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Asus RT-AC87U work with Eir Fibre?

jones · 2017-03-06 10:19:33

Folks, As the title says is there any reason why the Asus RT-AC87U wouldn't work with Eir fibre? I'm assuming i can just set up as needed if i buy this router? I've a load of devices on my home network and just want to upgrade the current F2000 router from Eir. Anything i should know about?

06-03-2017 11:19am

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Folks,

As the title says is there any reason why the Asus RT-AC87U wouldn't work with Eir fibre? I'm assuming i can just set up as needed if i buy this router? I've a load of devices on my home network and just want to upgrade the current F2000 router from Eir.

Anything i should know about?

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#2 06-03-2017 11:22am

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Fibre Extreme or eFibre?

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#3 06-03-2017 11:25am

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ED E wrote: »

Fibre Extreme or eFibre?

Just regular eFibre Ed E? What difference is there?

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#4 06-03-2017 1:32pm

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Does anyone know of any reason why this wouldn't work? Just want to make sure before i pull the trigger.

Thanks

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#5 06-03-2017 2:39pm

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jones wrote: »

Does anyone know of any reason why this wouldn't work? Just want to make sure before i pull the trigger.

Thanks

Dont pull the trigger. Thats a cable router, you have (V)DSL. Its suitable for FTTH but not DSL unless you want to keep the F2000.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057632871

See the updated post further down this thread.

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#6 06-03-2017 3:22pm

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ED E wrote: »

Dont pull the trigger. Thats a cable router, you have (V)DSL. Its suitable for FTTH but not DSL unless you want to keep the F2000.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057632871

See the updated post further down this thread.

Thanks Ed E i don't have a clue about vectoring etc so appreciate the help.

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#7 12-03-2017 9:16am

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jones wrote: »

Thanks Ed E i don't have a clue about vectoring etc so appreciate the help.

The asus dsl-ac68u is the version you want. I just dumped my sky hub and using this instead. It's increased my speeds from around 45meg to 65 and downloading from my nas externally speeds have significantly increased.

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#8 13-03-2017 5:31am

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Couldn't agree more. Fantastic router.

Flash it with this firmware and it will really fly.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwih3KPY0dLSAhXoDMAKHaAoA_cQFggaMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasuswrt.lostrealm.ca%2F&usg=AFQjCNEQJ3wsHQFEOC-YqSIMFUKHExKaqg

I have the router only version and have it connected to my bridged F2000.

It works really well I am glad to say!!

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#9 17-03-2017 7:39pm

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macker64 wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. Fantastic router.

Flash it with this firmware and it will really fly.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwih3KPY0dLSAhXoDMAKHaAoA_cQFggaMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasuswrt.lostrealm.ca%2F&usg=AFQjCNEQJ3wsHQFEOC-YqSIMFUKHExKaqg

I have the router only version and have it connected to my bridged F2000.

It works really well I am glad to say!!

Merlin doesn't work with asdl routers as its proprietary.

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#10 03-10-2020 10:30am

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I am trying to add an Asus AC87U to an Eir router in bridge mode. (The router keeps dropping I think as we have quite a few devices connected) I can't seem to get this to work. Are there any settings I should know about? I also have a Draytek 130 which i thought I could use instead of the F2000 router, but taking it one stage at a time. We have a Fibre connection into the house (VDSL2? I believe)
So far I have only gone onto the F2000 settings and switched to bridge mode. Connected a cable from the Lan to the Wan on the Asus router. Then tried to use the connection wizard to connect but no joy.
Any help greatly appreciated!

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