Vodafone offering 2000Mbps

for the sfp,

https://www.fs.com/de-en/c/10g-sfp-plus-63 any of theses should work.

Just to follow up on this. I called Vodafone about downgrading, and they couldn't have been more helpful. All sorted and downgraded to a more sensible 1Gbps including the discount for the first six months. The 2Gbps can wait for a few years!

This post earlier in the thread says it Wifi 6.

That's correct, the Gigabox is only gigabit.

You need the correct box for 2Gb but may be other issues with your connection if you only get 200/300mbps, are you testing over Wi-Fi or a laptop/desktop wired by Ethernet to the router?

With the older box you should still get 500Mb (if accidently provisioned on lowest profile) or 1Gb

The latter

Can you actually get FTTH with any of the other providers? Even if its Vodafone over Virgin Media's wholesale network, this will be via VM's new fibre network rather than their old coaxial network (which you currently have). It will involve running a fibre optic cable from the nearest distribution point, drilling a hole in your wall and terminating the fibre into an ONT which your new router will connect to

Hi all, would like to leave my experience on this as I have the 2gb plan with Vodafone. I ran into issues with getting the Gigabox+ to negotiate at anything higher than 1gb even with the official Vodafone SFP+ adapter. My setup works as follows:

Fiber line → ONT → (30-40metre run into house) → Gigabox+ → UDM Pro (Double NAT)

I'm annoyed by the lack of Bridge mode on the Gigabox+ and the issues I need to resolve include:

1. Removing Double NAT (either through DMZ on Gigabox+ or pluggint ONT line directly into UDMP)
2. Getting the full 2gb speeds (UDMP refused to negotiate at all when I tried plugging ONT line directly in, maybe I need to investigate the PPPOE with username and password first)
3. Ensuring that the static IP address works on the UDMP even without the use of the Gigabox.

Ideally I remove the Gigabox altogether as my entire network is wired and I don't use wifi. This would fix double nat and hopefully 2gb issue if the UDMP would negotiate it.

Getting onto Vodafone about this has been a nightmare and they always promise a callback which never happens.

If anyone has any input on the above, it is much appreciated.

I actually tried this today. I had success with using the PPPoE sign in. However I could only get negotiating using Port 9 which is only 1gb rj45. Whenever I connected to the 10gb SFP+ using official Unifi SFP+ rj45 adapter it wouldn't negotiate any link. I even tested with another switch which could verify the ONT line was 10gb, however no link on port 10 for some reason.

Any suggestions on this one?

yes I did try power cycling all devices. But have you got it to work using the SFP+ port and an RJ45 adapter? I can only get it working in port 9 no matter what I try.

No, no negotiation lights when plugged into 10gb SFP+ port. However it works in the 1gb rj45 port no issues. If I plug the ONT line into a switch it will negotiate at 10gb no problem. Problem occurs any time I try to route ONT directly into an SFP+ adapter and I have tried multiple different types.

as I mentioned above, I’ve tried 3 different ones. 2 official UniFi and one from Vodafone none of which worked

yes I tried manually assigning port speed at both 10gb and 1gb. It’s funny that it’s only the line from my ONT which doesn’t negotiate. It comes in from a 30metre Cat6 cable underground and refuses to negotiate at all with the adapter, but works no issues when I got into a 1gb rj45. It could possibly be a weakened signal strength on that line? But funny then that it negotiates 10gb on a Zyxel switch no problem. I’ll get screenshots too soon

I think I figured out what it is. The SFP adapter is a UniFi one but it’s the older version which maxes out at 30 metres. I was supplied with the wrong version and wasn’t aware that there was two versions until today. Once I get the latest adapters I will test again. Thank you