Recommend me a decent VDSL/Fibre Wifi Router

[NiceCupOfTea]

Hey.

Currently with Plusnet on their fast Fibre package but really struggling with connectivity/wifi (in fact currently using my mobile's hotspot to type this ) using the supplied router.

Decided to buy a new one as I'm almost certain that is the root cause (wired stuff seems ok, every time there is a problem with wifi on my phone, I switch it off and there are no problems using phone's data), but not sure where to go.

I have been looking at the TP-LINK AC2800 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Connections-UK-A...

Thoughts?

[megaphone]

Have you checked and changed the channel the router is on? Does it do 5Ghz? If so set the 5Ghz and 2Ghz bands on a different SSID, this may help.

[bennno]

ive got a very good one you could have, moved bck to bt so not using

[Somebody]

OP, have you thought about switching off the wifi on the router and use a decent access point like a Ubiquiti UAP instead?

It will be much cheaper than replacing the router modem and give you excellent wifi coverage on both bands.

[Camelot1971]

You can use a BT HomeHub6 with PlusNet easily enough, and they are cheap as chips new on Ebay. Unless you want specific features the more expensive ones provide, they are great value and work well.

[Carl_Manchester]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Hey.

Currently with Plusnet on their fast Fibre package but really struggling with connectivity/wifi (in fact currently using my mobile's hotspot to type this ) using the supplied router.

Decided to buy a new one as I'm almost certain that is the root cause (wired stuff seems ok, every time there is a problem with wifi on my phone, I switch it off and there are no problems using phone's data), but not sure where to go.

I have been looking at the TP-LINK AC2800 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Connections-UK-A...

Thoughts?

I have moved onto virgin media’s 500 package, line speed is about 525-570mbit.

I had to move onto a Asus AX88U and the Asus AC2200 lyra points for roaming around.

TP-Link Archer kit is fine but i like using the Merlin software builds on my Asus kit.

[QuartzDad]

Camelot1971 said:

You can use a BT HomeHub6 with PlusNet easily enough, and they are cheap as chips new on Ebay. Unless you want specific features the more expensive ones provide, they are great value and work well.

Seconded. I went Plusnet to BT and back to Plusnet and just carried on using the HH6.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Thanks all. I have tried different WiFi channels and have separated 5/2.4ghz without any real difference. I don't know why but I have always had bad luck with WiFi. We seem to have a lot of strong WiFi networks locally which doesn't help.

What's the benefit of using an access point over a WiFi router?

[NiceCupOfTea]

As Somebody suggested above I have changed tack. Done a bit of research and had a chat with my brother who works in IT infrastructure and now have a Ubiquiti access point winging its way from Amazon

[Funk]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Hey.

Currently with Plusnet on their fast Fibre package but really struggling with connectivity/wifi (in fact currently using my mobile's hotspot to type this ) using the supplied router.

Decided to buy a new one as I'm almost certain that is the root cause (wired stuff seems ok, every time there is a problem with wifi on my phone, I switch it off and there are no problems using phone's data), but not sure where to go.

I have been looking at the TP-LINK AC2800 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Connections-UK-A...

Thoughts?

I bought one of these, haven't deployed it yet.

Plusnet's router is BT's old Home Hub 5, I've been using my old BT Smart Hub (which is really just 'Home Hub 6') instead but I do need to get round to installing the AC2800 soon. The reviews are excellent. If I can get my st together and install it this weekend I'd be happy to let you know how it goes.

NiceCupOfTea said:

As Somebody suggested above I have changed tack. Done a bit of research and had a chat with my brother who works in IT infrastructure and now have a Ubiquiti access point winging its way from Amazon

Ah, just read this! Ubiquiti AP will work fine.

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 24th July 10:50