Vodafone Wifi Router Replacement

[DaveEyes]

I have just moved to Vodafone from TalkTalk - the speed of connection seems fine but I am a little dismayed at the functionality of the router management interface.   Its extremely slow to respond and lacks many features that the talk talk router had - such as being able to easily see what devices are on the network and to easilly set up static ip addresses.

I would be interested to know if there is a recommended 3rd party router that I could buy ...?

Thanks

Dave

[dhyndi]

Thank you. Had absolutely no probs with BT for 2 years...as soon as Vodafone router came in to the equation, sky q very unreliable (wired connection)

[Jayach]

If the Sky Q box is hardwired, I'm surprised it was giving problems. Hope it improves once you get your own router.

Do let us know how you get on.

[HappyNomad]

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@DaveEyes wrote:

So no one has used any 3rd party router instead of the Vodafone one? 

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I use a Linksys MR8300 router via a Draytek Vigor 130 modem but with only one device, a Pi Zero running Pihole, having a fixed IP address it didn’t take very long at all to set up.

[DaveEyes]

How did you get the Vodafone credentials to use on the linksys?

Thanks 

[Jayach]

The best way to get your credentials (username and password) is via live chat.

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/bbservcd/

[HappyNomad]

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@DaveEyes wrote:

How did you get the Vodafone credentials to use on the linksys?

Thanks 

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I asked for the credentials via chat (and printing the transcript of that chat).  Vodafone has/had no problem with users installing their own Openreach approved kit.

Getting credentials is easy but reportedly, they were often handed out incomplete insofar as the common to everybody part/s of the username would be omitted - something to be aware of if your creds don't work.