Routers with Gigafast Fttp

[ShaunC85]

have an engineer installing Gigafast on the 7th October. Do I stick with the new router they supply? I have an Asus ax3000 that im sure has a wan port. I've also read that Sky do another router at £3 a month for gigafast? 

any advice @TimmyBGood 

[cookiemonsteruk]

@ShaunC85 

Have you or do you sky q with more than 1 mini box . 

The standard hub for fttp is the sky max hub although the asus should work well directly connecte the ont

[TimmyBGood]

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@ShaunC85 wrote:

I've also read that Sky do another router at £3 a month for gigafast?  

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You'd receive the Max Hub by default with a new FTTP order: the additional monthly cost is for the optional WiFi Max service.

[ShaunC85]

I have sky Q but no mini box anymore. Is the sky max hub sufficient or shall I use my own? I'm a gamer in a busy household, by busy I mean mrs and 3 children

[jamesn123]

@ShaunC85 

For someone who has a busy household & games I would always recommend going towards the route of a 3rd party router.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@ShaunC85 

I upgraded to full fibre last week and it appears i still can't get sky sky max due to sky q main showing on my account even though i am stream now. So would recommend the asus for its adaptive qos and prioritisation.  The sky max seems to have a packet prioritisation but appears to be cloud based so not much feedback to enable us to give advice

[TimmyBGood]

@ShaunC85 

One point to consider is that without the Max Hub as the primary router you cannot have 'landline' telephone calls.

[ShaunC85]

Right guys Gigafast all installed as of yesterday. Is it straight forward plug the ASUS ax3000 into the new Onit and away we go or do I need to mess with stuff? Also shall I try it today or give it a few days? 

[Chrisee]

@ShaunC85 if you doasearch of the forum you will find pictures of the srttings you nedd to change on your Asus router.