct one based on the modem spec We suggest you to try ttyUSB0 first Service Type Indicate the service type of your SI...

Page 16: ...are not necessary for an unlocked SIM card However if you have a locked SIM card please consult your service provider It is connected when the IP address of your SIM card shows up Compatible Modems Here is a list of supported modems that we had tested before ...

Page 17: ...G Yes GL iNet steven QMI Verizon U620L Verizon 4G Yes Host less QMI This modem supports QMI mode Please choose dev cdc wdm0 in the Device list Host less This modem supports tethering mode please set up by using Tethering but not 3G 4G modem You can also refer to http ofmodemsandmen com supported html for a well supported modem list 2 4 Tethering Using USB cable to share network from your smartphon...

Page 18: ...reated by the router The wireless network can be turned on or off by switching the ON OFF button Wi Fi Name SSID The name of the Wi Fi It is not suggested to use unicode characters such as Chinese Wi Fi Security The encryption method of the Wi Fi Wi Fi Key The password of the Wi Fi which must be at least 6 characters long We suggest you to change it when you receive the router Hide SSID Show or hi...

Page 19: ...Page 15 77 Click Modify to change the settings of the wireless network ...

Page 20: ...n type Click the button on the right to block any unwanted client 5 UPGRADE Click UPGRADE to check any available update and upgrade the firmware 5 1 Online Upgrade You can find the current firmware version here If your router is connected to the Internet it will check for the newer firmware version available for download ...

Page 21: ...outer 5 2 Upload Firmware Click Local Upgrade to upload a firmware file to the router Simply drag and drop your firmware file to the area indicated 1 Official OpenWrt LEDE firmware You can download the official firmware from our website GL AR150 series https dl gl inet com firmware ar150 GL AR300M series https dl gl inet com firmware ar300m ...

Page 22: ...e files inside the Nand folder are for GL AR300M and GL AR300M Ext only since these two models have 128MB Nand flash You have to upload by using the tar file The img file can only be used in Uboot 2 Compile your own firmware You can compile your own firmware and flash to the router Please refer to github com domino team openwrt cc 3 Third party firmware You may also try other firmwares such as DDW...

Page 23: ... port and DMZ 6 1 Port Forwards Port Forwarding allows remote computers to connect to a specific computer or service behind the firewall in the local LAN such as web servers FTP servers etc To set up port forwarding click Port Forwardsand input the required parameters or click Add a New One ...

Page 24: ... of the device You can enter a specific port number Leave it blank if it is same as the external port Protocol The protocol used you can choose TCP UDP or both TCP and UDP Status Activate of Deactivate the rule 6 2 Open Ports on Router The router s services such as web FTP and so on require their respective ports to be opened on the router in order to be publicly reachable To open a port click Ope...

Page 25: ... to the computer you set Click DMZ and enable Open DMZ Input the internal IP address E g 192 168 8 100 of your device which is going to receive all the inbound packets 7 VPN GL iNet routers have pre installed VPN server and client in OpenVPN and WireGuard Shadowsocks is not a default function and you need to install packages in Plug ins Please refer to the links below for the detailed setup instru...

Page 26: ...You can set up an OpenVPN server on GL iNet router Click Generate a configuration file 1 Server configuration There are preset OpenVPN server configurations You can also click Modify to change them manually Click Apply when you finish ...

Page 27: ...ownload the OpenVPN configuration file which you need to upload when you are configuring your OpenVPN client 3 Start the OpenVPN server Click Start to start your OpenVPN server Otherwise you will not be able to connect to the OpenVPN server by using its configuration file ...

Page 28: ...N configuration file ovpn to create the OpenVPN connection If you have your own VPN service provider but you don t know how to get the configuration file please refer to Get your configuration file Click Add a New VPN Configuration to upload the configuration file ...

Page 29: ...rag and drop your file to the pop up windows It can be a single ovpn file or a zip tar gz file which contains multiple ovpn files Be careful that some ovpn files use separated ca cert crl files These files must be zipped together with the ovpn file before upload ...

Page 30: ... Enter Description Username and Password Enter a description for your OpenVPN configuration file and then click Submit to finish the upload process In some cases it will ask you to enter your username and password ...

Page 31: ...Page 27 77 3 Connect to the OpenVPN server You can now click Connect to start the OpenVPN connection Once connected you should find your IP address data received sent ...

Page 32: ...escription User name or Password of each configuration file You can also add delete a configuration file or even purge all your uploaded configuration files If your configuration file is a zip tar gz file which includes multiple ovpn files you can choose an individual ovpn file that you would like to connect in Server ...

Page 33: ...ted below If you have any problem in the setup of OpenVPN please contact support gl inet com 7 2 WireGuard WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state of the art cryptography It aims to be faster simpler leaner and more useful than IPSec while avoiding the massive headache It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN You can setup and use WireGuard ea...

Page 34: ...ireGuard server on GL iNet router with firmware 3 0 Click Create a New User 1 Start a WireGuard server You can simply use the default parameters of Local IP and Local Port or you can set your own value Then click Start to start your own WireGuard server ...

Page 35: ...ser Specify the Name of the new client and then click Add 3 Get the configuration details for your client You can now check the list of the clients you added You can Delete any unwanted client Please click Configurations to find the configuration details which you need to use when you are setting up WireGuard client We provide QRcode Plain Text and JSON configurations currently ...

Page 36: ...e using another GL iNet router as a client please copy the JSON configuration and paste it directly when you are setting up WireGuard client 7 2 2 WireGuard Client To set up a WireGuard client please click Add New Profiles ...

Page 37: ...onfigurations You can copy the JSON configurations from your server to Configuration or input the settings manually If you are using Azirevpn or Mullvad you can click Others and use your AzireVPN or Mullvad account to set up WireGuard client directly Click Add to finish the WireGuard Client setup ...

Page 38: ...Connect to the WireGuard server Click Connect You will see the upload and download traffic when it is connected successfully 7 2 3 Wireguard App on mobile devices You can also use WireGuard App on your mobile phone ...

Page 39: ...p shadowsocks server and client in UI 3 0 on our mini routers in this guide Because the UI 3 0 default excludes Shadosocks this guide is only for DIY purpose and provided as is To to the following setup you have to upgrade your Plug ins 1 Update Plug ins Login the router finish your first time setup and internet setup ensure you are connecting the internet Select APPLICATIONS Plug ins on UI 3 0 we...

Page 40: ...Page 36 77 Click Update on top right corner ...

Page 41: ...the Plug ins 1 gl ss 2 gl ss server The following Success window will pop up each time when installed a package And after all packages installed you can find 2 more selections SS Server and SS Client are displayed at left side in VPN pull down menu ...

Page 42: ...Page 38 77 7 3 2 Setup SS Server and Start SS services Click VPN SS Server on the left side main setup page of SS Server will be shown as following Input 3 parts in the right table Port SS Server Port ...

Page 43: ...his server Encryption Method Select one of the encryption method list After all sections setup finished you can click the green Start button to start SS server Then the dot before Shadowsocks Server will turn to green and IP Address will display This is the SS server Public IP ...

Page 44: ... 3 Port 443 Password your password same as you setup in ss server Encryption rc4 md5 same as you select in ss server Start using Private Shadowsocks Services After setup you just start your shadowsocks on your devices enjoy it You can test or check whether it s workable by open a web browser on your smartphone use 3G 4G data but not WiFi then go to a IP address checking website to check if the IP ...

Page 45: ...Page 41 77 Click Management tab to setup SS Client for GL AR750s 4 3 Click Add a New Shadowsocks Client fill the following information in the pop up window ...

Page 46: ...Page 42 77 Description Your SS server description Server Address Your Public IP Server Port 443 Password Your Password Encrypt Method RC4 MD5 Click Add ...

Page 47: ...77 The setup will finish and auto return to the Status page now you can select the previously configuration in the pull down menu of SS Client Click green Connect button then the connection shall be established ...

Page 48: ...Page 44 77 If you successfully connected the SS client to SS Server the dot before Shadowsocks Client will turn green and Green Connect button will become Red Disconnect Enjoy your SS services ...

Page 49: ...PN Policies Starting from firmware version 3 022 users can define VPN routing policies For example it is possible to use VPN for a specific website IP while maintaining a normal Internet traffic without VPN for others ...

Page 50: ... processes you can disable this option As a result they will not use VPN Please Choose Policy The item can be either Domain IP e g gl inet com 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 0 24 or Mac address 24 F0 94 5C 8E F9 7 4 2 Add VPN policy You can only configure either Use VPN for or Do not use VPN for Click the arrow to switch among Use VPN for and Do not use VPN for To add a policy enter the domain IP or Mac ad...

Page 51: ...f you are using domain based policy it may not work unless you clear your DNS cache Please follow the instructions below to clear your DNS cache Windows Press Win R and run cmd Execute command ipconfig flushdns MacOS Open Terminal and execute command sudo killall HUP mDNSResponder Ubuntu Open Terminal and execute command sudo service network manager restart ...

Page 52: ...st cache Firefox Open Firefox and press Ctrl Shift Delete Select Time range to Everything and check only Cache Finally click Clear Now 8 APPLICATIONS 8 1 Plug ins Plug ins allows you to manage OpenWrt packages You can install or remove any package Remember to click Update whenever you access this packages repository ...

Page 53: ...ternal storage device with all connected clients Share via WAN The contents of the external storage device can be accessed from the WAN Writable The contents of the external storage device can be edited 8 2 1 Router settings The contents of the external storage device are shared to LAN but not WAN and they are unwritable by default Please click on your router model below to check how to change the...

Page 54: ...age device You can access the contents of the external storage device from your computer or smart phone Please check the following guidance for the using of file sharing among different operating systems Windows 1 Your network must be Home Private Otherwise you may not be able to see your router in Network if you are using Win10 you also need to enable SMB 1 0 Win7 Go to Control panel Network and ...

Page 55: ... 2 Open a Windows explorer you can find Network in the folder directory Double click your router to access its contents Mac 1 Go to System Preferences Sharing File sharing Click Options and then enable SMB 2 Open Finder You should be able to find your router under Shared IOS You have to use file manage app to access the contents of your external storage device You may use FE File Explorer ...

Page 56: ...Page 52 77 1 Click to create a Windows connection ...

Page 57: ...Page 53 77 2 Enter the IP address of your router 192 168 8 1 The User Name is root and the Password is the one that you use to login the web Admin Panel Finally click Save ...

Page 58: ...Page 54 77 3 Click your newly created connection to access the contents ...

Page 59: ...Page 55 77 Android Most Android devices have file manager which you can use to access the contents of your external storage device Or you can use ES file explorer 1 Open the app and then click Network ...

Page 60: ...Page 56 77 2 Click Scan to find your network storage device ...

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Page 63: ...hough this function In 3 021 version or above it is a default function other 3 0 version need to install packages in Plug ins 8 3 1 Install gl cloud ui plug If your firmware version is equal or greater than v3 021 please jump to Step 2 Access to router Admin Panel default is http 192 168 8 1 at the left sidebar APPLICATIONS Plug ins click Update button to update Plug ins then input ...

Page 64: ...ess will appear inside APPLICATIONS 8 3 2 Enable DDNS At the left sidebar APPLICATIONS Remote Access toggle Enabled DDNS agree Terms of Services Privacy Policy click Apply button Generally it take several minutes to take effect Move mouse to hover the icon besides Enabled DDNS it will display the DDNS url of your device ...

Page 65: ...rl is xxxxxxx gl inet com on the back of router new DDNS url will be xxxxxxx glddns com 8 3 3 Check if DDNS is enabled Use nslookup command to check if your DDNS is enabled Make sure you use your DDNS url when use nslookup command nslookup xx5007c glddns com 8 8 8 8 8 3 4 HTTP Remote Access ...

Page 66: ...ou may need to set up port forward in higher level router After you enable HTTP Remote Access you can access Admin Panel anywhere by your DDNS url as you in LAN 8 3 5 SSH Remote Access Follow the steps above to enable SSH Remote Access then you can use Terminal tools to ssh anywhere 8 3 6 Uninstall If you don t want DDNS just disable it ...

Page 67: ...Page 63 77 After disable DDNS the interface is like above If you want to uninstall DDNS feature to save space you need to uninstall gl cloud ui gl ddns and gl mqtt plug ins ...

Page 68: ...Page 64 77 Follow the steps above to uninstall gl cloud ui plug in Follow the steps above to uninstall gl ddns plug in Follow the steps above to uninstall gl mqtt plug in ...

Page 69: ...d control clients even set email alarm when a device is online or offline In 3 021 version or above it is a default function other 3 0 version need to install packages in Plug ins For the details please refer to Cloud 8 5 Portal You can set a captival portal in our routers when newly users connect to wifi they need to access a web page before access the internet Only support 3 022 version or above...

Page 70: ...etwork resources Captive portal feature need firmware version is equal or greater than v3 022 please visit this to download latest firmware and upgrade 8 5 1 Turn on Captive Portal Open a web browser we recommend Chrome and to access router Web Admin Panel default url is http 192 168 8 1 At the left sidebar APPLICATIONS Portal follow the steps below to enable Captive Portal ...

Page 71: ...ication URL is the default page that clients will force redirect to when they are connected e g https www gl inet com 5 Apply the configuration For wired desktop client please use browser to access a http not https website e g http neverssl com or http apple com then you will see the portal Below is the Portal on iPhone click the GET CONNECTED button to access the internet On Android and desktop p...

Page 72: ...ed basic HTML and CSS knowledge to change this page please learn these from w3school or other sites If you want to change the picture on the default page just replace the image on etc nodogsplash htdocs portal_login png After you had change the page it need to disable Portal and enable Portal again to enable the modified default page 8 5 3 Disable Captive Portal Follow the steps below to disable C...

Page 73: ...Page 69 77 9 MORE SETTINGS 9 1 Admin Password Change the password of the web Admin Panel which must be at least 5 characters long You have to input your current password in order to change it ...

Page 74: ... 77 9 2 LAN IP LAN IP is the IP address that you use to connect to this router The default IP address of GL iNet router is 192 168 8 1 If it conflicts with the IP address of your main router you can change it ...

Page 75: ...Page 71 77 9 3 Time Zone The time of the router s activities will be recorded according to the router time Therefore choosing the time zone of your location is recommended ...

Page 76: ...ent to the router It is used especially in hotel when the network checks your MAC address For example if you got your smartphone registered on the network you can clone the MAC address of your smartphone to the router so that the router can also connect to the network ...

Page 77: ...l Disable this option if the captive portal of your network cannot be resolved Override DNS Settings for All Clients Enabling this option will capture DNS request from all connected clients DNS over TLS from Cloudflare Cloudflare DNS over TLS uses the TLS security protocol for encrypting DNS queries which helps increase privacy and prevent eavesdropping Manual DNS Server Settings Input a custom DN...

Page 78: ...Page 74 77 9 6 Button Settings Configure the function of the mode switch It doesn t have any function by default You can set it as a toggle to turn on or off Wireguard OpenVPN client ...

Page 79: ...router in Access Point Extender or WDS mode If you want to access the web Admin Panel in this case you have to use the IP address assigned by the main router to the GL iNet router Router Create your own private network The router will act as NAT firewall and DHCP server Access Point Connect to a wired network and broadcast a wireless network Extender Extend the Wi Fi coverage of an existing wirele...

Page 80: ...Page 76 77 1 2 Revert Firmware Revert the router to factory default settings All your settings applications and data will be erased ...

Page 81: ...irect to Luci which is the default web interface of OpenWrt You can check the detailed system log or conduct more advanced configurations there Note The username is root The password is same as the one that you use to access the web Admin Panel ...

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