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

[lsim001]

Yes. I have set it up in Bridge mode successfully. So that works. 

It's just really annoying that I can set up the WAN connection for some reason. I may return the router I got and try another one. I am really out of ideas and there is very limited support on how to set this up for Vodafone. Annoyingly it seems to be much easier with other providers.

[FatRakoon]

Ok, well, listen... As one FINAL thought...

What if I save my routers settings, and then EMAIL you the file
You can then just change your username and password, and hopefully it will all go ok?

If it does not, then it can only really be an error or, yeah the router might be iffy.
I have the ASUS DSL AC68U of course so it will ONLY be for that
Alternatively, I could upload a screenshot?

[Anonymous]

Unless using a completely different firmware on the Vodafone modem/router there is no provision on the VF hardware to support a WiFibridged connection - this is different to using a modem in bridged mode or even using an additional router as an extender.  The only situation where you would even need to be using VLAN IDS would be if using a modem which the VF device will not work as!

[lsim001]

I ended up setting mine up in the same LAN i.e. plugged my router from the internet port into one of the LAN ports on the modem. Then setting the router to get it's IP via DHCP which would get  the IP address from the modem.

[cryptotuna]

Thanks to your useful guide, I was able to setup a Zyxel VMG1312-B10A (Firmware V1.00(AAJZ.17)C0 in bridge mode with a Peplink Balance One as the PPPoE router behind it. 

A useful troubleshooting step was to use a PPPoE connection from a laptop to ensure username and password were working before configuring the router. 

Learning points I had were the 101 VLAN is needed on the bridge but not the router.

[cdmackay]

Apologies if this is a silly question, but…

None of the listed routers for Gigafast have a wired telephone port, as far as I can see.

Does that mean that if I want to use the phone service, with my gigafast contract, I have to stick with the VF router?

Or is there some way to access my VF VOIP service directly, via LAN/wifi, from a regular VOIP device?

thanks very much!

[flilot]

Just wanted to mention that you can add the FRITZ!Box 7530 to the list of routers that successfully work with a Gigafast connection.

I have one from a previous ISP, so thought I'd try it on (my currently not working very well, but that's another issue) Gigafast connection, and it connects and works perfectly (when the connection itself is working).

[Anonymous]

Ill add that where a 3rd party router gives a setting 802.1q enter 101 & also set 802.1p to 0

Im currently using the Zyxel XMG3927-B50A modem / router with Vodafone Fibre broadband. 

[smh2020]

I read somewhere that WhatsApp and VOIP services don't work with third party routers using Gigafast Broadband - is this correct?

[Jayach]

I can see no reason why WhatsApp and 3rd party VOIP solutions wouldn't work, but I've not seen anyone say they have been able to use the Vodafone VOIP except by using the VF router in conjunction with 3rd other routers.