The broadband market is changing with customers moving from ADSL, FTTC and SoGEA services to newer superfast and ultrafast full fibre FTTP (
Fibre to the Premises) based services.
With this change brings hardware requirement changes as older routers may not work directly with the next generation of broadband services. However, in some cases they can be made to work, with varying degrees of success, therefore we have created this guide, split into 3 groups of compatibility from customer feedback and direct testing of hardware ourselves.
Advisory NoticeAquiss does not endorse or provide direct support for any router listed below, though in some cases with more popular routers, we have created Router Setup Guides to get customers online.
Full CompatibilityThe following listed hardware are known to work with all current Full Fibre services that we offer (assured
up to 1Gbps WAN performance), through all networks, such as those offered via
Openreach &
CityFibre.
Asus RT-AX88U
PFsense
TP-Link AX12
TP-Link AX23
TP-Link AX50 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link AX53 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link AX55
TP-Link AX55 Pro
(2.5Gbps WAN)TP-Link AX72
TP-Link AX72 Pro
(2.5Gbps WAN)TP-Link AX73
TP-Link AX90
TP-Link AX90
TP-Link AXE75
TP-Link BE230
(2.5Gbps WAN)TP-Link BE550
(2.5Gbps WAN)TP-Link Deco X60
UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
Partial CompatibilityThe following listed hardware are generally compatible with our full fibre services we offer, though in some cases reduced performance, features or network incompatibility maybe discovered.
Amazon Eero 6
Amazon Eero 6+
Amazon Eero Pro 6
Amazon Eero Pro 6E
Asus DSL-AC68U
Asus RT-AC58U
Asus RT-AC68U
Cisco Meraki MX68
D-Link DIR-842
Draytek 2762 Series (A maximum of 300Mbps due to firewall limits)
Draytek 2850 Series
Draytek 2860 Series
Draytek 2862 Series
Google Nest
Firewalla Gold Plus
Firewalla Gold SE (A maximum of 500Mbps due hardware limits)
Fritz!box 3490
Fritz!box 4040
Fritz!box 7530
Netgear D6200
Netgear D7000 (A maximum of 150Mbps due to hardware limits)
Netgear D7800
Synology MR2200ac
Synology RT2600ac
Tenda MW6
TP-Link A7 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link AX10 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link AX20 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link AX6000
TP-Link C2
TP-Link C6 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link C7 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link C50 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link C60 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link C64
TP-Link C80
TP-Link C1200 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link C2300
TP-Link C4000
TP-Link Deco X20
TP-Link Deco X20-DSL
TP-Link MR200
TP-Link MR400
TP-Link TL-WR940N
TP-Link VR400 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link VR600 -
Router Setup GuideTP-Link VR900 -
Router Setup GuideUbiquiti Edgerouter X
UniFi Express (A maximum of 500Mbps due hardware limits - PPPoE limits)
Zyxel SBG3300
Zyxel VMG3925-B10B
No CompatibilityThe following listed hardware are severely incompatible with full fibre services or massively outdated and therefore should be replaced.
Belkin F5D8631-4
BT HomeHub
BT SmartHub
Draytek 2600 Series
M.TK RT635
Netgear DGN2000 / N300
TP-Link TD-W8960N
TP-Link TD-W8960Nv4
Wavlink AC1200 (Wavlink units are extremely difficult to get working).
