Fibre Routers from ISPs

Jacques du Rand 2020-04-20


The WiFi router is the lifeblood of your home network and the starting point of a great Internet experience. If your house is on the small size, let say less than 150 m^2, and you’re running less than 50Mbps line, you should be more than ok with the 'router' your ISP has provided. Also as seen here, most of the time you don't need anything more.

It is also worth mentioning that you don't need a "special fibre router" apart from the ONT/CPE device that is supplied from the fibre network. All you need is a wifi router with a WAN port.

Should you have a bigger household lets say three or more people and want the absolute best experience, you can definitely upgrade to one of the better routers. Look out for our "Best Fibre Router" according to the Internet. Here is a list of the most common routers supplied by the ISPs. This is by no means a complete list and some of these are also dependent on which fibre network you are signed up with. The list is taken from the recent MyBroadband forum discussion link

AC1200 DIR 825

Used by ISP

Afrihost

Specifications

Brand DLink
Model DIR 825
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed Up to 1200 Mbps
Default Login admin / password
Gateway 192.168.1.1

TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750

Used by ISP

WebAfrica

Specifications

Brand TP-Link
Model AC1750 C7
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed 5GHz: Up to 1300Mbps 2.4GHz: Up to 450Mbps
Default Login admin / admin
Gateway 192.168.0.1

Tenda AC6 AC1200

Used by ISP

Home-Connect

Specifications

Brand Tenda
Model AC6 AC1200
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed 5GHz: Up to 867Mbps 2.4GHz: Up to 300Mbps
Default Login <blank> / </blank>
Gateway 192.168.0.1

TP-Link Archer AC750 C2 Dual GigabitXX

Used by ISP

RsaWeb

RocketNet

Specifications

Brand TP-Link
Model Archer AC750 C2
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed 5GHz: Up to 433Mbps,2.4GHz: Up to 300Mbps
Default Login admin / admin
Gateway 192.168.1.1

ZyXEL AMG1302-T11C

Used by ISP

MWeb

Axxess

Specifications

Brand ZyXEL
Model AMG1302-T11C
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed Up to 300 Mbps
Default Login admin / 1234
Gateway 192.168.1.1

TP-Link Archer AC750 C20

Used by ISP

RSAWeb

WebAfrica

Specifications

Brand TP-Link
Model AC750 Archer C20
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed 5GHz: Up to 433Mbps 2.4GHz: Up to 300Mbps
Default Login admin / admin
Gateway 192.168.0.1

TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N Router

Used by ISP

Cool Ideas

Specifications

Brand TP-Link
Model TL-WR840N
Bands 2.4Ghz
Speed 11n Up to 300Mbps 11g Up to 54Mbps
Default Login admin / admin
Gateway 192.168.0.1

Zyxel SBG3300-N Series

Used by ISP

Telkom

Specifications

Brand Zyxel
Model SBG3300-N Series
Bands 2.4Ghz
Speed 11n Up to 300Mbps 11g Up to 54Mbps
Default Login admin / 1234
Gateway 192.168.1.1

Mikrotik hAP ac Lite

Used by ISP

Vox

Specifications

Brand Mikrotik
Model hAP ac lite / RB952Ui-5ac2nD
Bands 2.4Ghz,5Ghz
Speed Up to 300Mbps
Default Login admin / <blank>
Gateway 192.168.88.1