>>> That looks very promising I must skim through a user manual to see what it can do.
That was going to be my bedtime reading last night, but I fell asleep before I even opened it
I had a hiccup yesterday as the default supplied firmware has a bug where you cant save the isp config details for the VDSL interface - kinda makes it hard to get a PPP session
Broadbandbuyer are
now aware of this & gave me a phone no for Zyxel support who emailed me various firmware updates to try. Ive installed all 3, but the first one did the trick and sorted the problem with VDSL config.
So far Im pretty pleased with it. As far as Im concerned the web interface is quite nice and very feature rich, but it may be over whelming for a more novice user especially some of the more advanced features. Theres some nice touches in the GUI that I like. The easy set-up failed for me, so a downside for a novice user is they will have to dig a bit deeper and I can imagine it putting some off trying to manually put all the settings in. Having spoken to Zyxel support yesterday though, the distinct impression I got that they normally supply ISP specific firmware as he seemed surprised I'd bought it 'off the shelf' and not via an ISP. Basically I had to set up a new WAN interface for vdsl2... I'll probably do a tutorial on the wiki or main site for vdsl config as even the current firmware isnt exactly novice friendly and requires some settings which even i thought 'huh whats that' or 'what do I put for this'. Quick start doesnt work for vdsl.
My overall impression is they seem to have made most things available via the GUI but not dumbed it down. I get the feel that they started off with good intentions of making it look nice, but quarter way through thought 'sod it - we'll just make everything available in plain text in a frame'.
Ive not done specific wireless tests but I had no problem last night streaming HD to the TV in the corner of the lounge This particular location has been a dead-spot in the past with several wireless devices meaning I had to install about 20m of CAT5, but it coped perfectly with a HD stream via wireless only. If this continues I may be able to rip out the CAT5 when I next decorate as its a bit unsightly in a couple of places.
The config options are too numerous to mention and Ive not explored them all yet, but one of the things I noticed is allows up to 4 defined usergroups which you can set allowing difference levels of access on the LAN/wifi/WAN. It also has the ability to specifically set parental control on particular devices using its MAC address to disallow specific sites or acess on at certain times of the day.
An example of what I mean with how the GUI looks quite smart at the start.... with some nice visuals - ie the connected devices and stats for CPU & memory usage - Those bars move in real time.
