Draytek Vigor 2830n-Plus slower than Super Hub 2ac

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Hi all,

I've recently acquired a Draytek Vigor 2830n-Plus and just this weekend have upgraded my Broadband from Virgin Media to 200Mbps.

Last night, I connected my Laptop to the Super Hub 2ac, reset to factory defaults, took two speedtests and I got 212Mbps/13Mbps (down/up), then switched it to Modem Mode.

I used the Draytek Firmware 3.6.8.4db which is the latest, and used the .rst variant to set it all to factory defaults then connected the Super Hub to it.

I can only get around 110Mbps/12.5Mbps from the Draytek Vigor 2830n-Plus.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5203806074

QoS is disabled on all WAN's, DoS is also disabled and WAN2 is set to Auto negotiation. Load balance is ticked, should this have any bearing on speed?

Any advice appreciated, thanks!
 
I was just expecting more from a £200 router, hopefully someone can advise if there's a way to tweak it.

Otherwise I'll have to return it.
 
nightmare99 said:
See the chart Caged posted its only quoted at getting 90Mbps, return it and get a 2860 based model.
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I suppose it makes little difference that I've got the 2830n-Plus model?

Like you mention, I'll probably have to hold out for the 2860n-Plus model for it to give me the right capacity, it's a shame really, looks like a decent piece of kit that a friend gave to me.

Think I'll stick with the Super Hub 2ac for now, £250 seems a bit excessive for the 2860n-Plus model.
 
The Plus just means it has dual-band Wi-Fi. Selectable dual-band, and it's DrayTek Wi-Fi so it might as well not exist.

There are lots of things DrayTek routers are, but good Wi-Fi and competitive throughput figures compared to consumer routers are not on that list.
 
Ditched my 2830n recently due to the same issues, 90mbs max through it was a let down.

Used the SH2 for a while but it lacks a few features I liked so got an Asus RT-AC87U on offer from the purple shirt brigade and its been great :)
 
Lumeycom said:
Ditched my 2830n recently due to the same issues, 90mbs max through it was a let down.

Used the SH2 for a while but it lacks a few features I liked so got an Asus RT-AC87U on offer from the purple shirt brigade and its been great :)
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It looks like you can pick up a ASUS RT-AC3200 for £190 now days, I'll use the SH2 for a while then maybe when it becomes more important I'll pick up a AC3200 at a good price.
 
DiNZi said:
I was just expecting more from a £200 router, hopefully someone can advise if there's a way to tweak it.

Otherwise I'll have to return it.
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I think draytek is not the route you will go for if you want absolute wifi ac speeds.

draytek is good for lots (really lots not just the household items imagine a small company PCs, mobile devices, etc etc) of devices connected at the same time.

its more of a business product than consumer grade. its built solid and designed to last forever.

you would be better off with asus/netgear/tp link
 
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DiNZi said:
Anyone tell me if you can use the same config file saved from a 2830 on a 2860?
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You can't.

I use both 2830 and 2860 models for different sites at work depending on the requirements, but it's more for the features it offers instead of speed. With the sites that do have fibre, we simply don't use the Drayteks due to the limited speed.

Exactly what features do you need from a router? How many wired and wireless devices do you have?
 
I believe you can copy the config as long as the leader device is fully updated firmware wise.
In fact here is the list of upgrades you can copy a config backup to fw dependant.http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/guides/kb-transferring-configurations
I had similar bother with a 2850n as it couldn't even get the max out of infinity 2 (business 70+ up and 20 down) I updated the firmware and it went from 44 to 54 down but upload of around 11.5mbs was unaffected. I had the new 2860n sat ready to go so uploaded the backup config and rebooted. 70 down 18 up which I guess is the geographical limit rather than modem limit in the draytek.
 
As an aside I noticed that SSL gets a hard time if you are hosting your own website as you need to disable or change the internal SSL ports on the 2860 otherwise it either bounces or fires up a cert error.
 
Orcvader said:
You can't.

I use both 2830 and 2860 models for different sites at work depending on the requirements, but it's more for the features it offers instead of speed. With the sites that do have fibre, we simply don't use the Drayteks due to the limited speed.

Exactly what features do you need from a router? How many wired and wireless devices do you have?
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Hey Orcvader,

We use 2830's at work for various sites but I'm purchasing 2860n's soon for some new sites we're opening that have Fibre.

I'm not a huge fan of the Super Hub 2ac, so I thought I'm familiar with the router and it's config so why not purchase and use one? But it turns out the 2830n only supports up to 90Mbps.

It's interesting you say you don't use Draytek's due to limited speed, even the 2860n isn't good enough with 300Mbps supported?

What do you use for Fibre sites? A lot of people seem to suggest ASUS.
 
DiNZi said:
Hey Orcvader,

We use 2830's at work for various sites but I'm purchasing 2860n's soon for some new sites we're opening that have Fibre.

I'm not a huge fan of the Super Hub 2ac, so I thought I'm familiar with the router and it's config so why not purchase and use one? But it turns out the 2830n only supports up to 90Mbps.

It's interesting you say you don't use Draytek's due to limited speed, even the 2860n isn't good enough with 300Mbps supported?

What do you use for Fibre sites? A lot of people seem to suggest ASUS.
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The 2860Vn-Plus (the exact model we use) actually does the job fine speedwise, personally I'm happy with them but to "save costs" the managers on those sites prefer the HH5 since it's more compact :confused:.
 
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