Hi guys,
I have Fibre to the property (in a new build). I was with BT for the past few years but recently moved to Sky - getting about 135mbit download. I have the standard open reach ONT and modem setup - with a Cat 5 connection from the open reach modem to the "WAN" port on the Sky router.
I've been looking quite a bit at changing the router - it looks like as long as it has the ability for "option 61" (sometimes called MERS) then it should be a straight forward change. The recommendation seems to be the Asus AC86U with a simple firmware change to bring in the Option 61 functionality.
As is probably the case with most people on this forum, I love messing around with tech ... the question is, is there much of a benefit in changing from the Sky router to something like the Asus?
Me and the wife are both WFH at home moment, both connected to our work networks via cisco anyconnect. At peak times there will be both laptops connected, 4K TV being streamed plus a few phones... there is no heavy gaming going on. So the question is, is the ~£140 investment in changing the router worthwhile or do you think it won't really be a noticeable change? Some of the extra functionality may be useful (especially ability to VPN at the router, rather than by device) but some is probably "nice to have" (QoS etc.)
Thanks for any help.
I have Fibre to the property (in a new build). I was with BT for the past few years but recently moved to Sky - getting about 135mbit download. I have the standard open reach ONT and modem setup - with a Cat 5 connection from the open reach modem to the "WAN" port on the Sky router.
I've been looking quite a bit at changing the router - it looks like as long as it has the ability for "option 61" (sometimes called MERS) then it should be a straight forward change. The recommendation seems to be the Asus AC86U with a simple firmware change to bring in the Option 61 functionality.
As is probably the case with most people on this forum, I love messing around with tech ... the question is, is there much of a benefit in changing from the Sky router to something like the Asus?
Me and the wife are both WFH at home moment, both connected to our work networks via cisco anyconnect. At peak times there will be both laptops connected, 4K TV being streamed plus a few phones... there is no heavy gaming going on. So the question is, is the ~£140 investment in changing the router worthwhile or do you think it won't really be a noticeable change? Some of the extra functionality may be useful (especially ability to VPN at the router, rather than by device) but some is probably "nice to have" (QoS etc.)
Thanks for any help.