replace HH5 with DSL-AC68U?

[Random-Rabbit]

After a little advice, tried searching but seem to find lots of old posts from 2008-2013 that aren't relevant anymore.

I have bt infinity 2 (78mb cap) and a homehub5 .. recently been experiencing both wired and wireless dropouts with the homehub that a reset seems to fix ... my line speed has also dropped to 53mb which I'm not thrilled about .. root cause seems to be the homehub.

I've made the decision to replace the homehub5 as a starting point but I'm a little unsure on compatibility and best buys. I am using a mixture of wired and wireless connections. Also used SSIDinder and checked local traffic and it isn't that causing the problem.

my phone line goes straight into my HH5 no white box (separate modem) ... I'd like to purchase a replacement all in one, the fastest meanest VDSL2 modem/router I can get my hands on ...

.. I've seen the Asus DSL-AC68U on the OcUK page? how doe's this perform is this currently the best for what I'm looking for?

also how easy is it to setup a none BT modem on infinity? never had to before as I always just used provider modems.

Thanks

 

[Orcvader]

Massive thread just for the DSL-AC68U here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18606945

The modem had major issues with BT FTTC, newer firmware seems to have solved it for some but others are still getting random disconnections.

 

[Avalon]

BT will usually replace the HH free of charge if it's genuinely the issue, i'd look to do this before dropping cash on a router only to find out it doesn't get any better and was in fact a line fault all along.

I'm personally not a fan of one box solutions, too many consumer routers restart when making changes which results in a disconnection which can affect the line profile if done too often. Also most decent routers that have 3rd party firmware support don't work with routers that have a VDSL modem as that portion of the firmware was never open sourced. The HG612 or ECI /r are cheap (£10-40 used) and consume circa 5w of power, they're a better solution in my opinion, but if you want a one box solution then look to Billion and TP Link make decent all in one solutions, or if you want high end the Netgear D7xxx series.