great little router/repeater this is my second one.

great little router/repeater this is my second one.  Read Less

UPDATE 7/03/19: The problem reported on 5/04/19 is likely to have been caused by the router's reaction to the PHONE hotspot's d...  Read More

UPDATE 7/03/19: The problem reported on 5/04/19 is likely to have been caused by the router's reaction to the PHONE hotspot's device handling when too many devices try to directly connect to the phone. There is a network disruption when that happens which is independent of the GL-AR150. But before I noticed that, I installed the rooter firmware which is also based on OpenWRT. It's at ofmodemsandmen.com. It even handles load balancing with two phones providing the internet uplink! Once configured, both phones can be connected or disconnected at will with no further configuration required. One tethered via USB, and the other connected via wireless hotspot. It doesn't matter how or when each phone connects, the GL-AR150 handles it automatically. It is also continuously working with a direct ethernet cable to a desktop computer while at the same time providing wifi access to other devices (laptop, tablet, several phones, tv). This has all been working perfectly for six weeks now, and I've nearly forgotten that the GL-AR150 is actually providing internet to everything in my house through a phone!I recommend that you take the more simple route and just do the easy firmware upgrade provided in the GL-AR150 as soon as you get it. That seemed to work well (aside from the main issue which I believe now was caused by my phone and not the router).Raising review stars to five -- changing the firmware was super easy and the GL-AR150 is working really well. And with many options for firmware support, this router can be kept up-to-date for years to come.UPDATE 5/04/19: While this router has worked great overall, two of our apps have an ongoing problem -- remote desktop and a game that connects to the network. This router does something to cause these apps to pause and reconnect. System logs show that the router's firewall is being reset every few minutes. So while still a great router, I am dropping my official review stars from four to three stars for the average user (but it would be five stars for those who would like to learn about routers and explore options and settings).UPDATE 4/27/19: One day something happened to our GL-AR150's configuration. The phone hotspot would say it was connected to the GL-AR150 each time the hotspot was turned on, but the GL-AR150 didn't enable routing to the hotspot. After some googles, it seemed that the ethernet cable between the router and computer might have something to do with it. So I disconnected that cable (and used a wireless adapter on the computer instead), and reconfigured the GL-AR150's access to the hotspot. The GL-AR150 is working perfectly again.ORIGINAL REVIEW: If you're looking for a very flexible wireless router (or just want to learn about them), I recommend you give the tiny GL-AR150 a try.TIP #1: If your GL-AR150 arrives with version 2.x firmware, update to latest firmware (at least version 3.017) as soon as you can connect it to the internet. This thing was horribly unstable (crashes/reboots/freezes) with the shipped version 2.x firmware. But with the firmware update, it is now working absolutely perfectly in the configuration described below.TIP #2: After updating the firmware from 2.x to 3.x, the GL-AR150 asked me for a password on the admin login screen, but none of the passwords worked. If this happens to you, click the forgot password link for instructions (you will have to press/hold the reset button 10 seconds and then reconfigure the GL-AR150).The GL-AR150 is now the core of our home network. For our home internet access, it works as a wireless client (repeater/WISP mode) to my phone's hotspot. Our desktop computer connects directly to the GL-AR150 via ethernet cable. Our wireless devices and printer all connect wirelessly to the GL-AR150. The image with this review shows a nice diagram with this configuration from our v3.x GL-AR150 status page.Because our GL-AR150 is operating in repeater/WISP mode, it continues to provide a local network (and DHCP) to all of our home network devices even if the phone hotspot is turned off (or out of range). Most important to us -- we can always print to our wireless printer through the GL-AR150. As soon as the phone hotspot is turned on again, the GL-AR150 reconnects to the internet automatically and reliably (TIP #3: at first this did not happen -- I had to reboot the GL-AR150 once after configuring to get it to kick in).BONUS: You can replace the firmware with OpenWRT. So there is a possibility of keeping this router up-to-date and secure even if the manufacturer stops providing direct updates in the future.  Read Less