The Vigor 2926 series is our dual-Ethernet WAN firewall for load-balancing or failover. It's also a fully featured firewall, VPN concentrator and content filtering device.
This latest router series includes support for professional features such as VLAN tagging, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in wireless LAN (Vigor 2926n or Vigor 2926ac). An alternative WAN connectivity is by a USB 3G/4G/LTE cellular modem which can be your primary WAN feed, backup or load-balanced with your fixed line.
The Vigor 2926 series supports many professional features such as VLAN tagging, QoS (Quality of Service Assurance), High Availability, DNS Filter, Policy Based Routing, and User Access Control. Wired and Wireless models also include our new Hotspot features. If you deploy DrayTek Wireless Access Points, the Vigor 2926 can act as the Central Management Controller (click on any of those links for an explanation of each feature).
A 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch on the LAN side provides high speed connectivity for your server, other local PCs or for uplink to a larger Ethernet switch.
Comprehensive security features include content filtering, web application controls and an object based firewall management system. Port 5 is switchable with 'WAN2' to use it as an Ethernet WAN port instead of a LAN port*.
*requires f/w 3.8.8 or later, otherwise 5th Ethernet port is for WAN2 only.
If you need more ports, we have a complete range of gigabit Ethernet switches, or add a Vigor G1080 and USB cable for a self-powered combination (see right).
Need more ports? Add a G1080 switch.
Security is always taken seriously with DrayTek routers. The firewall protects against attacks including DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, IP-based attacks and access by unauthorised remote systems. Wireless, Ethernet and VPN are also protected by various protection systems.
The DrayTek object-based firewall allows even more setup flexibility than ever, enabling you to create combinations of users, rules and restrictions to suit multi-departmental organisations. The Vigor 2926 also allows selective direction firewall rules of LAN to WAN, WAN to LAN or LAN to LAN/VPN.
The Vigor 2926 series (along with most other DrayTek routers, Access points and switches) can be centrally managed by our VigorACS central management platform.
This scalable solution provides visibility, control and reporting of your entire DrayTek product estate, ideal for dealers/SIs manageing 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 Vigor 2926 features WAN connectivity via its two WAN Ethernet ports, two USB ports for connection of a compatible 3G/4G modem and Wireless WAN.
The ethernet ports can connect to DSL modems (e.g. Vigor 130), a cable modem or any other Ethernet-based Internet feed.
The multiple WAN interfaces can be used either for WAN-Backup or Load Balancing. Load-balancing or failover supports IPv4 only currently (not IPv6).
The Vigor 2926 makes use of two simultaneous WAN connections
WAN-Backup provides contingency (redundancy) in case of your primary Internet connection or ISP suffering temporary outage). Internet Traffic will be temporarily routed via the secondary Internet access. When normal services is restored to your primary Internet line, all traffic is switched back to that.
The USB port provides Internet connectivity (main, backup or load balanced) by connecting to a compatible USB modem (or cellphone) for access to the high speed 3G/4G/LTE cellular networks from UK providers such as Vodafone, O2, 3 and EE. If you don't have a wired Internet connection at all, the USB/3G/4G access method can be used as your primary/only Internet connection, ideal for temporary locations, mobile applications or where broadband access is not available.
Alternatively, if you will be making more regular use of 3G/4G/LTE, consider the Vigor 2862Ln model with its built-in cellular modem & SIM slot.
The content control features of the Vigor 2926 series 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.
Most commonly, your router will connect to the Internet via fixed line or cellular (3G/4G/LTE) but the wireless models of the Vigor 2926 series, such as the Vigor 2926ac can use a Wireless connection as its WAN (Internet) feed, using it either as a primary or backup Internet connection.
For instance, the Vigor 2926ac can connect to your mobile phones wireless hotspot facility and use that as an Internet connection, or load balancing it with wired connections.
Importantly, when using this feature, your own Wireless LAN still works - i.e. the wireless base facility provided to your laptops/phones/tablets by the Vigor router still works.
The RM1 Rackmount Bracket enables you to fit any Vigor 2926 series router into a standard 19" rack or cabinet.
The bracket takes up one rack slot (1U) and includes a cable retainer at the back to keep the power cord captive.
The front mounted sockets of the router remain fully accessible. For wireless models, we then recommend extension aerials (or aerial extensions).
The Vigor 2926 has built-in user management which allows you to provide conditional internet access to individual users.
Apply Time and Data usage quotas to different users, based on their own unique login, which is stored in the router, or on an external Radius server.
For full details of this feature, click here.
The Vigor 2926's USB port can also be used to add storage memory to the unit in the form of a USB memory key (as shown right).
The Vigor 2926 then provides FTP access file uploading/downloading which can be from the local LAN or from anywhere on the Internet - ideal for a simple to deploy file depository.
If you do have a USB memory key connected, you can also have the router save it's system logs (syslog) to that memory instead of to a connecting computer; useful for technical personnel (SysAdmins).
The Vigor 2926 supports IPv6 - the successor to the current IPv4 addressing system that has been used since the Internet was first created. IPv4 address space is full up and IPv6 allows for much more efficient routing and a larger address space. IPv6 is supported both from your own ISP, but if your ISP does not (yet) support IPv6, the Vigor 2926 also supports IPv6 broker/tunnel services to provide IPv6 access using either TSPC or AICCU via 3rd party IPv6 providers.
To learn all about IPv6, you can get our detailed guide to IPv6 here and you can view the IPv6 detailed support in the product specification tab.
A feature central to DrayTek routers is the VPN (Virtual Private Networking) features. A VPN enables you to link two remote offices, branch offices back to HQ or home-based/mobile teleworkers back to your office. 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.
The Vigor 2926 allows you to have up to 32 simultaneous VPN tunnels to remote offices or teleworkers. It supports all common industry standard protocols, encryption types and authentication methods (see specification tab for full support list). Teleworkers can authenticate directly with your LDAP server if preferred.
The Vigor 2926 supports VPN trunking; this allows you to create tunnels down muliple WAN connections to a remote site in order to increase bandwidth. VPN trunking also provides failover (backup) of your VPN route down a secondary WAN connection. You can learn more about DrayTek VPN here. Teleworkers can also use 2FA (Two factor authentication) such as MOTP.
The Vigor 2926 supports up to 25 DrayTek SSL VPN tunnel connections. These are encrypted tunnels linking your teleworkers or remote DrayTek Vigor routers back to your main office using SSL/TLS technology - the same encryption that you use for secure web sites such as your bank.
Site to site VPN tunnels can connect branch offices to a main office, with DrayTek SSL VPN encryption securing the connection between the two offices, a TLS encrypted HTTPS tunnel which can be more secure than PPTP, and easier to configure than an IPsec VPN tunnel.
Teleworkers can easily create a secure DrayTek SSL VPN tunnel to the DrayTek Vigor 2926 using the DrayTek Smart VPN Client app.
DrayTek Smart VPN Client is free and supports Windows OS, macOS, Apple iOS (iPad, iPhone) and Android. You can learn more about the DrayTek Smart VPN Client here.
DrayTek SSL VPN is simple to configure, providing a more secure alternative to the now obsolete Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP VPN); which has known weaknesses and is now considered to be insecure. Setup is similar to a PPTP VPN tunnel in that it authenticates with an SSL VPN Username and Password.
You can learn more about DrayTek SSL VPNs here.
The Vigor 2926ac supports simultaneous operation of the newer 5Ghz band as well as the more common 2.4Ghz band. The 5Ghz band is far less congested so if your PCs or other devices support the 5Ghz band, you can use that. The Vigor 2926ac operates both bands at the same time, so your devices can use either.
New in the Vigor 2926ac operating 802.11ac is support for MU-MIMO, TX Beam Forming, 1733Mb/s Link Rate and up to 4 spatial streams.
The Vigor 2926 Series wireless models provides several independent levels of security including encryption (up to WPA2), authentication (802.11x) and methods such as MAC address locking and DHCP fixing to restrict access to authorised users only. The Web interface lets you see how many and which clients are currently connected as well as their current bandwidth usage. An 'instant' block lets you disconnect a wireless user temporarily in case of query. The Wireless VLAN facility allows you to isolate wireless clients from each other or from the 'wired' LAN.
The Multiple SSID features enable you to have up to four distinct or common virtual wireless access points per wireless band. For example, you could have one for company usage, with access to your company LAN and another for public access which allows internet surfing only. Setting up wireless security is made easier thanks to the WPS feature (WiFi protected setup) whereby your client PC can get it's security keys by pressing a button on the front of the router.
For a comprehensive guest system, the Vigor 2926 supports DrayTek's hotspot web portal. There's also 'Airtime Fairness' to prevent individual users from using too much bandwidth and on the dual-band model, band-steeries tries to balance clients across both bands to reduce congestion.
For specialist or more demanding coverage applications, optional aerials can be used with the Vigor 2926 to potentially increase the range of wireless coverage (depending on environment) or provide directional coverage in order that your wireless transmission is focussed and concentrated into one direction only, for example into a room or across open space. With the increasing popularity of wireless LANs, you will want to choose the least congested wireless channel for yours so the Vigor can scan and provide a list of all devices in the vicinity so that you can choose the best channel (see screenshot below which shows an example in the 2.4Ghz band).
Vigor 2926 wireless models support WDS (Wireless Distribution System) which enables you to use the wireless capability to bridge to another network, within wireless range. You need an additional compatible wireless router for this. For further details, see here.
DrayTek Vigor router Central Switch Management provisions and monitors VigorSwitch switches through a DrayTek Vigor router, with profiles that can be applied to multiple switches and VLAN configuration all handled within the router.
This can simplify the setup of multiple subnets and VLANs, without needing in-depth knowledge of VLAN tagging and reduces setup time, with the time consuming step of configuring VLANs for each port handled by the router instead.
The Switch Hierarchy view provides a visual overview of interconnections between DrayTek VigorSwitch switches with the devices connected to each LAN port:
Switch Management profiles can be used configure schedules to enable or disable ports (including PoE) and set bandwidth limits for the ports. Descriptive names can be configured on the router which can be seen from the Switch Hierarchy view:
VLAN configuration of a VigorSwitch can be provisioned from the DrayTek Vigor router, with the router automatically configuring the Uplink port and being aware of the VLAN tags that the Vigor router and the connected LAN port have available:
The Vigor 2926 Series comes in several different models depending on the wireless or VoIP support /features required. Please double check when ordering that you have selected the correct product and a product intended for the correct region/network.
The EAN is a barcode number which identifies the unique specific product type. It is separate to the product serial number which is unique to each product. The EAN will also appear on your product box when you receive it so you can double check that you have been sent the right product.
These product codes are for UK/Irish products only. Please check with your local DrayTek office for the correct part nos. for your region if you are not in the UK/IE to ensure that you get the correct hardware and local support/warranty.
Product Code | EAN | Product Description | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
V2926-K | 4712909122924 | Vigor 2926 (UK Version) | |
V2926N-K | 4712909123020 | Vigor 2926n (UK Version) | 802.11n Wireless |
V2926AC-K | 4712909123129 | Vigor 2926ac (UK Version) | 802.11ac Wireless |
WAN1 and WAN2 on the Vigor 2926 are Ethernet ports to which you can connect any Ethernet Internet feed. To connect ADSL/VDSL connections to the router, the DrayTek Vigor 130 DSL modem can bridge ADSL2+ / VDSL2 connections to the Vigor 2926's Ethernet WAN interface(s).
When the Vigor 2926 is used with the Vigor 130, the Vigor 2926 can report the DSL line statistics from the Vigor 130 through the Vigor 2926's web interface.
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