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

[Luciftian]

@Ripshod Thank you for the feedback.
My comment related specifically  on how to set up a particular router:: TP-Link Archer VR400 V3 AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Dual Band 
Using: Gigafast (full-fibre) supplied by BT Openreach.
I had spent hours on the phone with Vodafone technical support who gave me all sort of incorrect info (i.e. that my router was not connecting as its 'serial number had to be updated on the tp-link portal'; they got me to contact tp-link who told me it was nonsense and told me how to make it work immediately).
Vodafone also told me that once they removed the vodafone router's registration on their server to use my own router, the Vodafone router would no longer work - that was also incorrect; I switched between routers several times as I was testing VoIP and they both connect without issue.

[BigA1]

Hoping most of this will be of significant use for reinstalling my TP-LINK Archer AX11000...

Thanks (in advance) for the help.

[NGM1]

Still looking for a suitable 3rd party router. Has anyone had success with the eeero +?  

Not seen many posts on here about it.

[Jayach]

@NGM1 

It's very unlikely that any 3rd party router/mesh won't work with Vodafone FTTP (full fibre).

What happened with the Deco's on your other thread?

[NGM1]

I decided the Decos were a bit of overkill as the Wi-Fi signal is quite good throughout the house anyway but with the Decos connected the speed was about half what I normally get. 

Can’t get the eero to work either so must be something I’m doing wrong 🙄

[Jayach]

If you got the Deco's working, then at least you know your username and password are correct.

I assume you have followed How do I set up eero? – eero Help Center, when it refers to a modem, it will mean the ONT in your case.

The only likely problem, if you are on CityFibre, is you may have to supply the VLAN, which is 911.

[NGM1]

I didnt get the Decos working with PPoE only as a bridge. I’m on Openreach so VLAN shouldn’t be an issue.

[Jayach]

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@NGM1 wrote:

I didnt get the Decos working with PPoE only as a bridge. I’m on Openreach so VLAN shouldn’t be an issue.

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It's still possible the PPPoE credentials are wrong then. With the number of devices you haven't managed to get to work, some of which should be a doddle to setup (the TP-Links), it's really the only likely scenario.

[NGM1]

@Jayach Its quite possible the credentials are still wrong knowing Vodafone! 

[Luciftian]

@NGM1 Have you seen this article? 
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056800392-Most-Common-UK-ISP-s-and-How-to-Set-Up-eero-...
"Setting up eero in the UK is no different than setting it up elsewhere - you still need to have an internet connection delivered to your place by your service provider. Regardless if you have your eero purchased directly from the retail network or received from a partner, we’ve listed below some of the most common ISPs with their respective configurations. "
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/9918307767963-Setting-Up-eero-with-Vodafone-UK
"Setting up your eero network with Vodafone requires a slightly different configuration due to the fact that none of their devices support either Bridge mode or Modem-only mode.

The first option is to set up your eeros in a Double NAT configuration. All you need to do is to connect the Gateway eero to your Vodafone WiFi Hub, follow the instructions from the app and complete the setup. Once ready, it is recommended to stop the Wi-Fi signal of the Vodafone box so that no interference occurs."

"The second option is to set up your eero network in Bridge mode. Follow the steps from this article to do so. In this case you would still need to turn off the Wi-FI of the Vodafone device, so follow the steps above to do so. "

This says to me that you CANNOT use eero to replace your Vodafone router.
Although, I do wonder if that article is still current; eero didn't use to support PPPOE, but now it does 
"As of the release of eeroOS v6.6.1 and eero App version 6.13.0, eero 6, eero 6+, eero Pro 6 & eero Pro 6E now support PPPoE. For more information on this feature and how to enable it, please see the following article." (https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/207852843-Does-eero-support-PPPoE-)

When you tried to set it up, did you enable PPPoE?