When will the n300 and USB150 router firmware be updated to 4.x?
The n300 shows it is supported until November 2nd, 2024
per Discontinued Products - GL.iNet
Multiple times we were promised 4.x updates in posting to this forum, for both these products, but neither product has been updated!
PLEASE KEEP YOUR PROMISE AND RELEASE 4.X FOR THESE TWO ROUTERS.
I hope not. These don’t have the memory to hold any new features, it would pointless as 4.x requires a ton of space.
The n300 has the same amount of ram and flash as several other gl inet router that have 4.x firmware including the ar750, ar300m16 and mt300n-v2.
The USB150 has the same amount of flash, just less ram.
In posts to this forum gl inet employees committed to releasing 4.x for these products. I just want them to fulfill their promises.
There’s no point. You can’t fit any new features on those devices other than the dark theme.
If you want the features, upgrade, it’s fairly cheap.
If gl.inet would release a new router in the same size, power and weight, as the USB150 or n300 I would buy it. I travel full time so size and weight matters, and all the new gl.inet routers are too big for my needs.
I dont care about new features, l just want the known bugs fixed, and GL Inet to keep their promises on supporting these 2 routers
I never understood this idea. You have an entire suitcase and you can’t spare space for a BerylAX? Their new routers are still small enough to fit in your pocket.
I think your idea is flawed or you’re really bias. 
I don’t have a home base, so I literally live out of my one suitcase. I spend my time seeing a different place every month or two. It is the life I have chosen. For me, every gram and every millimeter matters. Everyone has their own life, and I try not to judge other people’s life choices.
Very well then. I guess that’s your decision
@SimBot any update on the n300 4.x firmware release date? There is not even a snapshot for it.
In all honesty, the v4.x firmware have been so much less stable on my Mango and Shadow that I have much preferred to stick with the v3.x of the firmware so far. They appear to be messing things up with each newer firmware version and although I like the new features, I much prefer some stability as well.
I agree GL iNet firmware quality control leaves a lot to be desired, but if they are not even providing 4.x firmware for these devices, then it will NEVER be tested.
Overall, GL iNet has some serious issues with their whole firmware process, and looking at all the bugs since 2.x, when I started using their products, it is almost shameful.
As an example: 4.x for the USB 150 was promised in Jan 2021. Over promised, under delivered.
Which bugs are affecting you?
I've tried 4.xx, but I've gone back to 3.xx on my Mango and Slate - it works with no problems at all.
If v4 came out for my N300, I wouldn't even bother with it - works great as it is.
Hi Eric, among the CVEs we announced, N300 is only affected by CVE-2023-46455/CVE-2023-46456. We have fixed it based on version 3.216 and released version 3.217 beta, which fixes this vulnerability and some recently known vulnerabilities, GL.iNet download center; We will fix known vulnerabilities during the support period, but we are sorry that we have no plans for version 4.x for N300.
Thank you for this information. It is counter to several posts from @alzhao, @SimBot and @yuxin.zou, some as recent as this year that stated that the n300 and/or the USB150 would be getting 4.x
Your company is not following through on its commitments to its customers. I and others will take this into account when buying or recommending products from GL iNet.
Here are just some of the links to these commitments:
Let me explain the state of affairs.
First of all, we have some security vulnerabilities in older versions of OpenWrt that need to be fixed, which are prioritized over upgrades. So N300 will get a 3.x release first.
Second, we're trying to upgrade the N300 and USB150. The N300 will get 4.x firmware after the 3.x firmware are released, but it won't be pushed out to users for upgrades. As for the USB150, sorry, it is too weak to run the 4.x firmware. In other words, it can't be upgraded to 4.x due to technical barriers.
I look forward to the release of new firmware for both 3.x and 4.x for my n300. I really hope it happens!
I wish that the same could be said for the USB150, especially when the first post that 4.x was going to be released was in regards to a bug in the USB150 by @alzhao
Also, since Amazon is still selling the USB150, are you going to release a new version of 3.x for it with the security fixes.
I went to the final order page to order 5 of these and Amazon showed they would deliver them tomorrow.
Products that have reached the end of their support period will no longer receive updates. Please return them if you care about that.
The USB150 can install native OpenWrt, which has version 23.05 available on the official OpenWrt website.
The Amazon page is showing that these are being sold by GL iNet
Should GL iNet be selling products that have known security bugs and are past support without telling people? This does not seem right! I am sure I am not the only one to see these listed, and it would not surprise me that a new user of your routers would not know that this product is been sold without any support.
Just noticed that the page now says there are only 12 left, so someone has been buying these.
That's a really really misguided screen shot, show us something like this 
Please look at the full page image above, under the buy now in the lower right hand side. All I did is click on the link for GL Technology to get more info for my second post.
