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

[Ripshod]

I'm glad that you have it working and that you think the WiFi is better for you, but I wouldn't be using an old router that doesn't get any support from it's manufacturer (ie no firmware updates).

There's a reason it was only £8

[RoyW]

BTW these are still on sale on Amazon, the latest Firmware i`ve downloaded is Jan 2022 so not wildly out of date yet and the unit is definitely not locked down, however i`m not going to faff around with it and i`ll leave well alone for now,

[CrimsonLiar]

The ZyXel VMG3925-B10C can be problematic in a couple of ways.  Several ISPs have supplied them to their users, some of them overly locked down such that the firmware cannot be updated.
They're also like most Zyxel modem/routers horrific if you try to use them in modem mode.  In modem mode, they still use their memory to provide a buffer that can cause buffer bloat and QOS issues on slow connections!

[Cynric]

There's a new(ish) firmware for that Zyxel, I know because I have one. Over the holidays I may take risk of installing it. I'll lookup the revision number and post it.

[Cynric]

Right here is the revision name "V5.13(AAVF18)C0". The current one I have installed  is "V5.13(AAVF.13)J1".

[RoyW]

"V5.13(AAVF.13)J1"  is also on the one i`m running with, so far so good

[CrimsonLiar]

I tried using one of these when my Draytek Vigor 130 first started playing up.  The one I bought off eBay for about £5 was an ex John Lewis model.  While the firmware was standard and all the connection settings were available and editable, the firmware update was locked.  With the issue of it adding buffering to the WAN connection, I couldn't be bothered to dismantle it, solder on the serial header and hard-update it that way (see forums.kitz.co.uk)!  

[bar72]

The supplied voda routers are garbage.  Cheap far east manufactured and the components inside interfere with some of my hi-fi equipment (I get an annoying hum through my turntable preamp).  Replaced with my trusty TP-Link W9980 router and the hum is gone.  IP6 doesn't work with mentioned router.

[Cynric]

@bar72 Xenophobic comment aside, VF hardware has been sourced from various suppliers.

IP6 doesn't yet work on any router because it has only recently started to be rolled out. If you are on a connection with IP6 then you are lucky, or possibly not as it may have teething problems. Also IP6 does not mean faster, it's just a different protocol over the same backbone. 

When I used a THG3000 I didn't get and EMF interference, but I do remember one other person also noticing something. It suggests you may have a faulty router.

[Jayach]

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@bar72 wrote:
The supplied voda routers are garbage.  Cheap far east manufactured.  Replaced with my trusty TP-Link W9980 router 

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And where do you think the TD-W9980 was manufactured?