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Replacing Vodafone router

Guerolito
2: Seeker
2: Seeker

Hi there,

 

I'm not especially into tech so apologies for my ignorance or if my question is idiotic - essentially I've been on a Vodafone Fibre plan for nearly 3 years now and was supplied with a Vodafone THG3000 Wi-Fi hub. Speed wise it's never been outstanding - averaging around 45Mbps - I can deal with that, however its range has consistently been terrible with devices in the upstairs of my house, particularly in the home office, with the connections dropping out daily.

As such, I've been wondering whether to replace the THG with a different router with better range (Currently looking at a Tenda AC10U AC1200 router as it seems decent and is fairly inexpensive) but I was wondering if I would also be required to purchase a modem as well? Or can the THG wi-fi hub be reconfigured to act as a modem?

Thank you!

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Ripshod
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

Yes, you'll have to buy a seperate modem as it appears you're on fttc (vdsl2). But I ask you to consider a better router. Replacing an AC3000 rated router with an AC1200 totally defeats the object if you're looking for speed.

Talking of speed, how are you testing, wifi or LAN?

Speedwise there's not much difference to be honest - from the last tests I did with the THG, over Wi-Fi I got 43.48Mb/s download and 11.51 mb/s upload. Wired I got 49.61 Mb/s download and 12mb/s upload, but I don't really opt for the wired connection as the router is downstairs and about 25 meters away from my computer upstairs, and requires routing the cable up the stairs and across the landing so it doesn't look particularly great. When I can actually get a stable Wi-Fi connection upstairs the speed is fine, it's just the connection itself that is all over the place, going from full signal, to none at all, to 3 bars, etc etc. I've tried a few different antennae from the back of my PC to see if that improves the connection, and it has slightly but not enough to stop it from dropping out completely on a daily basis.

I actually wasn't aware that the THG was AC3000 - I remember trying to suss it out a couple of years ago but couldn't find any solid information, so assumed it was just your standard piece of rubbish broadband provider kit, but apparently I'm wrong!

 

Cynric
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

HappyNomad
15: Advanced member
15: Advanced member

@Guerolito 

I replaced my THG3000 some years back, primarily because of range issues... Draytek Modem, LinkSys mesh router and Velop mesh nodes to provide wifi cover across our large footprint two storey house.  It has performed flawlessy and needs almost zero user intervention.

I intially tried using the THG and the Velop nodes as a hybrid mesh system with disappointing results.