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

[crapple]

"

vlan 911

PPPoE 

Username - *******

Password - ********

"

This worked a charm for me using a TP-LINK Archer VR900 mk2 - I had previously used vlan 101 and it did not work - I am on vodafone superfast 1 but on the citylink fibre network

[Beans]

Hi All

I've been battling with this for months with my vodafone gigafast connection, and recently moved house so thought i'd give it another go and it finally works so thought i'd share what i did,

I'm using a Netgear R7800 Nighthawk running DDWRT firmware (Dec 2021 build)

The pppoe details the vodafone chat gave me were:

xxyyzz -      @vodafone.co.uk (this forum doesnt let me combine that sorry).... and a password

i asked about VLAN ID/Tags and they had no info on this so initially left it, before looking through this thread.

Turns out for gigafast, you need the full @broadband.vodafone.co.uk found in the first post of this thread for the vdsl section at the top, so you need to amend the username they give you to the domain above. Password was as expected. Then, i also set my eth0 (wan port) to VLAN Tag to 911 and priority of this default at 0. Left everything else as default and MTU as 1492. 

I'd almost given up before adding the broadband in my username and suddenly everything sprang to life, so glad to get rid of the VF own router and stop being double natted!

Hope this helps others, FYI i'm based in Lincolnshire UK

[KiwiMike]

Hi Ya

I'm on gigafast 900 plan. I'm trying to set up my ASUS RT- AC86U to use instead of the VF one

I have my username and password from VF but still no luck in getting a connection. 

Can you tell me what settings I need to use to get connected please, Cheers

[jasonmark39]

The settings are the same for all routers, it's down to the ISP (the settings page will be laid out differently). e.g. Vodafone setting are:-

Vlan ID = 101

802.1p = 0

802.1q = enable (not on every router)

Username  = dsl********@broadband.vodafone.co.uk

Password = ********

PPPoE

MTU Size = 1492

Gigafast Internet LAN - IPTV (optional)

VID = 911

PRIO = 0

Other settings as above.

The rest of the settings auto detect when the router and the dslam are negotiating with each other.

[KiwiMike]

hi Ya 

Still No Connection using a Asus RT-AC86U! Have tried all settings in the treads the only options i have it to input username and password, all other things like VID = 911 or PRIO = 0 I have no where on my router to enter these.

If anyone has screen shots of the setup required I'd very Greatfull.

Cheers

[Anonymous]

@Kiwimike  on the RT-AC86U you can set the VLAN ID and Priority on the LAN > IPTV page, and then select the manual profile:

And you do not need a new router, you've already got one of the best WiFi 5 routers there is!

[bmwarren]

Hi,

I’m trying to setup my gigafast internet on a tp-link AX3000 router. I’ve set it up as PPPoE, with the username and password that Vodafone provided me with. I've set the Internet VLAN as 911 and it's still not working. Has anyone set this router up successfully or know what I'm missing? And help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[jasonmark39]

Vodafone

3rd Party Router

The settings are the same for all routers, it's down to the ISP (the settings page will be laid out differently). e.g. Vodafone setting are:-

Vlan ID = 101

802.1p = 0

802.1q = enable (not on every router)

Username  = dsl********@broadband.vodafone.co.uk

Password = ********

PPPoE

MTU Size = 1492

Gigafast Internet LAN - IPTV (optional - I don't recommend this section - for me it stopped my router from working)

VID = 911

PRIO = 0

Other settings as above.

The rest of the settings auto detect when the router and the dslam are negotiating with each other.

[CrimsonLiar]

Setting VLAN ID via the IPTV settings is only required on routers where there is no ability to set this on the WAN settings page.  If it is needed then it has to be used such that it applies to user WAN traffic rather than just the specific IPTV channel that it was originally configured to facilitate!

[alal]

Hi all,

need some help please as I am trying to setup my own router on Gigafast.

I contacted Vodafone and have my username and password.

But my router does not get an IP. I have a DSL-AX68U which has a DSL port and a WAN port for connections. I have setup the WAN connection port and configured everything as I've seen here, but no IP. The error I get on the router logs is: "cannot get public IP address, stopping".

This is the same error I get if I type a dummy user and password, so was I provided with the wrong user and password?