I was quite anxious to get my Glomex WeBBoat up on my
mast spreaders when I received it last fall. . However it was the end of the sailing season and decided to wait and I’m glad I waited. Over the
winter I was able to become very familiar with the device. The basic
hardware works reasonably well. However having the device mounted 30’ up presents challenges if you need to reset the device via reset button. Also the actual router
hardware, a Teltonika RUT 950, though feature rich, is crippled with the Glomex web app that is pretty much a joke. As Glomex firmware updates are generations behind, I blew away the glomex branded firmware and replaced it with OEM firmware and was much happier with it configured that way. I was super happy just to get it working right but soon that emotion faded as I actually started to put it to
work. A big negative for me is the inability to see 4g LTE speeds higher than a few MB/s and the lack of 5Ghz
WiFi making this router quite sluggish compared to routers with carrier aggregation (20 GB/s and up 4g lte) and 5 GHz WiFi. So for now I have installed it on my RV where it isn’t such a big deal to install and get to when needed. It is fast enough to stream Netflix, YouTube tv, etc in 1080p when the carrier has the bandwidth to give. There are not a lot of low cost really fast 4g lte routers available, but will continue to try them as I find them. Fired up an unlocked branded Netgear Nighthawk MR1100 last night and was instantly rewarded with 30gbs 4g lte downloads using same sim I use in the Glomex. Definitely consumer grade hardware but it is inexpensive, and has connectors for dual Mimo antennas. Although I can’t glom onto someone else’s WiFi with it, I’ve found that to be a rather useless feature on the Glomex. Marina WiFi I’ve seen is useless for my needs.
—JB