Vodafone connect router DHCP settings

[mattman]

I have posted this into off topic as I can not see any reference to Vodafone Home phone and Broadband.

I have install the router and all is working but there one thing that is missing from the setting of the VDSL router that being a function to turn off DHCP, I have for the pasted 10 year had my own network running at home with a fully working server that is my DHCP & DNS server but for the first time in history I have just sign up for 18 month and got a bloody router that has no function in the GUI settings pages to turn OFF the DHCP server. So for now I will have to wait for 18 months before I can change ISP. thanks vodafone tech team for missing this one. If there is anyone out there that can offer me a firmware update to give me the function to turn OFF DHCP then please post it.

[craig3975]

Much better off using own quality equipment, the Vodafone supplied router is utter tosh . Spent ages trying to connect my wifi printer to the network but was having none of it , switched to my own router and had printer up and running again in no time!!!

[Soofla]

I did ask this a few pages ago - but is it really the WiFi that is the problem with the Vodafone router?

I use a couple of Ubiquity Wireless access points which cover our house, garden and garage perfectly.

The WiFi on the Vodafone router will be disabled (I'm assuming it can be) as soon as possible.

The actual Router/Modem itself however is generally speaking OK?

[Alexus]

From my experience the Vodafone router is not good, most of my kit is wired and it can't handle the switches nor the number of devices. Vodafone tech support said that switches are not a supported configuration and I had too many wired devices (in the region of 25-30).

Others seem to find the WiFi a bit flakey. I found that the air interface was OK with a decent enough signal, but combined with a lot of wired devices, I had connectivity but lost packets on everything.

[arcticicecool]

I wish the vodafone devs would allow us to use the vodafone router as a wifi hotspot. It has really good wifi AC with awesome coverage, but without using it as the internet gateway, it doesnt provide internet through itself as a switch like all other routers do, it just shows the 'Not connected to internet' message on wifi clients
It works for like 60 mins before showing that message too which is weird!!

[displaced]

...and I found the VDSL modem to be rather shonky. With the VF box, my line would resync repeatedly - 2-3 times a day. That's caused DLM to hammer my line down to just 34meg.

I've switched back to the Openreach HG612 modem and that stays connected endlessly. However, DLM is still limiting my line. With BT I had a solid 48meg downstream for 4 years straight.

[Pauljbl]

I use the Vodafone router as a WiFi with out using it as a internet gateway. I use the bt modem and feed it to the Vodafone router

[arcticicecool]

Is that via the WAN port though? I mean literally as a switch

[Pauljbl]

I am using the lan port using it as a switch and WiFi is distributing it as well

[arcticicecool]

Weird, it kept overriding my gateway IP and showing the vodafone not connected page after a while.
Will try it again!

[Pauljbl]

I had to reset the router to get it to work on mine