Virgin Media replacement router with 4G backup and VPN?

steinooo · 12 Jun 2018 at 11:40

Hi,

does anyone know of a router which has a sim card slot for automatic failover to 4G, and is fast enough to act as a VPN client for all the devices which are connected to it please?

MagicBoy · 12 Jun 2018 at 11:49

Take a look at Draytek...

steinooo · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:11

cheers, can I assume i'd want one of these two on the right? i.e the ones which don't say ADSL or ADSL2?

pcfarrar · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:38

No you'd want this one:

Vigor 2862Lac

bremen1874 · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:50

I do like DrayTek routers, mainly for their flexibility and reliability, but they do tend to be underpowered.

DrayTek only claim 60Mbps for the VPN on the 2862 under ideal conditions.

steinooo · 12 Jun 2018 at 15:31

pcfarrar said:
No you'd want this one:

Vigor 2862Lac

thanks. Any idea if there is anything slightly cheaper on the market please?

didn't have any idea they'd be that expensive, but do know how good Draytek are. I would be tempted to build a PFsense rig and put my VM superhub 3 into modem mode for that money.

spicypixel · 12 Jun 2018 at 15:41

Asus routers offer VPN + 4G fallback via usb.

pcfarrar · 12 Jun 2018 at 15:54

Synology RT2600AC will do it with a 4G USB dongle, it also has decent VPN performance.

There is also the cheaper Draytek 2762AC that will work with a 4G USB dongle.

steinooo · 12 Jun 2018 at 16:11

pcfarrar said:
Synology RT2600AC will do it with a 4G USB dongle, it also has decent VPN performance.

There is also the cheaper Draytek 2762AC that will work with a 4G USB dongle.

now you're talking, thank you!

What would you pick over that or a TP link AC1750 (Archer C7) flashed with DD-WRT?