The Vigor 2766 is a G.Fast, VDSL or Ethernet WAN router with Gigabit performance, allowing you to make full use of DrayTek’s advanced feature set, with Quality of Service, VPN and Content Filtering. Connect the Vigor 2766 to Superfast Fibre with its integrated G.Fast and VDSL modem. Or connect to VirginMedia Cable and Ultrafast FTTP with Ethernet WAN.

Either connection, or a 4G USB modem can be used as the primary or Failover connections, so that if the main Internet connection goes down, the Vigor 2766 can use its backup connections to guarantee reliable Internet access and VPN connectivity.

The Vigor 2766ax provides 4 Gigabit LAN ports for wired links to Computers, Servers and Network Attached Storage.

4 LAN subnets and VLANs allow the Vigor 2766 to provide a guest network fully separate from internal network data. Or any other configuration that can use 4 subnets, whether that’s 4 wireless networks with different IP ranges, or a separate LAN subnet for printers and server. Each network can have its own Content Filtering, Firewall, Quality of Service and Route Policy configurations.

The router has full support for 802.1Q VLAN tagging, so that these subnets can be passed to other devices that support VLAN tags, such as the DrayTek VigorSwitch G1080 8-port switch, for additional network ports.

The Wireless LAN also links to these VLANs, making the same Guest & Private networks possible simply using different wireless SSIDs. Or connect up a DrayTek VigorAP wireless access point, such as the VigorAP 906 to do the same, spanning the router’s own wireless and any connected wireless APs.

Supporting up to 2 concurrently active VPN tunnels and 150 Mbps of IPsec VPN throughput, the Vigor 2766 series is ideal as a branch-office or home-office router, to connect with a head office router such as the Vigor 3910.

Once connected, they have access to your office/remote resources through a secure encrypted tunnel allowing remote desktop, file sharing and seamless access to other resources and devices.

A typical requirement for connecting a VPN tunnel between two points is that the VPN server must be directly accessible on the public Internet. Sometimes this can be achieved with NAT Port Forwarding if the router is located behind another router, but if the router is connected to 4G Mobile Broadband or is behind Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT), connecting to that VPN server may be impossible.

DrayTek’s new VPN Matcher service helps DrayTek routers behind NAT to allow Dial-In Teleworkers to connect, or connect two DrayTek VPN routers that are behind NAT and could not normally establish a VPN tunnel.

Connect an OpenVPN Teleworker to a DrayTek router behind NAT

Connect two DrayTek router’s behind NAT with a LAN-to-LAN VPN

The Vigor 2766 series can be centrally managed along with VigorAP’s and switches, with the VigorACS central management platform.

This scalable solution provides visibility, control and reporting of your entire DrayTek product estate, ideal for dealers/SIs managing customers’ devices or any user who wants to know what’s going on with their devices. VigorACS also provides features like automated/bulk firmware updates, VPN management and alarms for connectivity or other issues.

For full details of VigorACS, click here.

The content control features of the Vigor 2766 allow you to set restrictions on web site access, blocking download of certain file or data types, blocking specific web sites with whitelists or blacklists, blocking IM/P2P applications or other potentially harmful or wasteful content. Restrictions can be per user, per PC or universal and according to time schedules.

Content filtering can also block sites using HTTPS/SSL where URLs are encrypted (and normal routers cannot block).

Using the GlobalView service, you can block whole categories of web sites (e.g. gambling, adult sites etc.), subject to an annual subscription, which is continuously updated with new or changed site categorisations or sites which have become compromised (such as infected with Malware). A free 30-day trial is included with your new router.

Prioritise latency-sensitive applications on your network with Quality of Service.

App QoS simplifies setting up Quality of Service significantly, simply select which applications or services to prioritise, such as Zoom and Skype.

Use 4 separate queues to give priority to servers & PCs (IP address), services such as VoIP or DNS, or packet tagging used by IP phones with 802.1p and DSCP support

Auto Voice VLAN allows the router to automatically prioritise VoIP calls as they pass through the router without additional configuration.

Control throughput with Bandwidth Limit, by setting speed limits for all clients individually, groups of IPs, or a shared bandwidth limit for a whole subnet, such as a Guest network.

The Vigor 2766 can manage and aid in setting up VigorAP access points, connected locally to the router. This enables you to centrally control, manage and administer multiple AP devices installed around your home or office, through the router’s web interface for local or remote setup:

• Monitor Status information
• View Traffic Graphs
• Provision Wireless Configurations (with Auto Provisioning)
• Manage Access Control Lists (blacklist / whitelist for wireless client MAC addresses)
• Track the usage of each AP over time
• View Event Logs
• View Temperature Sensor graphs
• Load Balance APs – automatically move clients off of busy access points onto nearby, less busy access points
• Backup and restore AP configurations
• Perform VigorAP firmware upgrades remotely through the router

The DrayTek router operating as the wireless controller can provision both DrayTek VigorAP access points and its own Wireless LAN settings with Central AP Management profiles configured on the router, with an option to Auto Provision – auto configuring newly installed VigorAP access points with the Auto Provisioning profile, upon initial connection to the DrayTek Vigor router’s network.