Marble (GL-B3000) Wireless WiFi 6 Router with Wall-Mountable Photo Frame

What an amazing value! I'm coming from a ddwrt flashrouter that costs 3-4x. This router comes with a very nice web ui for managing most of the settings you'll ever need and if thats not enough you can access the openwrt web ui (Luci). This is only a gigabit rated router so if you have high speed fiber I guess this isn't for you. I'm very happy with all the built-in apps for VPN, WG, tailscale, etc and the simple setup of guest networks and scheduled tasks. Open source routers have come so far in the last 10 years. I have separate access points connected to it so I'm not as concerned with the wireless range that is probably not as good as a router with external antennas but it has WiFi 6 so if you have a good signal and you presumably only have gigabit internet service, the router won't be your bottleneck. The default gateway is 192.168.8.1 which leads me to think this is intended for it WAN port to be plugged into a LAN port on your main router creating a separate subnet that is for VPN and guests. This can all be changed of course. This thing is small like an 8port switch The picture frame basically doubles its size but is a very cool and creative feature that is freestanding or wall mountable. I appreciate that its white and modern so that it can be left out and not be an eye sore. Great job GL. iNet!

I got this for a very specific - and unusual - purpose. I recently moved into a living situation where the only internet access is via WiFi, which I understand is quite common. Well... problem. While it might be fine to just toss Skylar a password and she can connect her iPhone and be good to go, I'm a bit more... complicated. I rolled into the place with a 400lb wrought iron half-rack filled with PowerEdge servers. They don't do Wifi. But I did previously host WiFi to half the continent via a Cisco Catalyst 3850U and a Cisco Aironet 4800. One option that I considered and then immediately discounted was the possibility of reconfiguring the 4800 from being a WiFi host to being a Wifi bridge. While that is certainly possible (because anything is possible with Cisco gear), the English language does not contain harsh enough expletives for me to express how much work that would entail and how extremely frustrating it would be to get it actually working. I literally ain't got the time nor the patience for all of that. So... enter exhibit A. Take the 4800 offline and plug the Marble into the same exact cable. For a bit of context, that cable is connected directly to a physical port on a PowerEdge R340 running OPNSense firewall/NAT/gateway. Yes, I use a full enterprise-grade server for my router. But that also means that I didn't need Pip Squeak thinking it was the lord of the network either. So obviously, the first order of business was to handle business, as usual. It popped up and snagged an IP address. I was running an active nmap scan and saw it as soon as it came up. Into the web console, through the startup wizard, which actually listed something comparable to my scenario as a setup option. So I selected that. Bad move. "Comparable" != "same." I ended up in some bizarre loop of errors. I can't recall what they exactly were anymore. But I remember that it appeared to be an intentionally engineered catch-22 situation. So, I burned a lifeline and asked ChatGPT for help. It turns out that the install option I selected had taken me down one path in the UI that sounds analogous to the path I really needed to take that was somewhere else entirely. But there was still one bizarre step required: I had to have both the uplink and a client port connected for the setup to succeed. Weird, but nothing one more cable can't solve. So I connected the uplink to the 3850, it got an IP address, and the configuration wizard was happy. Once the config was done, I pulled the uplink cable - since it's now using the WiFi as the uplink - and it's humming along happy as a clam! So, it was a little weird, but still, I got the Marble working as a Wifi bridge so that my servers can reach their favorite playgrounds - StackOverflow and GitHub - in about 15 minutes compared to 3 days (easily) if I had opted to reconfigure the 4800. Not to mention, I still have a full head of hair! Spectacular win! I actually can't speak much to the performance of it. I'm getting about 115Mbps over this crappy Spectrum link. But it's about twice as fast as what I get connecting my laptop to the same access point. So, it appears to be dancing just below the FCC-mandated power limit for WiFi. You literally can't get better performance than that without committing a federal crime! So there ya go... BTW, I took a picture of the Marble, printed it out, and mounted it in the frame. Perfect way to showcase its curves!

Overall satisfied. Hardware is ok. Bought 2, both have to be restarted from time to time. Has a useful VPN feature which can be used to turn off ads on certain websites.

It's small, cost effective, and works great. Its WIFI coverage is good enough for my 3000sf house with the device centrally located on the second floor. I get strong signal everywhere. Openwrt now supports this router so there is that too.

Notably, it natively supports Tailscale and I love how GLA.iNet treats you like an adult and actually lets you access the Luci interface. They’re definitely doing a good job. Also, just simply giving names like slate and marble and Opal rather than convoluted model numbers only is so smart. It may just be the nature of the industry, but it would be nice if they more openly engaged with the open WRT or similar ecosystem at least from a user facing perspective of for example, being clear about enabling swap for newer Tailscale, which Sipeed does a little. For a device that can specifically support the Xfinity mobile or Xfinity Wi-Fi WPA enterprise (signing onto Wi-Fi with a username and password), supports Tailscale, and multi WAN at a good price this is my definite recommendation

Amazing router. Wish it had a USB to set up a real easy NAS solution like my old cheap ass Netgear had. I'll just setup an actual NAS server in the future when I can pick up some HDDs on sale.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: I thought that this device would work with the Xfinity prepaid internet service but it doesn't and I'll just put this modem in storage in case I sign up for the regular Comcast xfinity service!

Excellent little router. Needed something versatile to allow for access points/router/ethernet modes and this delivered comfortably. Coming from an old but reliable TP-Link I am also surprised of all the features and configurability it has. The range is decent (better than the Orange Livebox's at home). I will certainly buy from GL.iNet again.

Muito bom e facil de instalar tailscale.

Excellent Wi-Fi 6 performance with fast, stable connections across all my devices. The photo-frame design looks stylish and blends perfectly into the room. Easy setup, strong signal, and great features like VPN support and parental controls. Highly recommended for anyone who wants both performance and aesthetics.

Der GL.iNet GL-B3000 Wi‑Fi 6 Home Router ist ein guter Router, der im Alltag zuverlässig gearbeitet hat und meine Erwartungen erfüllt. Gute Leistung & Ausstattung: Der Router nutzt Wi-Fi 6 (AX3000) und bietet stabile, schnelle Verbindungen im Heimnetzwerk – ideal für mehrere Geräte gleichzeitig. Er hat 3 Gigabit-Ethernet-Ports und unterstützt sowohl OpenVPN als auch WireGuard, was zusätzliche Sicherheit und Flexibilität bringt. 🔹 Reset-Knopf / Hardware-Taste: Der physische Reset-Knopf ist sehr praktisch, wenn man schnell auf Werkseinstellungen zurücksetzen möchte oder nach einem Update Probleme auftreten – das gibt zusätzliche Sicherheit bei der Fehlersuche. OpenWrt-Support: Der Router kommt mit OpenWrt-Unterstützung, was für alle, die mehr Kontrolle und erweiterte Netzwerk-Funktionen wollen, ein echter Vorteil ist. Insgesamt bin ich mit dem Router sehr zufrieden – er läuft stabil, hat praktische Funktionen wie VPN-Support sowie einen echten Reset-Button und lässt sich flexibel in verschiedene Netzwerkszenarien integrieren.

Gone are the days of simplistic, weak CPU routers from 2 decades ago. This GL.iNet device has all the 2025 robust features of modern devices, and 100x speeds from previously, on the wireless. However, on the VPN, appears to cap out at 12 Mbps even if you have a 25, 50 or 100 Mbps broadband.