The vmg1312-b10d has only 100mps lan ports

The vmg3925-b10b has 1000mpbs lan ports

Will the 3925 work with Vodafone vdsl2 which has vlan tagging 101?

If your sync is 40 Mbps then 100 Mbps LAN port is not a limit at all compared to 1000 Mbps.

The 1312 does VLAN tagging, not used a 3925 and not checked chipsets either.

Remind me to sell you some stuff in a PC store one day, I'm sure a £1000 graphics card will help.

If members could just answer the questions factually, that would really help, that is all i need. Thank you

ADSL connecting at 14mbps and can stream 1080p over WIFI with no issues using a BT3 hub as an additional AP.

Haven't got a 4K TV, so can't test, but not a great deal of true 4K content available anyway.

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If members could just answer the questions factually, that would really help, that is all i need. Thank you

We are answering your questions factually. As one person has said their HomeHub 3 can handle full HD streaming, this has 64gb ram. Why you are taking no advice, bolstering ahead burning money, and acting like everyone's wrong is literally baffling me. If you are so sure you are right, (which indeed you are not, you do not need 512mb ram on a router to play online video), I am unsure why even post.

I restate, you do not need to spend this amount of money nor did the Netgear need replacing. It was already one of the best routers on the market and can handle 32+ devices wireless and 64 wired. Fact.

Factually speaking, you are spending hundreds of pounds and I see little evidence that this would indeed be the purpose of your issues.

To put things into perspective, in a university dorm which had 9 rooms we installed 1 Aruba 105 per corridor, which has 128mb ram.

We typically saw 36 devices per dorm connected in, ie 4 per room. Average usage per person was quoted at over 100gb per user when we did the install, this was on some older wireless G APs which we changed out 3 years ago. I know the current APs are still used today, but worth noting the G points supported 100GB usage per user (or room) ie 900Gb usage per month, in each dorm. So 1 AP on wireless G almost pulled 1TB a month. Remember students don't have TVs or want to pay for tv license, they stream everything.

For a lecture theatre seating 400 people we had 3 Aruba 105s.

For these APs they only got restarts for vendor security updates and often remained online 3+ solid months.

The London Underground subway at each tube stop is a Cisco 3600, with 256Mb ram. A jubillee line transports over 900 passengers, plenty of stations have 1 AP per platform. The network profile now automatically connects o2, virginmedia, vodafone, ee and 3 customers (it comes with your settings from the network to connect to the masts, no self setup required). Anyone with one of these networks is going into that AP. We still often see 80Mbps+ on a speedtest. Typically they take on multiple 100s of passengers as trains come in and out. At peak load users take longer to authenticate in, that is all.

You are way out with the declaration 512mb+ is required. It's basically like saying you need a double decker bus to transport one person to the corner shop.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Mon 29-Jan-18 17:04:36)

I have used a Netgear D7000 router for a long while. It is one of the more stable integrated modem/routers I have used/tested and was rock solid on sync.

It easily coped with 80Mb/s internet and 4K streaming, and WiFi was good overall - I wouldn't spend any more money on kit.

My broadband however is delivered by Vodafone (BTw) resold by Origin and there has been a steady increase in congestion over the last 10 months and woudl be my punt as the key culprit.

Is your video via wifi or a wired connection?

I use a Zyxel VMG8924-B10A bought 2nd hand on ebay. for my Vodafone 38Mbps service.

The router connects at 40Mbps downstream. In general I can stream HD video to a wired device.

I use a DM200 in its router mode.

100Mbit port.

it's solid for me can't go faster than 80 anyway on VDSL for me.


I also own a Zyxel VMG8924 which can run in bridge mode 1gbit ports.


Both run solid no complaints.

Just like to confirm , to members who provided some good tips and info, insight and advice, that regrettably I have to inform you that the change of router/modem has fully corrected the problem. So it appears that none of the CDN, "overpowerd router", "waste of money", /etcetc "stuff" was the root cause or valid assertions. They cant be, by vitue of the fact that the problem has now been fixed through a modem/router upgrade.

I now have installed an EchoLife HG612 Rev 3 VDSL modem, in concert with a linksys WRT3200ACM router. Perfect and flawless. My major observation is on the Router, and the increase in CPU speed from 400MHZ dual core to 1.8GHZ dual core , plus increase from 128MB DDR2 to 512MB DDR3, and significant reduction in buffering and lost packets in router stats. This, is i belive was the improvement needed.

Sorry guys, but that is how it is. So in future, perhaps recommending or at least suggesting analysis of modem/router combo, is ONE of a set of valid response you may care to provide, to these sorts of problems logged on the forum

Edited by deleted (Mon 05-Feb-18 13:26:53)

It may not have been your new expensive device that has cured your issue. Maybe a cheap one would have cured it anyway. Who can say, did you try a cheaper alternative?