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Tomsk

Tomsk

Tomsk

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Our office has expanded from 4 PCs and about 6 smartphones to 10+ PCs and 20+ wireless devices (incl 10+ laptops) and the BT HH5 can't seem to cope.

Any recommendations for a suitable router?
I have an ECI modem, but not sure if it works. (BT left it with the HH5)
 
Maybe invest in a switch and access points and leave the router to be just that :D

If your on a budget the TPLink stuff is good, want to spend a bit more then Ubiquiti.
 
How comfortable are you with networking and what do you mean by "can't cope"? What symptoms do you see?

Depending on your answers my recommendation is either going to be a Draytek router or a two box Ubiquiti solution.
 
Wifi range isn't a problem.

We have an unmanaged 32 port gigabit switch and LAN connections aren't a problem. There's only light file usage across the LAN.

Connected devices, LAN or wifi, can't access the internet even though the HH5 shows a healthy connection to the internet.
 
ChrisD. said:
Draytek really aren't that good.
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Agreed, we ordered a batch of the first generation VDSL routers, proved they were not fit for purpose and managed to get Draytek to write to the supplier so we could get a full refund, to be fair to Draytek they worked with us over a period of about a month but sadly it was not fixable with firmware, must have been a hardware limitation.

Dont get me wrong, they worked but the performance hit compared to provider supplied equipment was far to great for us to consider.

The model in question was pulled and a newer version released.
 
I tried a Vigor 2680, it lasted about a week before I sent it back and went back to an Asus RT-N66U. I've since gone to to pfSense via an Edgerouter, but I always remember the Vigor being particularly terrible. I do however have a Draytek modem which I'm more than happy with but it was the router performance that I wasn't happy with.
 
Ubiquiti Edgerouter + Unifi AP Pro

Can't stand Draytek, never have gotten along with them.

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Fair enough. I can only speak from my personal experience of a 3900 which has performed flawlessly for me handling hundreds of clients internally over 3 WAN connections and some ADSL ones I used a decade ago that I had no issues with either.
 
BigT said:
Fair enough. I can only speak from my personal experience of a 3900 which has performed flawlessly for me handling hundreds of clients internally over 3 WAN connections and some ADSL ones I used a decade ago that I had no issues with either.
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Have to agree, like every other manufacture, Draytek have their problems but I've managed multiple sites all round the country using there equipment and had minor problems over a 5 year period.

Based on using the following: 2820 / 2830 / 2860 / 2930 /3900 & Vigor 700 /800 AP's.
 
Unifi all the way. Unifi Controller Cloud Key + USG (the router) + a couple of APs. I would also replace the switch with a Unifi switch -- everything managed under a single interface, it's super simple and works really really well.
 
I've had Draytek before at home so I'm used to their interface and I know they're reliable.

I'm thinking of the 2860ac.

At work, our neighbouring company, whom we work closely with, has their own LAN (subnets 192.1 & 192.3, we use 192.2). Could I use the second WAN port on the 2860ac and connect the networks together?
 
Tomsk said:
I've had Draytek before at home so I'm used to their interface and I know they're reliable.

I'm thinking of the 2860ac.

At work, our neighbouring company, whom we work closely with, has their own LAN (subnets 192.1 & 192.3, we use 192.2). Could I use the second WAN port on the 2860ac and connect the networks together?
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Never done it but it appears you can do exactly above, but you connect the routers on a regular network port (not WAN), you then open a gateway on the Draytek so both subnets can send connections to each other. From Draytek site

The DrayTek Vigor 2830 and other DrayTek routers that support multiple subnets can be used to link two networks if the other router does not support multiple subnets. This requires setting up a static route on the other router so that traffic sent between networks is able to return; this example uses the DrayTek Vigor 2820 router because it does not support multiple subnets but can have static routes set.

https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/guides/kb-vigor-vlan-connecting-lan-subnets
 
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