Great buy, good product. Has improved my WiFi Coverage as expected and speed is as good if not slighter better than my original router.
I can also verify I have this working on Sky Fibre after doing a firmware update. Usual steps of extracting your username and password from your original sky router (using wireshark) and cloning your mac address need to be followed.
dragon2611 to Delio79
27 Dec 16#9
Actually you may not need the username/password anymore, you still need to send something in DHCP option61 but they don't seem to much care about what that something is as long as it encodes properly.
When I last had sky fibre I sent the string bacons encoded into hex and it let me on
dougan
26 Dec 16#2
Looking for a replacement for my Talktalk fibre modem/router which is slow and keeps dropping the wifi signal.
This seems ideal for my £100 budget, anything better than this?
ShroomHeadToad to dougan
27 Dec 161#3
If you just need a basic Wireless xDSL Modem Router that will provide better wireless signal than the ISP provided junk then the TP-Link TD-W9970 N300 Wireless VDSL/ADSL Modem Router is probably all that is needed for the vast majority, The VR600 has extra features that most people do not need.
Try the cheaper option first, if not good enough for your needs then send it back for a full refund and order a higher end model. :smiley:
dougan
27 Dec 16#4
Yes, that is exactly what I am after, I'm afraid the Talktalk "Super" Router does not live up to it's name!
DannyBoy99
27 Dec 16#5
Worth noting that the n300 is only wireless N, whereas this is a wireless AC model. I'm not a heavy user or a gamer but still noticed the performance improvement going from N to AC.
dougan
27 Dec 161#6
Yes I noticed that, so have just ordered the VR600, also is the cheaper one not dual band?
liamf12
27 Dec 16#7
You've got the HG633 I'll bet, more like a soup-er router. Latest firmware and its still... Was thinking of getting the VR900 in our household but there's many mixed reviews for modem routers as opposed to only routers, and these aren't the most power efficient either, running rather hot according to some.
dougan
27 Dec 16#8
Yes it is the HG633, thought the latest firmware would improve the wifi dropping out, sadly not!
JoeSpur
27 Dec 161#10
I know everyone seems to think ISP routers are rubbish but...what makes this better than BT SuperHub (Home Hub 6) ??
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I can also verify I have this working on Sky Fibre after doing a firmware update. Usual steps of extracting your username and password from your original sky router (using wireshark) and cloning your mac address need to be followed.
When I last had sky fibre I sent the string bacons encoded into hex and it let me on
This seems ideal for my £100 budget, anything better than this?
Try the cheaper option first, if not good enough for your needs then send it back for a full refund and order a higher end model. :smiley: