ISP provided routers

Philippa Harrison · 27 Dec 2021 at 16:51

I am a postgraduate student and I am looking at ISP provided routers, what Wi-Fi technologies they have, if there is QoS, etc., to determine if users are better off getting their own router instead. Unfortunately, ISPs do not state on their websites these details. I was wondering if anyone has a router provided by their ISP, and who the ISP is and what router (make and model) they provided.

Many thanks for your help

Philippa Harrison · 27 Dec 2021 at 17:01

Thanks ChrisD, but I've already looked there. Mark Jackson has written some articles but he has the same problem with a lack of information as I do.

Philippa Harrison · 27 Dec 2021 at 17:40

I am making a comparison between the different routers in term of their features: wireless security setting (not expecting there to be WPA3, for example,) Wi-Fi standards available, etc. For QoS, in terms of active queue management and being able to shape the data streams for the user to manage and not what the ISP is doing "behind the scenes". Again, I am not expecting it to be there. However, I need to have concrete evidence and not conjecture. Hence, why I have asked the question.

Philippa Harrison · 27 Dec 2021 at 17:52

Many thanks Caged

Philippa Harrison · 28 Dec 2021 at 08:59

Thanks ChrisD

That's a big help.