[Mharv]

All setup for IPTV  BT Sport and Nest Hello and all wifi devices now perform excellent whilst viewing IPTV subscription channels over wired or wireless, no drop out of wifi like dsl88u….so disappointing with the all in one router… compared to the RT-AC86U which seems a million miles away in performance and connectivity…  Asus have really got it all wrong with the DSL 88 U model, especially in firmware considering the time it has been on the market, was early adopter of the model, even behind the dsl68u which performed admiradbly aswell with IPTV and wifi not being affected.  Just need to find a way to view my vdsl connection to the router… the temporary bt open reach modem is locked.

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Arrived today, setup with old bt open reach modem, till the Draytek 130 arrives  working fine … how do i see vdsl connection as i did not input any settings whatso ever just ips user name and password, then router asked to update firmware to latest, which i did and then connected to isp, now in the 86u or is it set in the modem.

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Thanks i will see how things go when it arrives.

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Thanks Sentinel for the heads up most appreciated. You would not know the latest firmware for the 86u to use or the merlin thing as i have never had a router by it self. also which firmware to use oem asus or merlin?

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oxygen8 wrote:

Mharv wrote:

Oxygen8 thanks for the recommendation can i ask what modem u r using have ordered the Draytek 130 and 86u from amazon.co.uk

I’m not on DSL, I bought the DSL-AC88U to have a future proof router for when the fiber comes by with the Gigabit thing, so at the moment I’m on cable provided by Virgin Media via Cisco EPC-3925, but its wifi is disabled and it is set in bridge mode so the new RT-AC86U is doing everything:

• Firewall, AiProtection.
• Parental control + Internet scheduled time for my kid.
• Dual band load balancer pushing most clients to 5GHz

To be honest I had forgotten about it, RAM is fine, it just works like a charm, as long as you can put a decent firmware into a router everything is good, lesson learned: I will never buy a router without open source firmware support

On fibre and yes agree it can do G.Fast but that will be some time for most regions… but the dsl88u is very buggy wifi and for IPTV to work together. just that when i had the dsl 68u it was showing higher connection speeds for up and down than what the dsl 88u was showing…also proven by next door trying out the 68u … but thanks for the info..

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Oxygen8 thanks for the recommendation can i ask what modem u r using

have ordered the Draytek 130 and 86u from amazon.co.uk

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Sentinel thanks for the advice and recommendation, ordered amazon for both 130 and 86u

hopefully my Pure VPN can be utilised now after all this time the dskl 88u has failed especially wifi with all home automation devices heating, security cams and nest hello and lights all failing when IPTV is used and netflix and prime video over wifi fails…. looking forward to a stress free Christmas period.

Can i see vdsl line stats with the draytek 130 or is it by the 86u router?

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How’s it performing as i am leaving my dsl 88 u as every time IPTV is used all wifi is lost, for nest products thermostat and nest hello, echo’s and mini google and people using wifi at the time…

looking for a modem and router, so would appreciate any feedback and recommendations.

 

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Hi Sentinel, was a member on asus site which is closed down, using dsl-ac88u from start.

running build 585, after build 546, still had to enable Traffic Manager>Enable Smart QOS and set 18 mb upload to view IPTV HD BT Sport without issue, but had no wifi access, known problem,

then inputted settings for PureVPN dedicated IP address for PureVPN in router VPN>VPN Client using UK Pure VPN servers for PPTP in router settings, activated and established Blue Tick and connection, both router DSL Link Up and VDSL Connected both Green Icons, however had no internet access, same time router LAN ports all disabled so i could not access asus GUI on PC using 192.168.1.1 tried different lan ports for the PC no luck, then tried WiFi connection using asus 68 usb wifi module connected to PC and ethernet cable disconnected, but Windows stated limited conectivity no access to Asus GUI 192.168.1.1… router at this time had all the correct leds lit, wifi, dsl link, internet… but nothing… so i could not access the router, now i have had the Asus app Discovery on iphone 7 and tried accessing router with 5 Ghz which allowed access to settings, went to Adminstration>Restore/Save/Upload Setting>Factory Default and clicked Restore.

Luckily it worked and Build 585 is up and running on PC, set all settings for Plusnet and Youview TV using QIS and have full Youview and Wifi when running IPTV with Traffic Manager>Enable Smart QOS and Upload of 18 mb. At present BT Sport HD is running, Amazon Prime music streaming to Echo … which had never worked together, Wifi always dropping out on both frequencies 2.4 and 5 ghz, also black vue live working 900S streaming  using home wifi hotspot… both Netflix 4k and Prime Video work without issue.. just IPTV Plusnet HD having to enable Traffic Monitor and set upload to 18 mb.

Seems the Restore Factory Default has mad a Big Difference, never used it before in all this time,

must have different settings, configs… to be honest the router has not been this good since i purchased it, just a shame i have never really got the VPN to work with PureVPN, great site by the way.

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