DrayTek Vigor V130 Fibre Modem

This is a brilliant piece of kit. Simple instructions and dead easy to set up. If you are with a mainstream ISP in the UK, it is plug and play, no configuration to use this as a simple modem. Connect and power it up first, then connect to your router, it passes the internet signal via an Ethernet cable straight into your router WAN port for the router to use and distribute with no messing about required. An absolute breeze and does what it says on the tin. I haven’t explored it, but it also has a more advanced configuration user interface if you wish to access it via your PC, that’s one for the real techies. For me, I just wanted a solid reliable and separate modem to work with my new WiFi 6 router. This is THE solid simple solution to all those WiFi 6 Routers with no integrated DSL modem - all the new WiFi 6 routers I’ve seen are routers only, with no integrated modem. Been up and running now 24 hours, no drop outs just a great internet connection. UPDATE: July 2020: been running flawlessly now for nearly 2 months. Great plug and play modem if you are with a mainstream UK ISP.

Firstly, this is a modem only and not a router. If you buy this on its own, you can only connect one computer to it. There is no router, no wifi and no access controls. Until recently I was forced to use the ISP supplied modem/router what was built to a low price and it showed. Drops, lockups and poor range. I'd been using a decent router in AP-only mode for ages but wasn't allowed to get the PPPoE settings. This suddenly changed and when it did, I ordered this. From a user perspective, it is fast, stable and has some useful options. Since moving over, I've seen a 50% reduction in ping returns, a 5% increase of download speed but no increase in upload. So far no lockups, Draytek supply firmware updates to keep the bugs in check. Well worth the money

This is a great modem and if you use anyone but TalkTalk as your provider then is simple to set up. If like me you use TalkTalk with fibre and an Apple AirPort Extreme it is a little more complicated. For ADSL you just plug the unit in and connect up to your router and away you go but for Fibre which uses VDSL then you need to go into the modem settings and alter a few things. This took me a while as Drayteck have not updated their site to include the latest software issue for the Vigorous 130 so the images shown are not what you get on the screen but having said that it does after a little thought make sense and once the Apple Airport is configured all bursts into life and works very well giving excellent download speeds as one would expect with a modem of this cost.

When my FTTC broadband started dropping it's connection, my router reported "modem hangup" so naturally I thought it might just be an issue with the BT Openreach fibre modem supplied almost 10 years ago and so ordered the Draytek Vigor 130 which was delivered the next day - I wasn't too happy with the item not being packaged in anything other than it's retail box, if I hadn't been at home and the box was left outside it would've gotten very wet. The Vigor 130 is indeed plug and play, I replaced the BTOR modem with the Vigor 130 and after a few minutes I was able to browse it's web page at 192.168.2.1 and see all the fibre connection status info which showed that line was playing up. Thanks to the detailed info from both the UI and via a Telnet session, I had a good idea what was going on with the line and was able to provide detailed info to Plusnet technical support once I'd raised a fault call. The web GUI is confusing though, with the dashboard/home page showing IPv4 internet access WAN1 as being disconnected, which quite reasonably leads you to think that the broadband connection is down, but in the Interface section below that, it shows that DSL is connected as is the LAN (to the router) so all is good. Regarding the reviews stating that the Vigor's DHCP server needs to be switched off in it's LAN settings, that should only be necessary if your router's IP address is in the 192.168.2.x subnet, which isn't usually the case as almost every router I've had uses 192.168.1.1 as it's address so any connected clients aren't going to be touching the Vigor's DHCP server unless explicitly connecting to it via it's IP address. However, if you plug a laptop into the Vigor, it's DHCP server will dish out an IP address for said laptop, so that's why it's there and why it's enabled. NOTE that if you do connect a computer directly to the Vigor whilst it's connected to the internet, make sure your computer's firewall is up and running or better still, invest in a good internet security software suite, otherwise your computer might get infected with all sorts of nasties in no time. It's worth noting that with the latest firmware version 3.8.4.1_BT it's not possible to set the date and time on the Vigor and it doesn't get it from a time server, so the date will be January 1st 2000 when first switched on. In hindsight I probably don't need the Vigor 130 as I suspect the BT Openreach modem is fine, but as it's locked there's no way to query any line stats or operating status, so for that reason the Vigor is worth having (assuming you can justify the expense) and I've also found that my download speeds have increased from around 69Mbps pre-Vigor to 73Mbps with the Vigor connected. If you regularly have problems with your ADSL or VDSL broadband (the Vigor 130 handles both) and are a bit of a techie, I'd recommend investing in a Vigor 130 as it'll enable you to monitor what's going on and who knows, the info it provides might make a difference to getting the problem fixed more quickly.

I bought the DrayTek Vigor as I needed a modem to replace the "toy" router that my ISP sent me. Already owning a perfectly good router, I did not need another and using the "toy" in bridge mode was not good enough. Originally I was going to buy a BT OpenReach VDSL modem via eBay. However, BT have officially stopped supplying them and by the end of the year are going to stop supporting them when they fail. Therefore, I needed to find an alternative bridge-only modem that was BT approved and VDSL compatible. This was a harder task than I thought, until I found the DrayTek Vigor 130. This little guy works in exactly the same way as the BT OpenReach VDSL modem and as an added bonus, only has one LAN port that both gives you your modem bridge AND can be used to access the modem GUI to retrieve line stats etc. If you are buying this you already need a router, and thanks to this handy setup you can use the same port for pppoe to the internet and as a LAN connection into the modem to get line stats. Diving in deeper, there was a small issue after I connected the LAN GUI to my router - the modem does not have a way to set it's local networking into DHCP mode (that I have found anyway) which means you either have to statically configure the IP in your IP range, or as I did, leave it set how it is and then add a route to the modem back to your router. To this end, the DrayTek modem has a well documented CLI. Overall, I am extremely happy with this modem, so happy that I now own two of them and to anyone who needs a modem only, or would like to replace the EOL BT OpenReach VDSL modem I could not think of a better replacement.

I bought this to replace a failing Openreach fiber modem. I had initially been put off by a few older reviews on Amazon stating that this will not work with IPTV from the likes of TalkTalk so I contacted DrayTek UK to confirm before buying. It DOES work with IPTV but you will need to change some settings. From the menu select the Internet Access and enable both MPoA and bridge mode. The modem then acts in exactly the same way as a BT Openreach modem and IPTV is available via the WAN port on my ASUS RT AC68U router. Before any setting up I downloaded and installed the latest firmware from Draytek's UK website. Incidentally, they have a good FAQ on there too (the supplied manual is useless!) but you have to sign up and register your purchase to access it. It's probably worth changing the MTU default of 1520 to match your provider. For TalkTalk this should be 1500 and BT 1492 (I don't know what other providers recommend). Everything is running perfectly for me and I hope that this remains so for years to come. I'll come back and update should things change.

To be clear, the Vigor 130 is just a modem and you need a separate router, but that's the setup that I prefer. I've just upgraded from 38mb to 76mb fibre. However, my line speeds were much lower than expected and during a BT engineer visit they diagnosed that my old BT Openreach modem was causing a drop in line speed from the master socket of 26mb. The suggestion was a new modem and I had three options. 1. Use my ISP's modem/router (this doesn't allow me free choice of how to set up my network and has no guest network) 2. Buy a new fibre modem (the Vigor 130) 3. Buy my own modem/router (but there is nothing wrong with my existing router, an Apple Time capsule, which also provides me with backup facilities using Time Machine on my Mac) I'd read an article about DrayTek's Vigor 130 some time ago and it sounded like an ideal replacement for the BT Openreach modem should I ever need one. Boy, is it simple. Connect 3 wires (power, DSL to BT socket and ethernet LAN to modem), switch on and wait less than 2 minutes and you're up and running with no configuration required or changes to the router settings. If you're in the same position as me, dislike the idea of being locked in to an ISP's modem/router and want something that's easy to set up, you just have to put the Vigor 130 on your wishlist.

The Draytek 130 modem allows me to keep my excellent existing reliable router and all its complex of local-area-network settings, when BT have threatened change my service from ADSL2+ to VDSL2 next month. I don’t want a BT Smart Hub 2... The 130 is simply a bridge modem, going between the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and the ethernet WAN input to a router/wifi/NAT/firewall/etc. The 130 does not have wifi itself because it is not a router. I plugged an Ethernet lead between PC and Draytek and logged in as detailed in their “Vigor 130-QuickStartGuide.” to check the software version in the Draytek was the latest, and it was. While I was there I also made sure it was in bridge mode by enabling MPoA (RFC1483/2684) in the “Internet Access>>MPoA/Static or dynamic IP” options, as detailed in their “Configure the Vigor 130 modem for Bridge Mode” article. Then I simply connected the Draytek to the WAN Ethernet port on my existing router, and plugged the DSL line from the master socket into the Draytek instead of the router, and applied power to both. I told the router that it was now in “Wireless Router Mode” and no longer in “ADSL Modem Router Mode”, ie it is now “PPOE” and no longer “PPOA”. This required me to re-enter my username and password for my broadband; in this router it is not carried across from the previous ADSL2 mode. It is useful to turn on the Draytek first, and allow it to synchronise with the DSL simply to prove it is happy, before switching on the router to allow it to log in to the server for the first time. Connecting it all took about five minutes, being careful. Working out I really did need to set the Bridge Mode took another half an hour. All other settings in my existing router remain the same, including username and passwords etc. Update. 23rd July 2020 Today BT finally changed my broadband from miserly ADSL2+ copper to their Basic VDSL2 FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet). It took them about fifteen minutes, and during this time the phone line was disconnected. While the line was dead I also rebooted the Draytek so it would be waiting and looking for the new DSL. After the line was re-connected my broadband had improved from 3Mb/s down 0.6Mb/s up to 52Mb/s down and 9.2Mb/s up. Result.

Il prodotto è arrivato puntuale e funziona perfettamente e corrispondente alla descrizione del fornitore. Quattro stelle perché il firmware è in tedesco e non era stato segnalato nella descrizione

Me parece se calidad pero no llego el libro en español solo en alemán. Aparte de eso no consigo entrar en la página de la configuración del router lo voy a devolver ya que no puedo darle uso.

Fonctionne en VDSL2 avec Orange. Il suffit de tagger le VLAN 835 à la place du 101 d'origine et on peut se connecter via PPPoE sans soucis. J'ai un léger gain de débit par rapport à une Livebox. Seul détail: le modem est livré avec un transformateur avec une fiche anglaise ! J'ai donc dû acheté un adaptateur !

Grund für die Suche war für den Umstieg auf VDSL100 (Vectoring) einen Ersatzrouter zu finden, welches Vectoring tauglich ist und noch als reines Modem betrieben werden kann. Der Speedport W921V macht zwar auch seinen Dienst sollte aber als Ersatzmodem dienen. Nach vielem Suchen in diversen Foren war der Vigor 130 von Draytek ins Auge gefallen. Ich kannte die Draytek's noch von damals und auch da waren sie immer positiv aufgefallen. Kurz noch im Netz eine Anleitung gesucht wie man das Modem für VDSL100 konfiguriert und schon war er auch bestellt. Zum Glück gab es schon ein Firmware Update (3.7.8.1) die schon diverse Bugs bereinigt hatte. Jetzt muss man allerdings wissen, das es hier verschiedenen Firmwaremodemversionen gibt. Diese gehen von 1 -7 und noch Standard. Jede Modemversion ist für bestimmte ADSL/VDSL Anschlüsse optimiert. Dies geht aus der Release.pdf hervor die man sich durchlesen sollte. Für mich war dann schnell klar das Modem7 für VDSL (G.vectoring) das richtige sein muss. Also Firmware heruntergeladen und über die Weboberfläche das Update durchgeführt. Ich will nicht verschweigen das das Draytek-Menü gewöhnungsbedürftig ist. Wenn man vorher Fitzbox-Menüs gewohnt ist, wird man hier erstmal große Augen bekommen. Ist aber alles halb so wild. Etwas Basiswissen sollte man allerdings schon mitbringen sonst wird länger dauern ;-) Das Einrichten als Modem dauerte nach Anleitung grade mal 5 min. Link kann ich gerne mal posten wenn gewünscht aber wenn man Vigor130 und PPOE eingibt kommt man auch schnell zum Ziel. Das gute ist, dass er auch VLAN-Tagging beherrscht. Grade bei Telekom und VDSL ist das ein Muss. Da ich kein Entertain habe reichte bei mir VLAN 7. Nachdem alles fertig war syncte das Modem und war nach knapp 1ner Minute fertig. Ich muss dazu sagen, dass ich hier 19db Dämpfung und eine SNR von 6db habe. Daher dauert es etwas länger. Aber das Resultat war erstaunlich. 71,6 Mbps Down und 26,7 Mbps UP und das stabil. Im Gegensatz zur Fritz und dem Speedport 67,7 Down und 27,3 UP hier hat sich der Down-Wert erheblich um gut 4Mbps erhöht. Sind zwar nur Peanuts aber immerhin. Das Modem hängt beim mir hinter einer Fortigate 60D von daher werden alle Firewalltechnischen Sachen hier erledigt. Zu erwähnen sei noch das der Vigor über Telnet zu konfigurieren ist. Hier kann man Statuswerte und auch alle anderen Sache die man sonst über die Weboberfläche einstellt auf Telnet-Ebene bearbeiten. Syslog und SNMP beherrscht er auch. Die Mibs für SNMP findet man auf der Draytek-Seite. Für diejenigen die es als Einwahlrouter benutzen wollen bietet der Vigor auch eine sehr große Konfigurationsvielfalt, die man sich bei anderen Anbietern nur wünschen kann. Allerdings und das muss man nicht unerwähnt lassen unterstützt er kein VOIP direkt. Damit mein ich man kann dort kein Telefon direkt anschließen. Das ist grade bei Telekom und auch anderen Anbietern ja mittlerweile unumgänglich wenn man auf ALL-IP umgestellt wurde. Ich habe es gelöst indem ich dies dann einer Fritzbox überlassen habe. Hier muss man Voip dann Firewalltechnisch speziell zu der Box routen. Wie gesagt es geht und man muss es auch jeden Fall im Hinterkopf behalten, bevor man sich wundert das Internet geht aber kein Telefon ;-) Abschließend sei zu sagen das ich den Kauf nicht bereut habe. Der Vigor 130 ist nun jetzt gut 3 Monate im Einsatz und habe vor 3 Tagen noch die FW 3.7.8.2 eingespielt und er rennt und rennt. In dem SInne noch viel Spass damit

Attention le modèle V130B (Vigor 130 Annex B) n'est pas compatible en connexion ADSL. Il faut a priori prendre le modèle Annex A. A vérifier si le modèle Annex B fonctionne en VDSL