topic TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre? in My Router

TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:07:38 GMT

With the pending change of the BT phone lines I intend to switch to Full fibre 145.

Will my current TP link VR400 router be suitable?

If not any suggestions for one that is, or do Plusnet supply a router with the new contract?

Paul

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

jab1 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:13:58 GMT

Your VR400 appears to be suitable for FTTP.

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

Dan_the_Van — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:25:13 GMT

The VR400 would need to be set to 'wireless router mode' with the internet connection set to PPPoE

Broadband username or login name - yourusername@plusdsl.net
Connection type or encapsulation - PPPoE Always On
Password - The password you use for the members centre.
CHAP authentication.
IMPORTANT - NO VLAN is required.

~~LAN1~~ port becomes the WAN port. **correction LAN4 is the WAN port**

Let me know if you need to know anything else.

Edit: the above is for a VR400 V3

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:18:23 GMT

Just in the process of booking an upgrade to full fibre 900, PN are offering a Hub 2 for the cost of postage.

Which would be better, my existing VR400 or a hub 2 -- or do I need a hub 2 with my VR400?

I'm a bit lost on fibre

Paul

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

mystreet1 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:24:09 GMT

Take the hub2, always good to have a backup and for PN to do any testing if required.

Just your existing router as described above.

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

jab1 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:25:31 GMT

@paulgul I woulld accept the Hub2, but you can continue to use your current router. In the unlikely event that you have connection issues, PN (BT) support can only really do fault-finding with the Hub in use.

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

Dan_the_Van — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:05:29 GMT

@paulgul
sadly the VR400 will limit the performance of Full Fibre 900.
If you want to stick with a TP-Link device I can recommend a AX53.

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:40:20 GMT

@Dan_the_Van

Oh ok. What sort of speed will I get using the VR400?

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

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Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

Dan_the_Van — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:59:15 GMT

@paulgul

I'm not saying it won't work, but you have to be aware the VR400 is primarily a xDSL modem router, so for speeds up to 80 Mbps is was fine.

Due to the cpu it has it may max out on faster Full Fibre connections like 900 Mbps and not deliver the full speed, where as 300 Mbps would be possible be the max it can handle. NAT boost might help be there is no guarantee.

WiFi through would also be limited to around 300 Mbps, but the Hub two would be the same as both devices are WiFi 5.

I'd say it (VR400) would struggle with a busy house.

Amazon have some Prime day deals on TP-Link and Mercusys (part of TP-Link) routers,.

Ask 'Rufus' "recommend a router for openreach full fibre 900"

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

njay — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:48:49 GMT

Is your vr400 v2 or v3 as there is quite a hardware difference (v2 only 1 gigabit port and 3x10/100ports whereas v3 is 4x gigabit ports and even has a different cpu) between them

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:15:18 GMT

@njay

It's v3

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:21:13 GMT

@Dan_the_Van

Just looked on Amazon, the AX53 looks a good deal at the mo, I might go for that

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

Dan_the_Van — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:20:28 GMT

@paulgul

TP-Link provide an emulator for a range of their routers see here for the AX53 It's shows the internet connections using a Dynamic IP address rather than PPPoE.

If you have any One Mesh units with your VR400 they will still work.

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:34:30 GMT

Just thought I would wind this thread up by saying the conversion to fibre went well this afternoon

With my VR400 I'm getting 870Mbps down and 107Mbps up

Very satisfied with how it all went - good communication from both Plusnet and Opernreach

Paul

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

Dan_the_Van — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:44:20 GMT

@paulgul

Thanks for the update; I image thats the result of a wired speedtest. How is the WiFi performanace?

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

paulgul — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:13:41 GMT

Correct, I just tried WiFi, 75mpbs but that's sat out in the garden some distance from the router.

Most of my use is wired, all my computers and TV are wired, so WiFi speed doesn't worry me so long as I have a connection.

I might try the hub 2 one day but at least I have it as a backup.

My tablet and phone are on the older side so I doubt if they would support WiFi 6

Re: TP Link VR400 suitable for full fibre?

Dan_the_Van — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:29:23 GMT

I used a VR400 v3 in preferrence to a Hub One for improved wireless performance.

On paper the Hub Two Wifi should be better, but you can not split the WiFi band names which is helpful for some older 2.4GHz only device. I prefer to use 3rd party routers to give me configuration flexablity.

Also the VR400 has VPN server which can be handy connecting to your hoem network remotely.

The in the garden WiFi speed of 75 Mbps would probley be a 2.4GHz connection, that would like be the maximum speed for that band.