FTTC Router

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I have just had FFTC installed. Had a router from plusnet and another BT openreach box.

I was wondering what people's recommendations are for a FTTC routers, also do these VDSL routers replace both the boxes or just the plusnet router?

What I would really like from a new router would be some sort of wifi connection management, so that i can limit the connection speed to the entire wifi connection rather than doing it by device.

Not sure if that's possible?

Cheers.
 
I'll have a look. Thank you.

Does this replace both the BT open reach box and the plusnet router?
 
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Asus RT is a router only, so still require BT modem.

For an all in one VDSL/router from Asus you're looking at DSL-N66U or DSL-AC68U, but worth reading user feedback first. For example this big thread on here about DSL-AC68U

There are other brands that offer VDSL/router one box solutions, but no idea if any better than Asus.

Edit: Don't think DSL-N66U does include modem after looking at picture on Asus site.
 
Im using a draytek 2860 on plusnet it does have a vdsl port so you can do away with the open reach box, but im using it and connected to WAN 2 ethernet port.
 
I have personally favoured keeping a seperate modem as you can play around withe routers / your network without fear of dlm kicking in.
 
DrayTek Vigor 130 is out soon, but that's more like £60 and only really appealing if you can't buy one off eBay (like you're a business and forgot to ask for the modem when your service was installed).
 
Billion 8800nl has the modem built in or a Billion 7800n but you need a modem.

A 3rd party router must support MAC Encapsulated Routing (RFC 1483 MER) for it to work with Sky.
 
Bane said:
Edit: Don't think DSL-N66U does include modem after looking at picture on Asus site.
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I think you've misinterpreted the image as it does have a VDSL modem, but it has a separate WAN port for connecting an external modem (the specification page does state that is has both ADSL and VDSL modems included).
 
Aren't there massive problems with the VDSL part of Asus routers at the moment? There's a thread around here full of people going back to the Openreach modems.
 
I have the DSL-N66U and tbh it has been a pita, and that's putting it politely.
Disconnects on a weekly basis, crc errors etc. The interface is buggy and I have had it for a good 4 months now and have pretty much given up on it. My max line rate has dropped from 130,000kbps down to around 80k so there goes my 80Mb connection which is now sat on 65Mb. no crc's at this speed but thats a good 15Mb slower than what I get with the plusnet gear. From what I have read on the internet it has a crap modem and is plagued with problems which I can confirm so I would avoid asus tbh.
 
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I have the DSL-N66U and tbh it has been a pita, and that's putting it politely.
Disconnects on a weekly basis, crc errors etc. The interface is buggy and I have had it for a good 4 months now and have pretty much given up on it. My max line rate has dropped from 130,000kbps down to around 80k so there goes my 80Mb connection which is now sat on 65Mb. no crc's at this speed but thats a good 15Mb slower than what I get with the plusnet gear. From what I have read on the internet it has a crap modem and is plagued with problems which I can confirm so I would avoid asus tbh.
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The instability for quite a few users of the ASUS DSL-x has been confirmed to be caused by the 'spectrum' process, and once killed via telnet it was much better. Until ASUS 'fine tune' the spectrum process, users who are aware will still need to kill the process via telnet each time the device is booted. My DSL-AC68U is stable.
 
Too much hassle, I don't know enough about that sort of thing, I goggled telnet couldn't figure out what I had to type in. I hadn't known it to be a confirmed problem as there is no information from asus... It's been broke the entire time Ive had it, no fixes yet and I Cant see them releasing a fix anytime soon so I'm give up. boxed it up and taking it back in the week. The amount of hassle, time and now having completely broke my internet I should be claiming compensation for this appalling excuse for a modem. You'd think they'd got it working by now seeing has it's had hundreds of fixes and tweaks before I even purchased it.
I understand a lot of firmware was needed just to add support for uk isp's. I mean it shouldn't have even been put on sale without the basics...:mad:
 
Personally for the easy cheaper route I would avoid replacing the BT modem as it's pretty rock solid stable.

As for the router, +1 to the RT-N66U. Or if you have the money, the RT-AC68U is another to consider, currently using this for FTTC and it's great.
 
Got my refund today, will look at my options, I'm not against having the BT modem its just extra clutter. I'm not sure If I will go with the Asus again, my experience with them has been pretty tarnished. Didnt like port forwarding either, no edit functions meaning If I needed to change an ip I would have to redo the ports which is pita, even the cheapy ISP routers have an Edit button...
 
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