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4 years ago
Hi
These ISP router issues are getting really tedious so I ‘m going to train myself up on Draykek.
Please could I get your (non binding and enteirely responsibility-free) opinions as installers:
This one looks good enough
https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/31965-draytek-v2762n-k/
or is this one worth the extra?
https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/30263-draytek-v2862n-k/
And is ‘w/ 1-Year SDN VigorACS Cloud Service’ of any real world value d’ye think?
Cheers
Allan
Ecoelectreical
4 years ago
Either Draytek is a solid choice.
I would lean towards the 2862 having installed a few. Rock solid. Don’t need rebooting. If you change ISP, just a config change required. All other settings remain intact.
In my own house, I also use the built in failsafe facilty. If my Virgin broadband goes down (and it does), it automatically switches over to my TalkTalk broadband in a fraction of a second. Essential in these days of everyone working from home.
You dont mention your reason for not liking ISP modems. If its for the wireless coverage, then you should know that just about ANY single box solution is not adequate and is a whole different topic.
The cloud service is only useful if you have several Drayton devices to monitor. Not that they need monitoring in my opinion.
Thanks Prem 39 – went for the 2762 which I am just about to unbox. My reason for not liking ISP routers is just having been on the wrong end of to many disruptive firmware updates. Yes I do use WiFi APs, got a tip tip for those? I used to use unifi but I found keeping up with their controller versions to be too much hard work in itself…
Unfortunately, I’m in the Unifi camp and love their kit (except for their beta featues). I used to have issue with cloud controller v 1 and corrupt database after any power cut. The gen 2 seem a lot more more reliable and expensive.
If you’re not liking Unifi kits, there are lots of options out there like Netgear (I like) and TP-Link. I would steer clear of companies like Google because no matter how advanced their specs are, this is not their core business and can pull out at any time if they want, leaving you unsupported. This is only my opinion.
Netgear and TP would have been my picks too. I have little interest in maintaining these for clients so happy to keep them as simple and consumer-configurable as possible. Thanks for the useful feedback mate.