Recommend me a router with decent firewall for fibre upgrade (or parental controls?)
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Recommend me a router with decent firewall for fibre upgrade (or parental controls?)
23-06-2021 8:39 PM
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Hi,
currently on plusnet adsl unlimited using a tp-link TD-W9970 as my modem/router
Its pretty solid and has a nice firewall built in e.g.
you add hosts, like "daughters phone" (either by IP or MAC address)
then you add schedules e.g. "kids": 6pm-8pm mon-fri, 5pm-9pm sat 7pm-8pm sun
finally you add rules e.g. allow "daughter's phone" on "kids" schedule.
Works well to control kids internet usage
Now looking at upgrading to plusnet fibre package but I guess the default router you get won't have anything like that kind of firewall built in ?
So what are my options, e.g. can you recommend me a router with decent firewall that works with plusnet fibre?
Or is there another solution e.g. maybe there are some parental controls plusnet offer that I don't know about ?
Thanks
Nick
Re: Recommend me a router with decent firewall for fibre upgrade (or parental controls?)
23-06-2021 9:21 PM
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Your 9970 is VDSL and ADSL, so you could just carry on using that.
The PN Hub1 will have better WiFi speeds, but I don't beleive you have that level of access control.
Re: Recommend me a router with decent firewall for fibre upgrade (or parental controls?)
28-06-2021 8:04 PM
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Ah, ok so you're sure it will work with fibre ?
I have the older version 2
https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/dsl-modem-router/td-w9970/v2/
I'm sure I looked at this last year and it wasn't supported but I can't remember why.
Re: Recommend me a router with decent firewall for fibre upgrade (or parental controls?)
28-06-2021 9:02 PM
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It is a VDSL/ADSL router, there seem to be a few on here who use it, some in modem only mode. VDSL is what yo need for FTTC.
Compared to newer devices it’s Wifi is pretty slow though.
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