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gipjon · ‎21-01-2019

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

dragao-azul · ‎29-01-2023

I think my reply got lost somehow.

I confirm everything and got it to work, thanks!

The trick I was missing before is that the VLAN setting is on a completely different page (IPTV, under LAN).

This post helped: https://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Broadband-connection/ASUS-Zen-Wifi-XT8-Setting-up-for-Gigafast/td-p/...

Thanks again!

CrimsonLiar · ‎29-01-2023

CrimsonLiar · ‎29-01-2023

*Asus do have an Alpha firmware for some routers that does move the VLAN ID to the internet connection page, so it may be coming. When I don't know, I've run that Alpha and it's a hot mess at the moment!

DoctorHeadlock · ‎29-03-2023

Just like to chime in to say I got FTTP working on my Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X. Works flawlessly despite Vodafone upon requesting your PPPoE details tell you the VLAN ID is 101 regardless of whether you're on OpenReach or CityFibre. You absolutely want to use 911 as your VLAN ID if you're on CityFibre as others have stated. I did have to set MSS clamping to 1452 as for some reason it defaults to 1412, probably for compatibility reasons as I am aware some PPPoE connections require a smaller MTU than 1492.

iMacThere4iAm · ‎20-01-2024

I have set up a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X on Vodafone FTTP (Openreach), using the basic setup wizard. In my case enabling VLAN was not required.

If you don't want to use the wizard because it wipes all the EdgeRouter's settings, not just the WAN details, the following commands are the relevant changes from my previous config (vs Sky/TalkTalk which uses MER authentication instead of PPPoE).

I don't know what mss-clamp means to comment on whether it should be set to 1412 or 1452.

delete interfaces ethernet eth0 address
delete interfaces ethernet eth0 dhcp-options
set interfaces ethernet eth0 description "Internet (PPPoE)"
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 default-route auto
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 mtu 1492
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 name-server auto
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 password ********
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 user-id dsl*********@broadband.vodafone.co.uk
delete interfaces ethernet eth0 firewall
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 firewall in ipv6-name WANv6_IN
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 firewall in name WAN_IN
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 firewall local ipv6-name WANv6_LOCAL
set interfaces ethernet eth0 pppoe 0 firewall local name WAN_LOCAL
set service nat rule 5010 outbound-interface pppoe0
set firewall options mss-clamp mss 1412

Cynric · ‎25-01-2023

.@bigpig

Is the BT modem a white brick labelled as "eci-cpe-modems type 1b"? If so, junk it. It only has 100MB port(s).

Here are some details; https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/vg3503j

gipjon · ‎15-01-2023

@NGM1 wrote:
Still looking for a suitable 3rd party router. Has anyone had success with the eeero +?
Not seen many posts on here about it.

Not sure if this is any relevant I got a pm this year about the eero from xJib

‎21-03-2022 11:45 AM eero 6

Hi there

Following you thread 'How to Set up a third party router with vodafone' just to let you know that I've set up my 'eero 6' using PPPoE and it's working, so you can add that to the list. It should also work with the 'eero 6 pro' as that has the same feature set, but I don't have one, so can't test it.

As a note the old eeros don't support PPPoE, only the latest 'eero 6' ones.

Cheers

BigA1 · ‎18-05-2023

I'm going to have a stab at this today... standby for a plethora of frantic messages asking for help...!!!

BigA1 · ‎18-05-2023

I've managed to get my TP-LINK Archer AX11000 and the TP-LINK Deco M9's all running fast... main until at 900Mbps and the Mesh ranging around 250/400.

Set up.

Vodafone THG3000 with WiFi turned off in the router.

Lan cable from VF router into Archer.

Archer ethernet out to TP-Link Managed PoE Network Switch

Switch to 3 x Deco M9 plus AP's

Archer ethernet out to Xbox series X, Nvidea Shield TV Pro, Samsung OCB (Q90R).

All, currently seems to be working flawlessly...

Archer WiFi signal is superb, Deco's are very good and they also have a spare ethernet out for each room they're located in.

I could not get it done with the Modem...

Jayach · ‎18-05-2023

@BigA1 wrote:
Lan cable from VF router into Archer.

Is that into the WAN connection on the Archer?

If so it sounds like you are running with double NAT, not a problem as long as it works for you, but be aware it could cause problem it you want to run something like a server.

I'm not a gamer, so I don't really understand what it means, but I'm surprised the Xbox isn't complaining about the NAT type.