Vodafone offering 2000Mbps

The 10gbps WAN isn't that surprising. There'll be another wave of speed upgrade in 2 or so years beyond the limits of 2.5gbe port, so 10 gbps is future proofing it. More expensive now for sure, but it'll save them sending out an entirely new device for similar upgrade for another 5-7 years.

That's really interesting about OpenEir refusing because you already had Siro. Were you trying to upgrade with Vodafone to the 2gbps and basically just moved the fibre from Siro -> OpenEir (while keeping Vodafone) ?

I wonder if it had anything do with the fact that Vodafone jointly own the SIRO network with the ESB.

If it was the other way around would Vodafone migrate you from open-eir's to their own SIRO network?

Isn't the network connection arranged through the retail service provider?

Did you purchase the SFP necessary for the 2gbps product?

See the comment here:

and the SFP mentioned is here:

There's more on the reasoning for this here:

Source: https://n.vodafone.ie/business/products-and-solutions/fixed-communications/gigabit-broadband.html

Basically it boils down to:

1. Their Gigabit+ box can receive 2+gbps, but it only has 1gpbs LAN ports, meaning wired connections are capped at that speed.
2. If you have a one or more devices on your home network that support 2.5gbe+ speeds, you need to buy the SFP device to get those speeds (with wired devices in your house). If you have more than 1 2.5gbe wired device, you'll also need a 2.5gbe switch as well as the SFP
3. "if using WiFi connection, you can receive speeds up to 1.6GB". This might be true, but the reality is that you need a 4x4 client devices for that speed, and there are hardly any (no phones that I know of).

All that said, if you have 4 wired clients, you could be giving them each up to 500mbps, or 2 wired client 1gbps each. It's really not not a big deal.

The SFP is cheeky, but practical. And their marketing doesn't hide the fact. It's easily visible in both their business and consumer sites, so I give them some credit for that. Ultimately it keeps the CPE cost down for the vast majority of customers, and that's a good thing.

Feasible on Wifi 6E perhaps, but the Gigabox+ is not Wifi 6E.

And, on that note, if you do manage to find a Wifi AP that can do Wifi 6E, it will still connect to the gigabox at 1Gb/s... If you replace the Gigabox with something that can connect to the ONT at 2.5Gb, things will get a little different... still need 2.5Gb adapters for desktops that you want full 2Gb/s on, mind you...

WiFi6 it is, if to believe VF page, so it still should be capable. Only saying that there are phones capable of >1Gb

Gigabox+ has a single built-in 10gbe port that would be used for the WAN. The SFP module adds a second 10gbe port that can be used to add 10gbe LAN in addition to 10gbe WAN. So SFP not required for getting 1gbps+ speeds on WAN

Without the SFP+, it will still be 2Gb/s on the WAN. It's the LAN side that is limited to 1Gb/s... But if you have 2 or more machines with 1Gb links to them, you should be able to get both machines downloading at 1Gb/s each... I think that, by default, is why they only give a single 10Gb port on the box. 99.9% of customers 1) won't need more than 1Gb/s and 2) won't have a machine capable of more than 1Gb/s... but if you have 2 or more devices, they won't compete as much with each other for WAN bandwidth...

On a more different note, I ordered my connection with Blacknight and they offered a router for EUR90 Ex vat (business customer) or the option to use my own. I went with my own option, so I will be using a PFSense box for this. I get mine installed next week... fingers are crossed.

Great question - depending on how you're going to wire your home, your router will need at least 2.5Gb WAN + 2.5Gb LAN ports if you want to use LAN and Wifi. I couldn't find anything reasonably priced that seems to do this without a full replacement of all my gear. There's a few Wifi Mesh systems with 2.5Gb uplink, but no 2.5Gb LAN port. E.g. ASUS ZenWiFi AX6600 / Netgear Nighthawk RAXE500, so depending how you want to set you home up, there's options there, but I'd recommend taking a little bit time research.

So what that leaves me with is hopefully bridging the Gigabox+ to a 2.5Gb -> 10Gb / CAT6A system using QNAP QSW-2104-2T for my PC/NAS and my home Orbi (1Gbit uplink) for Wifi. It's gonna be a messy VLAN/Multi SSID adventure, but hopefully I can make it work

In theory, yes. I think you need to be on VLAN 10 and use PPPoE. I am waiting for my details from Blacknight. There are a couple threads on here for setting up Vodafone with a non Vodafone router.

The one I bought is this: https://amzn.to/3GWyYDE Its got 4 2.5GbE ports and a quad core processor. Should be fast enough to do the job... As mentioned by heavydawson, if you are expecting to use Vodafone's TV or Phone service, things get complicated... Last time I checked, I haven't seen a way of getting it working without the Gigabox...

should do... Quad-core Celeron at 2Gz should beat out most ARM chips in most standard routers... and then PFsense or OpnSense is highly tuned for routing too...

Reading now about it - looks great to be honest, will see how I get on with the Gigabox+ but I think this is on the shopping list.

well if SFP recognized - can you hook up any device and see if it works?

So little info about this unit you could try any generic VF credentials they had for admin acces(like root / 123456) or i guess call VF and ask.

if not mistaking, first gigabox had "expert mode" - is this available option in GUI?

few screanshots of interface would be nice. thanks