Mango 2 specs

[eric]

Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) Dual-band Mini Travel Router

Kind of disappointing:

• DDR3 128MB / NOR 2MB + NAND 128MB

• MediaTek, Dual-core @880MHz

It has half the cores and half the memory of the A1300, which GL iNet engineering claims is too weak to run the newer versions of their firmware. This looks like a pass.

[knee_mountain523]

Wow, pretty disappointing with the specs! I'm guessing RAM won't be an issue if I use NextDNS instead of AdGuard Home?

[beniamin]

I'm going to pass. I was hoping for 256mb for ram

[elorimer]

Looks great! Half the weight and a third the size of the MT1300/MT3000/A1300, running on less than 1 amp. Wireguard speed on a par with the A1300 and OpenVPN almost 4x.

The reference to GoodPAS also hints it will have 4.10 firmware. Now looking for a price…

[juno]

Looking great to me. Same memory but DDR3, 1GB port and 184 Mbps WireGuard speed in basically the same form factor as the first Mango.

Not sure what plans they have with the firmware, maybe a stripped down version? I personally wouldn't need all the fancy features of their latest firmware, that can go to pricier models.

[robo_1]

100 g
Good that my USB150s and MT300N-V2 still work.

GL-MT300N - GL.iNet Router Docs 3

GL-USB150 (Microuter) - GL.iNet Router Docs 3

[elorimer]

Yes, 2.5x the weight, same volume in a flattened out form factor about the size of a credit card case. More packable, I think. Plenty of flash space.

[eric]

If they can run 4.10 firmware on the Mango 2, then why did engineering claim that the Slate Plus with better specs could not due to hardware-related limitations?

Firmware v4.9 Preview: What to Expect

Thanks for your question — we understand how important upgrade clarity is for users planning ahead. We remain committed to maintaining and supporting older models wherever possible. That said, firmware release priorities depend on multiple factors such as CPU performance, available memory, user demand, and development resources. For the A1300, the limitation is primarily hardware-related. The available system resources (especially flash and memory) are not sufficient to support the 4.9 firmwar…

Over 10 years since the original Mango shipped and the new version still has 128 MB of RAM. Sad - Very sad

[juno]

Maybe because Mango 2 is a mini router. As of today, mini routers don’t run more than version 4.3.

[funfun]

It is a mini router… specs seem ok and already ticks many of the boxes. We’ll see if it supports PD chargers and USB gadget.

I do not think these routers need to be able to do DPI, or Adguard, etc etc everyone has their own use case, of course, but it seems redundant to me when you can just phone home and use your proper DNS server, etc. there.

[elorimer]

@funfun

PD chargers

Specs say 5v and 1 amp for the router, so it should be able to use any USB C charger.

[knee_mountain523]

What is a GoodPAS?

[knee_mountain523]

I agree with everything you said!

[knee_mountain523]

Eventually, we all want the features of v4.10.

[juno]

Nascompares on YouTube said it will support all features as a regular router. We will see

[Lastimosa]

He also said that he will believe it only when he sees it and didn't sound at all convinced that the device will be able to achieve this big claim with current specs