Hi George,
I didn't realise that and it's good to know. I certainly wasn't trying to
suggest that the Virgin router compares favourably with a good quality third
party alternative. I was more saying that I doubt that a £35 third party
alternative is a high quality one.
Granted, it might have better VPN support out of the box. If it doesn't it
might be possible to flash it with something like DDWRT. But on the flipside,
I've found wifi coverage to be pretty good with stock Virgin kit and drop-out
rates quite low, especially compared with stock kit from BT, Sky, Tiscali,
Plusnet etc. My RT-AC68U still performs better but I'm not convinced the same
could necessarily be said for a £35 router - robbing Peter to pay Paul,
essentially.
So I stick to what I said: Les didn't tell us why he wants an external router.
If it's just for ports, a £35 switch will be a better investment than a £35
router. If it's not just for ports, then clearly a switch isn't the answer, but
I would urge spending more than £35.
Matthew
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George Bell
Sent: 12 November 2018 12:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: recommendation for a router/hub/wap to work with
Virgin Superhub 2
Hi Matthew,
For many there is one major, major drawback with Virgin's router and your
suggestion. It's shockingly poor VPN Protocol means that if need to access a
Windows 2016 or above server, you have two choices. 1) Drop the security level
on the Server or 2) use the Virgin Router's setting with an external router.
This has been the subject of much discussion on one of the Virgin lists where
many users are remote workers, but Virgin just will not listen. Their attitude
almost seems to be, that if you want the fastest broadband available with fibre
direct to your house, then put up and shut up!
George
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Horspool
Sent: 12 November 2018 10:55
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: recommendation for a router/hub/wap to work with
Virgin Superhub 2
Hi Les and all,
I have an Asus RT-AC68U and I find the web interface for that to be fully
accessible. They did a router with eight Ethernet ports at one time - I think
it was the RT-AC87U? that is quite an old router now but presumably there will
be a comparable newer model.
I would tend to agree with others on here in that you get what you pay for with
routers, so a £35 router probably isn't going to be much of a step up from the
Virgin one - and compared to some ISP routers I've seen, I've found the Virgin
one pretty good for an entry level device!
If you're generally happy with the Virgin router and it's just the extra
Ethernet ports that you're after, I would instead spend that £35 on a good
quality switch. You should be able to get an 8-port gigabit switch for about
£30-40 which you could plug into one of the LAN ports of the Virgin router, and
then you would end up with 11 usable Ethernet ports!
Matthew
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Les Smithson
Sent: 11 November 2018 17:37
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: recommendation for a router/hub/wap to work with
Virgin Superhub 2
Thanks Steve, but the thick end of 350 Euros for the Draytek is a little steep
for me. I'm looking at the asus RT-AC51U at £35, oft touted as a fix for
Virgin's lousy router. The admin doesn't sound at all accessable though.
Steve Nutt writes:
Hi,
I don't know of one with eight Ethernet ports, but my Draytek 2860N has 6.
I would go for the 286AC though, as it's newer than mine. They are superb >
routers, if a little expensive.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> On Behalf Of Les >
Smithson > Sent: 11 November 2018 16:18 > To: access uk
<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Subject:
[access-uk] recommendation for a router/hub/wap to work with Virgin >
Superhub 2 > > > I want too put my Virgin Superhub 2 into modem mode and
attach a external > router/hub/WAP box to it.
Can anyone recommend one? Preferably with an accessable web admin and > 8
ethernet ports, and that is known to work with Virgin's router.
Thanks.
--
Les Smithson
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