Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
- Class-leading multi-provider VoIP implementation support standard handsets
- Extremely robust configurable firewall inc. VPN
- 802.11n MIMO wi-fi with multiple SSIDs
- Fail-over/load sharing to 2nd WAN inc. 3G mobile phone/modem
- optional rack-mount kit
Featuring 802.11n wireless, powerful firewall, full Voice-over-IP support (the best in the business!), professional VPN facilities and much more, the Vigor 2820VN is the top model in Draytek’s 2820 range. These models have won award after award for performance and reliability.
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(out of 7 reviews)
Price: £186.00
Review by Mr. P. H. Shearing for Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
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This unit offers a huge number of advanced networking options. The built-in firewall gives protection against a plethora of attacks. There is support for VOIP, VPN, ADSL/2+, remote access from the internet, DHCP etc. It supports internal routing as well as NAT (native address translation) so that you can set up you own web-servers on local (internal) addresses (more secure) and run them over your broadband connection (unlike the standard BT Home/Business hubs). It also allows communication with Dynamic DNS sites so that you can support this even if your ISP allocates you a dynamic (changing) IP address.
Much stronger wireless signal than my old single-antenna wireless router.
It’s all configurable from a browser and can be accessed for management securely over the web if required.
Recommended if you need a good firewall with all the bells and whistles and you know what you are doing – I handed it to my tame network guru to set it all up and it works really well. If you want quality you have to be prepared to pay a bit more. Recommended.
Review by Mr. R. Burnikell for Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
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I have been continually frustrated by my previous £100ish Netgear, BT, Zoom, etc modems over the years. As an advanced user I wanted full control of port redirection with IP access blocking/unlocking, proper QoS I could fully configure at port and IP level for load balancing several PC’s and devices on my home network, Syslog, email alerts, VPN endpoint, loopback, and more.
After doing lots of research my prayers were answered when I bought this 2820Vn. It does everything I wanted and lots, lots more! It produces very useful graphs, including network traffic and QoS balancing, helping you to fine tune settings. It also has the ability to support two WAN connections, create multiples Wi-Fi networks, and loads of other stuff I don’t use. If you have previously been frustrated by the lack of functionality in your £100ish standard modems, then this could be the modem for you, I can’t think of a reason why it wouldn’t be! I’m a very fussy buyer and user, so I don’t give 5 stars lightly, but this product deserves it.
Review by Tim for Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
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I bought the 2820n because I wanted to do on-line gaming, without compromising the security of my PC. The only way to do that is with a fast router providing a hardware firewall. If you read the specs, the 2820n firewall is rated at 50mb/s. Thats actually quite high for the price point, and is business class performance. Cheap home routers can be in single figure mb/s, which generally the vendors do not like to disclose, citing instead 10/100/1000, wireless g/n, features, where the speeds quoted will never in fact be realised when accessing the external internet, because the firewall throughout is the limiting factor. Also, many hacking attacks these days rely upon sending so many requests, the firewall can’t keep up. In this case, even a good SPI firewall, still needs processing power to be effective. The Draytek also detects such flood types of attack, and automatically drops packets. Having used the 2820n, I can vouch that on-line gaming is indeed possible, without major lag. The performance comes from the Infineon Danube chipset, with Dual MIPS 24KEc @ 333MHz. The router has processing power until a few years ago only found in Desktop PCs. I would say this is a connoisseur’s choice of home router. If you want low lag premium home networking, this device delivers.
Review by YAOWO for Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
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These routers are brilliant – do exactly what their product description promises – especially like the ability to set up 2 lines to the outside world (eg adsl and cable or even 3G mobile) so that it can seperate voice (VOIP) and data and / or provide a fail-over connection (ie if one line fails the other takes over). We have one in our SME main office running all our phones (by VOIP) and our PC network (data) via cable but it can run all via either line if one line fails. We also have a a branch office and 5 home-workers connected by VPN. Configuration screen is excellent and their support team are the best we have experienced from any hardware vendor.
Review by Mr. P. HAIGH for Draytek Vigor 2820Vn – Wireless router + 4-port switch – VoIP phone adapter – DSL – Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) – external
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The Vigor 2820VN is a sophisticated router offering many advanced features. I bought it because I wanted a particular feature – VPN – in addition to the features I had in my existing ADSL router.
Where to start? The ADSL modem is easily configured and I had it up and running with my ISP almost straight away. The Vigor also offers alternative ways of connecting – it is possible to use a 3G USB modem (I’ve not tried this yet) or an alternative internet connection fed through an RJ45 network connection (but not both together). This can be configured to load balance traffic between the ADSL modem and the alternative connection.
The built-in firewall is highly configurable and something I’ve not delved into yet. Likewise NAT and VLAN – yes, the router supports up to four VLANs.
The router supports DHCP and IP address reservation by MAC address, although unlike most cheaper routers it is not able to store names with the MAC addresses, and this is a bit frustrating. It’s possible to lock out machines not in the IP reservation list, or to allow them to use a fixed IP or acquire an address through DHCP.
The next main feature I’m using on this router is the WiFi connectivity. The Vigor can run up to four WIFI networks concurrently with different SIDs, security and passwords. A very nice feature I’ve not found in any other WiFi router. These networks can be configured to be isolated from each other, and from the machines connected to the wired four port hub built in to the router. Very sophisticated, and it means that you can have a secure wireless network as well as a ‘guest’ network that has internet access but is isolated from your own machines. You can also bridge to another WiFi network – and again that can be isolated from the others you are running. The WiFi signal is also much stronger than your average router.
Draytek sell directional aerials for large open plan areas and longer range building-to-building network bridging.
The third main feature I’m using is the VPN. This was refreshingly easy to set up; the router has a table of VPN users. You can create and delete users, selectively enable or disable them, select which protocols they can use to authenticate… I had a VPN user configured and tested in a couple of minutes. Vigor provides VPN software for Windows and the Mac VPN client also works with this router, so there are no additional software licencing costs.
There have been a couple of issues with the router. After a few days it wouldn’t hold a WiFi connection but a firmware upgrade fixed that. Not sure why the problem didn’t show up straight away. Also, the router doesn’t play well with my Netgear WGPS606 (a wireless hub and USB printer server) and I’ve had to hard-wire the IP addresses of machines connect to it. This is a very frustrating problem and I’ve not been able to establish what is going wrong. I’ve established a set-up that works – just – but it is irritating, the ’606 has to be power cycled from time to time, and print jobs occasionally timed out – behaviour that wasn’t present wen it was connected to a WiFI network run from a Netgear DG834G
There are yet more features I’ve not covered here – the unit also supports digital telephones so you can route calls over the network; if you have two units you can set up a VPN connection over the internet between the two – creating a wide area network.
On the whole the product is worth the cost if you need any of the less common features – VPN, multiple WiFi networks, network isolation, a seamless backup connection to the internet, WAN functionality on a budget. A warning though – this is a complex beast to configure. You need prior experience of network configuration. And if you are connecting WiFi equipment – extenders, print servers etc, do some research first to ensure that the Vigor will play nicely with them.