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[kitz]

There is a shortage of choice for combined VDSL2 Modem Routers available in the UK,  so I decided to list those that are currently available for purchase in the UK.

• ASUS DSL-N17U - circa £60. MediaTek chipset. GbE. Wireless N (300Mbps).
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  [No info yet - shares same modem driver module as DSL-AC56U, DSL-AC52U, DSL- N17U, DSL-N16]
• ASUS DSL-N66U - circa £130. MediaTek chipset. GbE. Dual Band Wireless N.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - Discussion
  [Mixed reviews. A lot of reports of DSL instability]
• ASUS DSL-AC52U - circa £50. MediaTek chipset. 4xGbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC (733Mbps).
  Manufacturers Link & Specs.
  [No info yet - shares same modem driver module as DSL-AC56U, DSL-AC52U, DSL- N17U, DSL-N16]
• ASUS DSL-AC56U - circa £110. MediaTek chipset. GbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC (1167Mbps).
  [https://www.asus.com/uk/Networking/DSL-AC56U/]Manufacturers Link & Specs[/url].
  [No info yet - shares same modem driver module as DSL-AC56U, DSL-AC52U, DSL- N17U, DSL-N16]
• ASUS DSL-AC68U - circa £200. MediaTek chipset. GbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC.  G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs. -  DSL-AC68U Discussion.
  [Mixed reviews.]
  
• ASUS DSL-AC88U - circa £220.  Wireless AC3100. 4x GbE LAN 1 x GbE WAN. BCM63138 Chipset.   Supports VDSL2 & G.fast
  Manufacturers Link & Specs. -
  [Despite BCM chipset, telnet CLI blocked]
  
  
• Billion BiPAC 8200N - circa £100. BCM chipset. 10/100. Wireless N
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  [Seems to be a good solid performer]
• Billion BiPAC 8800NL - Circa £80. BCM chipset. 1xGbE 3x10/100. Wireless N. G.INP
  Manufactures Link & Specs  -    8800NL discussion - 8800NL Further Discussion
  [Usual BCM stability & power efficient]
• Billion BiPAC 8800NL R2 - circa £65. BCM 63381 chipset. 4x 10/100 & 1 x GbE WAN. Wireless N
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  8200NL R2 Discussion
  [.]
• Billion BiPAC 8800AXL - Circa £150. BCM chipset. 4xGbE. Wireless AC. G.INP - Discontinued!
  Manufactures Link & Specs  -  8800AXL Discussion
  [Expected usual BCM stability]
• Billion BiPAC 8900X R2 - Circa £140. BCM chipset. 5xGbE. G.INP. No wifi
  Manufactures Link & Specs 
  [Expected usual BCM stability]
• Billion BiPAC 8900AX 1600 - Circa £170. BCM chipset. 5xGbE. G.INP. Dual band 2.4GHz & 5Ghz wifi .  Expected in the UK late Feb 2016.
  Manufactures Link & Specs -  BiPAC 8900AX 1600 Discussion
  [Expected usual BCM stability]
• Billion BiPAC 8900AX 2400 - Circa £230. BCM chipset. 4xGbE. G.INP. Dual band 2.4GHz & 5Ghz wifi .  Expected in the UK  mid Feb 2016.
  Manufactures Link & Specs 
  [Expected usual BCM stability]
  
  
• DrayTek Vigor 2760n - circa £125. 4xGbE. Wireless N
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  [Some users have been disappointed with its performance especially in view of the price]
• DrayTek Vigor 2860n - circa £210. 6xGbE. Wireless N.  Lantiq chipset.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  [First release firmware is unstable,  new beta f/w available which seems more stable ]
  
  
• FRITZ!Box 3370 - circa £125. Lantiq chipset.  GbE.  Wireless N. G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
• FRITZ!Box 7390 - circa £210. Ikanos chipset.  GbE.  Wireless N
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
• FRITZ!Box 7490 International - circa £250. Lantiq chipset. GbE. Wireless AC.  G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  
  
• Linksys X6200- circa £80. Unknown chipset. 4xGbE. Dual Band Wireless AC750.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs 
  
  
• Netgear D6400- circa £150. BCM63168 chipset. GbE. Wireless AC. G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  Netgear D6400 Discussion
  
• Netgear D7000 - circa £160. BCM63138 chipset. 5xGbE. Dual Band Wireless 802.11ac.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - Netgear D7000 Discussion
  [Seems stable with good sync speeds & wifi - post link ]
• Netgear D7000 v2 - Lantiq chipset. 5xGbE. Dual Band Wireless 802.11ac.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - Netgear D7000 Discussion
  
• Netgear D7800 - circa £270.  Lantiq VRX320 chipset. 5xGbE. Dual Band Wireless AC.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - Netgear D7800 discussion
  [Seems stable with good sync speeds & wifi ]
  
  
• Thomson TG589vn v3- circa £60. BCM chipset. 10/100. Wireless N.  G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  TG589vn v3 Discussion
  [Good value let down by lack of GbE - Seems solid performer]
• Thomson TG799VAC- circa £85. GbE. Wireless AC. G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - TG799VAC Discussion
  [Little known about this router yet]
  
  
• TP-Link Archer VR200 - circa £80. Lantiq VR9 chipset. 4xGbE. Dual Band Wireless AC750.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  Little brother of the VR900 but note Lantiq chip
• TP-Link Archer VR600 - circa £100. Probably BCM963268 chipset. 4xGbE. Dual Band Wireless AC1600.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - Archer VR600 Discussion
  
• TP-Link Archer VR900 - circa £120. BCM chipset. GbE. Dual Band Wireless AC. G.INP compatible.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  Archer VR900 Review  -  Archer VR900 Discussion
  [Stable DSL excellent wireless. Lack of line stats :/]
• TP-Link Archer VR900 v2 (Black) - circa £120. Unknown  chipset. GbE. Dual Band Wireless AC1900.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  - 
  [v2 is Black compared to v1 which is white]
• TP-Link Archer VR2600 - circa £215. BCM63268 chipset. 5xGbE. Dual Band Wireless AC2600.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -   TP-Link Archer 2600 Discussion
  See Thread
• TP-Link Archer VR2800 - circa £180. BCM chipset(63138?). 4xGbE. Dual Band Wireless AC2800
  Manufacturers Link & Specs Likely TPL custom CLI
• TP-Link TD-W9970 - circa £40. BCM chipset. 4x10/100. Wireless N.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - TD-W9970 review - TD-W9970 discussion
  [Good buy for those on a budget]
• TP-Link TD-W9980 - circa £80. Lantiq chipset. GbE. Dual Band Wireless N - Needs f/w update to work with G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  TD-W9980 Review  -  TD-W9980 Discussion
  [Seems stable and good VFM.  Lantiq chipset matches ECI modems but may not perform as well as BCM based routers on some lines.]
  
  
• Trendnet TEW-816DRM - circa £70. Likely MediaTek chipset. GbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC750
  Manufacturers Link & Specs 
  [.]
  
  
• ZTE ZXHN H168N - circa £60 or £28 on ebay through reseller . Broadcom 61638 chipset. 4x10/100. Dual Band Wireless N
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -   ZTE ZXHN H168N Discussion
  [Seems stable and good VFM.  Not yet working with DSLstats.]
  
  
• ZyXEL VMG1312-B10A - circa £100. BCM 63168 chipset. 10/100. Wireless N. Int Noise Filter. G.INP.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  [Stable chipset with internal noise filter.  Popular choice for modem bridging where the lower spec wifi and LAN speed is not so important]
  
• ZyXEL VMG1312-B10D - circa £65. BCM 63381 chipset. 10/100. Wireless N.  G.INP.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs - VMG1312-B10D discussion
  [Stable but slightly cheaper chipset & without the internal noise filter.   Excellent VFM. Works with DSLstats.]
• ZyXEL VMG3925-B10B - circa £?. BCM 63168 chipset. GbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC/N.  G.INP.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -   Zyxel VMG3925 discussion thread
  [Note - whilst this modem has admin access and works with DSLstats etc, the supervisor password is random and may not be available see here ]
• ZyXEL VMG3926-B10A - circa £?. BCM 63168D chipset. GbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC/N  2xUSB. Int Noise Filter. G.INP.
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  User Guide  -  Zyxel VMG3926 discussion thread
  [Possible successor to the VMG8924.  Has slightly better wifi antennas than the VMG3925 ]
  
• ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A - circa £100. BCM 63168 chipset. GbE. Wireless N. Int Noise Filter.  G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs  -  VMG8324-B10A Review  -  VMG8324-B10A Discussion
  [Good solid performer with latest BCM chipset] Can be hard to get hold of :/  Try unbranding the F1000 - see forum for details. -edit 22/9 new stock in at stuff-uk]
• ZyXEL VMG8924-B10A - circa £160. BCM 63168 chipset. GbE. Sim Dual Band Wireless AC.  Int Noise Filter.  G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs 
  [Good solid performer - Same as the VMG8324-B10A but this version has Wireless AC]
• ZyXEL SBG3300-N - circa £170. BCM 6368 chipset. G.INP
  Manufacturers Link & Specs
  [Good solid performer with BCM chipset]

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This thread is purely for information on combined VDSL modem routers. 
Please dont use it to ask which router to buy - start a new thread

NOTE:  To qualify for the list it must be available for purchase in the UK and it must contain a VDSL modem as specified by the manufacturer.   I'm well  aware that there are some modem/routers which can be hacked with custom firmwares. Im also aware that there are ISP specific routers which may work and can be purchased from say ebay to work with another ISP.     The HomeHub 5 will only work with BT and Plusnet.  The TT HG635 can also be made to work with other ISPs - see npr's guide.  However that is not the intention of this thread, if you want to discuss hacking other routers please start a separate thread.

[ejs]

I don't think the ASUS DSL-N66U and DSL-AC68U are Lantiq chipset based. I think they're both MediaTek (TrendChip) based.

[kitz]

@ Time Bandit -  Thanks info added

@ ejs - Thanks got my info via a google last night - now corrected 

[adslmax]

Nice one Kitz. I like this comparison VDSL standalone.

[premo]

Hi Kitz

That's great, I've been searching high and low for any info on combined vdsl modem routers but even the manufactures websites are a bit short on info and also very contradictory so this is just what I was looking for, are there any Netgear vdsl modem/routers ?

[kitz]

I believe there is a Netgear combined vdsl modem/router but last time I checked it wasnt available in the UK and only worked in Germany where they use a different annex to the UK.   I'll try do some digging to see if there is any more up to date info.

If you look on the Netgear site..  they all seem to be adsl2+ and no mention of vdsl :/

http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/networking/dsl-modems-routers/

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ETA

Ive had a look around and cant seem to see anything.   Theres lots of Netgears claiming to be VDSL routers..  but when you look closely at the specs they either just contain a normal adsl modem and/or you still need to use one of the Openreach modems with them.
If anyone does know of one.. please let me know so I can update this thread.

[adslmax]

What about BT Home Hub 5 and what chipset do they come with? As I know that BT Home Hub 5 are not very good. I seen peoples reporting it kept rebooting firmware itself in the background and the VDSL2 stats is rather poor. Also u cannot use Thinkbroadband BMQ too.

[Chrysalis]

hh5 has same chipset as ECI dslams. So I think lantiq.

[sevenlayermuddle]

Re Billion 7800NXL...  I didn't think any of the '7800 family had VDSL connectivity other than via EWAN port and separate modem? 

[HighBeta]

Sagem HomeHub5 [A]  is Lantiq vrx268 1.2.1

Arcadyan Technology Homehub5 B is Broadcom BCM63268

[adslmax]

Sagem HomeHub5 [A]  is Lantiq vrx268 1.2.1

Arcadyan Technology Homehub5 B is Broadcom BCM63268

Interesting in this bit.

[HighBeta]

Arcadyan Technology EE Brightbox2 Broadcom BCM63168

[Roxy]

Great thread.

[simoncraddock]

The Billion 7800s only have a 'fibre ready' wan port for connecting to a modem according to the user manual.

[roseway]

The Billion 7800s only have a 'fibre ready' wan port for connecting to a modem according to the user manual.

That's right. On VDSL2 systems the 7800s can be used as routers only, with a separate modem.