new Draytek router troubles
That's great news ! 
In my opinion DrayTek's have the balance just right, for configuration flexibility while at the same time not over-complicating things.
I think what you have been through only seemed a bit of a faff, because you were swapping between two routers, and also you are using Windows PCs which don't like swapping between networks very much. Setting ANY router up would similarly involve knowing what to look for, and understanding what all the settings do, so what you have done is no more difficult than is typical. The only thing that caught us out was than WAN1 wasn't automatically enabled after going through the "Quick Start Wizard", but with the 2830n being a multi-WAN router that wasn't entirely unexpected.
I have probably owned, or configured, about fifteen models of routers, and to me the DrayTek's are by far the most logical to use, and would recommend them to everybody !.
A few things come to mind right now -
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I have a few more minor ideas to suggest, but need to read the handbook first, so will probably post any further ideas this evening.
So enjoy your new 2830n, use as many different internet activities as you can (web-browsing ,email, downloading, iPlayer, YouTube, etc) and check it all works as expected.
Quote from: smokeyone may I ask is this parr for the course with a Draytek - should I really have had these fun and games
In my opinion DrayTek's have the balance just right, for configuration flexibility while at the same time not over-complicating things.
I think what you have been through only seemed a bit of a faff, because you were swapping between two routers, and also you are using Windows PCs which don't like swapping between networks very much. Setting ANY router up would similarly involve knowing what to look for, and understanding what all the settings do, so what you have done is no more difficult than is typical. The only thing that caught us out was than WAN1 wasn't automatically enabled after going through the "Quick Start Wizard", but with the 2830n being a multi-WAN router that wasn't entirely unexpected.
I have probably owned, or configured, about fifteen models of routers, and to me the DrayTek's are by far the most logical to use, and would recommend them to everybody !.
Quote from: smokeyone Any other settings I need to think about or should I leave well enough alone.............
A few things come to mind right now -
- Try not to be switching the router off or rebooting the router too often now, as I notice your sync speed has started to drop slightly, which means the telephone exchange is unhappy with the recent disconnections. Once the router is left alone for perhaps a week or more, your speeds should automatically recover.
- Referring to the second picture in Reply #14, can you double check that you have set the "MTU" to 1492.
- If you haven't done it already, try putting your PC's network TCP properties back to their previous settings, which I'm guessing were DHCP automatic address allocation, etc.
- If you haven't already done it, make sure the WiFi settings on the 2830n have been set with a decent level of security (such as WPA2 with a strong password), and that you have chosen a non-default SSID so that work wireless network is easy to identify. Have a read of that section of the handbook for more help on the various wireless security settings.
- We never did get to the bottom of what firmware your router has loaded, or whether it would benefit from an update.
Can you post a screen shot of the page "System Maintenance" -> "System Status", which shows the firmware version.
From that I might be able to work backwards through the online firmware revision history and see which 2830n model that applies to, and therefore deduce if that firmware has been superseded.
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I have a few more minor ideas to suggest, but need to read the handbook first, so will probably post any further ideas this evening.
So enjoy your new 2830n, use as many different internet activities as you can (web-browsing ,email, downloading, iPlayer, YouTube, etc) and check it all works as expected.
