DrayTeK Vigor 166 – G.fast capable As some of you may know, Draytek produce a range of Routers and modems for the UK that comply with BT SIN498 I have recently contacted DrayTek to ask them...

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UK Sentinel wrote:

Ok, so I have had feedback from those nice people at DrayTeK regarding the Vigor 166 GEN 2 and BT approved Firmware. —– The Vigor 166 models are functionally identical. The only difference is that one can support 212Mhz G.Fast which may be introduced in some countries, however Openreach (BT) have no plans to use/adopt 212Mhz in the UK and it’s not currently supported in the specification of the UK model. We wouldn’t expect any different in performance between the v1 and v2 models. Only the model with product code/SKU ‘V166-K’ would be the UK specification (UK specific hardware/firmware/support). Hope that helps. —– So no BT approved firmware for the Vigor 166 GEN 2 at the moment

 

Thanks for the update. Looks like I’ll have to update to the V166_GEN2 compatible version and see what happens with the DSL drops I’d been getting overnight using this previously.

Appreciate the updates on this though. Thank you

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DrayTeK Vigor 166 Firmware Release – 4.2.4_BT (Formal Release)

• Release Type Regular – Upgrade recommended when convenient
• Build Date 17th May 2022
• Release Date 06th July 2022
• Revision 12705_785_e2695047f
• Applicable Models Vigor 166
• Modem Code 12.3.2.3.0.5 Annex A
• Locale UK & Ireland Only

Changelog:

1. Improved Web GUI Security
2. Updated HTTPS mechanism to address the CVE-2022-0778 (OpenSSL)
3. Fix the administrator password setup issues

https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/downloads/vigor-166

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New Firmware for Vigor 166

Firmware Version 4.2.6

Release Date: 2024-05-29

 

New Features
 None.

Improvement
 Improved: Password mechanism changed to force admin to change the password from the
default password.
 Improved: Improve the network security related to the password and DHCP.
 Corrected: An issue with failure to login web when the WAN was up.
 Corrected: An issue with a PPPoE dial-up failure when the server provided the
user-specific PPPoE tags in the PADO packet.

https://www.draytek.com/products/vigor166/#nav-Resources

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Latest Firmware for DrayTek Vigor 166 (UK/Ireland)

Firmware Version 4.2.7_BT (Formal Release)

Release Date 13th August 2024

Applicable Models Vigor 166

Locale UK & Ireland Only

New Features
(None)

Improvements
1. Web GUI security improvements

https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/downloads/vigor-166

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