aftermarket router for vodafone 900mbps

[bazpantsphil]

Hi I signed up to vodafone at the end of last year and the supplied router does a reasonable job, but needs restarting every other day, and ive read that the wireless speeds aren't as fast as other routers.

We have the broadband voice and have one of the vodafone range extenders and a zen range extender both wirelessly linked which dont seem to do anything to help speeds or range.

We regularly have multiple phones, laptops, verisure security and arlo cameras connected.

Can anyone recommend routers that I can replace it with that will work with broadband voice?

On which the 2 highest rated are the AsusRT-AX92U and the TP-LinkArcher AX90 AX6600 but I dont know if they are compatible or how I would set them up?

[CrimsonLiar]

The two models you are looking at are both "old" and have been superseded by newer better models.  An issue with TP-Link models is that the support sequence is short for their higher-end consumer models.  A nice mid-price point WiFi 6 router would probably be the Asus RT-AX86s, and it's likely to have a long support cycle too.  One consideration that is often overlooked is, that if you intend to have the router work as a VPN gateway you'll need a fast multi-core CPU!

[bazpantsphil]

Thank you would this work with vodafones digital voice?

[Jayach]

If you mean the RT-AX86s, no, as it doesn't have a VoIP ATA (Analogue Telephone Adapter), but then very few routers do. You are also unlikely to get Vodafone's VoIP implementation to work with them if they did.

Some people seem to have got Grandstand adapters working with Vodafone, but it is above my VoIP understanding.

https://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Landline/Landline-phone-with-own-router-on-FTTP/td-p/2709457

I do wonder why they bother, as a 3rd party VoIP service is likely to work out cheaper than Vodafone's offering.

[CrimsonLiar]

To be honest, while I'm still on DSL, I don't have a landline phone plugged in.  Everything goes to my mobile, which has the same number I've been using since the late 1980's initially with a pager!

Once you move to FTTP, you lose the one advantage that landline phones had, their ability to work (sometimes) when the power went down locally.