How to Set up a third party router with vodafone

[gipjon]

IF YOU ARE USING A THIRD-PARTY ROUTER THAT WORKS 100% WITHOUT BUGS.PLEASE PM ME THE MAKE AND MODEL SO I CAN UPDATE THE LIST

The first thing you need to do is ask Vodafone for your username and password. live chat with Vodafone is best because you can copy and paste the name and password into the router. ( some users did write it down wrong. password is lower and upper case. username watch out for zero and o )

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/contact-us/index.htm

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/bbservcd/

FTTC SETTING         ( FTTP is below FTTC)

The setting is the same for all the routers it's down to the isp (the setting page will be laid out differently but the setting are still the same, eg

Vodafone setting are

Vlan ID - 101

enable 802.1q (not on every router)

Username  - ******@broadband.vodafone.co.uk

Username - ******@businessbroadband.vodafone.co.uk  ( for business customers )

Password - ********

PPPoE

MTU Size : 1492

rest of the setting auto detect when the router and the dslam are negotiating with each other

List of third party router that work well with vodafone will update as more router are confirmed working 100%

asus ac68u                              ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual band Wifi 

ASUS DSL-AC55U                   ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual-band Wifi 

DrayTek Vigor 130:                 ADSL and VDSL modem with Ethernet ( UK model )

Draytek 2762 VDSL

Draytek 2862 Series

Fritzbox 3490

technicolor tg589vac :             ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual-band Wifi 

Netgear D6400-100UKS         ADSL & VDSL router with Ethernet + dual-band AC1600 Wifi  + beamforming

Netgear rbk40  :                       ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + Tri-Band technology

Netgear D6220                        ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual band Wifi 

Netgear Nighthawk D7800    ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual band Wifi 

Technicolor DGA4231/DGA2231 is actually the Vodafone THC3000/THC3000g

TP-Link Archer VR2800

TP-Link AC 1600                      ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual-band Wifi 

TP-Link TL-Link Archer VR400 V3 AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Dual Band

TP-Link VR600                        ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual-band Wifi 

TP-Link W9970                        ADSL and VDSL router with Ethernet + dual-band Wifi 

Zyxel VMG3925-B10B

List of routers with WIFI 6 that works well  

None listed as yet 

IF YOU ARE USING A THIRD-PARTY ROUTER THAT WORKS 100% WITHOUT BUGS.PLEASE PM ME THE MAKE AND MODEL SO I CAN UPDATE THE LIST

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Gigafast 

Openreach the VLAN will be 101 or not required

CityFibre, the VLAN will be 911 or possibly not used.

Mtu 1492

PPPoE 

Username - *******

Password - ********

List of routers that works well with Gigafast

Asus RT-AC86U 

Cisco 5506-X

Linksys EA9500

netgear nighthawk ar500

FRITZ!Box 7530

TP-link M4 deco system

TP-Link Archer AC2300 MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Gigabit Router (Plug ONT cable into Internet port, run Autodetect > PPPoE > add username/pass = connected at full speed), no need for VLAN IDs

TP-Link Archer VR400 V3 AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Dual Band (1st Advanced tab, change the Operation Mode to Wireless Router Mode (the ONT is acting as a modem, hence it will not work if you are in DLS Modem Router Mode). 2nd  Do not enable VLAN ID or it will not work! Vodafone will tell you to set it to 101, if you do this it will not work! Keep the default MTU size (1480), do not change it to 1492, as suggested in several posts in this thread, or it will not work!. 

Synolgy RT2600ac ( https://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Broadband-connection/Synology-RT2600ac-Vodafone-Router-CityFibre-PPP... )

List of routers with WIFI 6  that works well 

RT-AX86U ?

(from user) I managed to connect Asus DSL-AX82U modem/router and use it without Vodafone Wi-Fi hub finally. When use Asus router tutorial choose network provider as BT - Infinity. VLAN ID come up automatically as 101 then just copy your Vodafone username and password

[Jayach]

Sorry, but an ONT is not a modem. It performs the equivalent job on fibre that a modem does on copper, but it shouldn't be called a modem.

The Huawei HG612V3b is a modem not an ONT, there is no optical fibre connection to the Huawei HG612V3b.

I wouldn't have bothered to mention it but you were complaining about others using terminology incorrectly and yet you did yourself.

And yes I'm sure I've done it many times.

Edit, this can explain it better than me.

terminology - Is an ONT a modem? - Network Engineering Stack Exchange

2nd Edit, It would be permissible to call an ONT an optical modem, as modem has become the generic name for the box that sits between the incoming line and the router, like all vacuum cleaners are referred to as "hoovers".

[BrizzleTim]

Just set up a TP-Link Archer AC2300 router on Gigafast (the price for Asus AC86 had shot up overnight).

Simples; plug into ONT, add user/pass, connected. No VLAN ID needed.

Ping 6ms, Down/Up: 490/65

Have PM'd details to add to confirmed list.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for updating us!

As to the Asus RT-AC86U, I got mine from Amazon's Black Friday event in 2019 (so shortly after launch), and the price £125!  I kind of assumed that would be the price going forward - seems I was very wrong!

[jasonmark39]

I would strongly suggest adding the below router to the list which I wholeheartedly recommend:-

Netgear D6400-100UKS   ADSL & VDSL router with Ethernet + dual band AC1600 Wifi  + beamforming

It works extremely well and is easy very to setup. You can even select Vodafone from the list of ISPs. 

As of June 2021 it is still available new from Ebuyer but won’t be for long. Netgear updated the firmware in May 2021. On plugging it in I immediately got 48.3mbps down, I only got 46.3mbps on the Vodafone WiFi Hub. It’s a smart looking router and is far more compact than Vodafone’s latest offering.

[spirit33]

hi  have the d6400 . could you help me please with setting on this d6400 and the Vodaphone one please . d6400 need to be a router now . because been switch out to digital house phone 

[Ripshod]

Honestly? The vodafone router is a much more performant router than the d6400. Why not just use that on it's own? 

[spirit33]

Hi Ripshod why is better please 

[Ripshod]

The D6400 is over 8 years old, is only rated at AC1600, and struggles to reach 300Mbps on it's WAN port. No firmware updates since last year. 

[Jayach]

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@spirit33 wrote:
d6400 need to be a router now . because been switch out to digital house phone 

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I don't understand the query?

If you are on digital voice, using a router other than the Vodafone one will lose easy access to the phone line.

[spirit33]

hi jayach thanks for getting back . i want to use the netgear because it better.i need to plug in my netgear into the Vodaphone router and use the netgear as a router so everything run though my netgear. in need help with the setting if you still dont understand here s a video https://youtu.be/Hr1qgwL6p1I thanks