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title: "DrayTek Vigor login, reboot, firmware upgrades and UPnP: a practical guide"
url: "https://kilobat.app/routers/draytek-vigor"
description: "Sign in to a DrayTek Vigor router at 192.168.1.1, reboot or schedule a reboot, upgrade the firmware, set up UPnP and QoS, and read the syslog."
---

Router · DrayTek

# DrayTek Vigor login, reboot, firmware upgrades and UPnP

DrayTek Vigor routers are business-grade DSL, fibre and Wi-Fi routers, popular with small offices and enthusiasts, especially in the UK and Europe. You manage them in a browser at `192.168.1.1`.

DrayTek Vigor

Sign in

`192.168.1.1`

App

DrayTek Router app

Password

Retail Vigor routers use the factory credentials below until you change them. On a router supplied by an internet provider the credentials may differ, so ask the provider.

Models

Vigor2865 series, Vigor2927 series, Vigor2136 series, Vigor2766 series, Vigor2862 series

**Checked 1 November 2026.** Vigor routers running DrayOS (for example the Vigor2865 and Vigor2927 series), with notes for DrayOS 5 models such as the Vigor2136, whose menus differ; paths as DrayTek’s knowledge base gives them in 2026. Routers supplied by an internet provider may use other credentials.

## Sign in to the DrayTek Vigor

**Factory default.** User name `admin`, password `admin`. DrayTek says older models may use `admin` with a blank password, both blank, or `draytek` / `1234`. Change the password straight after signing in.

1. Connect your Mac to a LAN port on the router with an Ethernet cable.
2. Make sure the Mac gets its address automatically (DHCP), or uses one in `192.168.1.0/24`.
3. Open `192.168.1.1` in your browser.
4. Enter the user name and password, and sign in.

If the page doesn’t open, check that the LAN port light flashes and that `192.168.1.1` is still your router address. If someone changed the web port under **System Maintenance › Management**, add it after a colon, such as `http://192.168.1.1:8000`.

## Restart it properly

1. Sign in and open **System Maintenance › Reboot System**.
2. Leave **Using factory default configuration** unselected, so your settings are kept.
3. Click **Reboot Now** and wait for the router to come back.

A rebooted router clears its uptime counter, shown under **Online Status › Physical Connection**.

### Schedule a restart

1. Check the clock under **System Maintenance › Time and Date**.
2. Open **Applications › Schedule**, pick an index and tick **Enable Schedule Setup**.
3. Set the start date and time, set **Duration Time** to `0:0`, and pick the days.
4. In **System Maintenance › Reboot System**, apply that schedule under **Auto Reboot Time Schedule** and click **OK**.

On DrayOS 5 models, create the profile under **Configuration › Objects › Schedule**. Then turn on **Enable Auto Reboot Schedule** under **System Maintenance › System Reboot**.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat Pro’s [router check-up](https://kilobat.app/docs/home-network#router-checkup) learns how fast this router usually answers, says when a restart is due, and checks the next day whether it helped.

## Update the firmware

1. Download the firmware for your exact model; DSL models offer STD and VECTOR versions and modem codes.
2. Sign in and open **System Maintenance › Firmware Upgrade**.
3. Select the `.all` file (keeps your settings) and click **Upgrade**.
4. When it finishes, click **Restart**.

An `.rst` file upgrades and resets the router to factory settings, so back up your configuration first. Don’t use `.ota` files by hand: they are for the router’s automatic upgrade.

## See connected devices

1. Sign in and open **Diagnostics › DHCP Table**.
2. Read the IP address handed to each device and its MAC address.
3. To reserve an address, open **LAN › Bind IP to MAC**, select **Enable** and add the device to the **IP Bind List**.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat’s [new-device alerts](https://kilobat.app/docs/home-network#new-devices) tell you when a device you haven’t seen joins your home Wi-Fi. **Tools › Devices** lists what answers on the network, and you can name each one.

## UPnP and port forwarding

Vigor routers support UPnP. With it on, the router accepts port requests from LAN devices and opens the ports automatically.

1. Sign in and open **Applications › UPnP**.
2. Tick **Enable UPnP Service**.
3. Select the WAN interface for UPnP.
4. Tick **Enable Connection Control Service** if devices need ports opened through NAT.
5. Click **OK**.

UPnP lets any program on your LAN open ports to the internet without asking, which malware can abuse too. Turn on only what you need: without Connection Control the service runs for the LAN only. You can list the ports UPnP opened with the `upnp nat` command over Telnet.

### NAT-PMP

DrayTek’s knowledge base documents UPnP, port redirection and open ports, not NAT-PMP.

**Kilobat can help.** On supported routers, Kilobat’s [call reports](https://kilobat.app/video-calls) can read available traffic counters, read-only, to identify another device that was busy when a call froze. Correlation does not prove the cause. Kilobat never opens ports.

## Prioritise calls and gaming

Vigor routers have class-based QoS with three classes plus “Other”; DrayOS 5 models have four and can sort traffic by application.

1. Run a speed test to find your real download and upload speeds.
2. Open **Bandwidth Management › Quality of Service**, select the WAN and enter **Inbound** and **Outbound** speeds.
3. Click **Add**, tick **Enable** and set a class rule, for example by IP address or port.
4. Enter the percentage of bandwidth for each class and click **OK**.

QoS can’t work well if the bandwidth you enter is wrong. On DrayOS 5, the settings are under **Configuration › Bandwidth Management › QoS Setup**. Click **Status** to see each class’s usage.

**Kilobat can help.** Run Kilobat’s [stutter test](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/test-call-stutter) before and after you change priorities, to see whether calls really got smoother.

## 2.4 and 5 GHz, and the channel

On Wi-Fi models, giving the 2.4 and 5 GHz networks the same name and password lets band steering move capable devices to 5 GHz.

1. Open **Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)** and **Wireless LAN (5GHz)** and set the SSIDs you want.
2. For one name, use the same SSID and password on both bands.
3. Then tick **Enable Band Steering** under **Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) › Band Steering**.

### Change the channel

1. Run **AP Discovery** and check **Statistics** for the recommended channel.
2. Open **Wireless LAN › General Setup** and choose the channel.
3. If interference is heavy, set **Channel Bandwidth** to 20 MHz under **Wireless LAN › Advanced Setting**.

Clients on differently named 2.4 and 5 GHz networks can’t reach each other unless you untick **Isolate 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands** under **Wireless LAN › Advanced Setup**.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat shows which band and channel your Mac is on, and `kilobat channels` suggests the least crowded channel. More in [crowded Wi-Fi channels](https://kilobat.app/guides/wifi-channel-congestion) and [Wi-Fi on a Mac](https://kilobat.app/wifi-analyzer-mac).

## Mesh: which node a device uses

Some Vigor Wi-Fi routers, such as the Vigor2865ac (firmware 4.3.0 and later), can act as mesh root for compatible VigorAP access points.

1. Check **Mesh › Support list** for compatible VigorAP models.
2. Open **Mesh › Mesh Setup** and click **Enable Mesh**.
3. Under **Add Mesh Node**, click **Searching**, name the VigorAP found and click **Apply**.
4. Open **Mesh Status**; a yellow light means a node is still synchronising.

**Kilobat can help.** When your Mac moves to another node or band, Kilobat’s Health says so, so a weaker node isn’t taken for a router problem. See [find a better Wi-Fi spot](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/find-better-wifi-spot).

## Guest network

DrayTek builds a guest network from a second LAN subnet and a second SSID, kept apart with a VLAN.

1. Open **LAN › VLAN**, tick **Enable** and put **SSID 2** in a VLAN with subnet **LAN 2**.
2. Open **LAN › General Setup** and enable **LAN 2**.
3. Open **Wireless LAN › General Setup** and enable SSID 2 with a guest name.
4. Set the guest password under **Wireless LAN › Security**.

Check from a guest device that it gets a LAN 2 address and can’t ping devices on your main network.

**Kilobat can help.** Kilobat can show a network as a QR code, so guests join with their phone’s camera: [share Wi-Fi with a QR code](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/share-wifi-qr-code).

## DNS settings

1. Open **LAN › General Setup** and click **Details** for **LAN 1**.
2. In the DHCP server settings, enter the **DNS Server** addresses to hand out.
3. Click **OK**; devices get them when they renew their address.

Without a LAN setting, the router hands out the DNS servers from the primary WAN. DrayTek’s own fallback DNS servers are `8.8.8.8` and `8.8.4.4`.

**Kilobat can help.** Before you change DNS, [compare resolvers with Kilobat](https://kilobat.app/guides/recipes/pick-faster-dns) to see which answers fastest from your home.

## Connection status and logs

1. Open **Online Status › Physical Connection** for WAN status and system uptime.
2. Open **Diagnostics › Syslog Explorer**, tick **Enable Web Syslog** and choose a **Syslog Type**.
3. Click **Export** to save the log to your Mac.

On DrayOS 5 models, uptime is on the **Dashboard** and logs are under **Monitoring › Log Center**. The ACT light blinks about once a second when the router runs normally.

**Kilobat can help.** When the line keeps dropping, Kilobat’s [provider report](https://kilobat.app/docs/health#report) lists outages, latency and speed tests against your plan, ready to send to your provider.

## Manuals and downloads

- [DrayTek Knowledge Base](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/)
- [DrayTek: Vigor2865 series](https://www.draytek.com/products/vigor2865/)

Links go to the maker’s own pages.

## Questions

**What is the default DrayTek password?**

On current retail models, `admin` / `admin`. Change it after signing in. A router from your provider may use different credentials.

**Which firmware file should I use?**

Use the `.all` file to keep your settings. The `.rst` file resets the router to factory settings, which DrayTek suggests for recovery or big version jumps.

## Sources

- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: How to login my Vigor Router](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-login-my-vigor-router)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Why can’t I access my Vigor Router?](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/why-cant-i-access-my-vigor-router)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Reset Vigor Router To Factory Default Settings](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/reset-vigor-router-to-factory-default-settings)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Schedule a Router Reboot](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/schedule-a-router-reboot)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Troubleshoot an unexpected router reboot](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/troubleshoot-an-unexpected-router-reboot)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Difference between firmware files](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/difference-between-firmware-files)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: How to set up UPnP](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-set-up-upnp)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: How to set up Quality of Service (QoS)](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-set-up-quality-of-service-(qos))
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: 7 Tips to Improve Wi-Fi Performance](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/improving-wi-fi-performance)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Use different SSIDs for 2.4G and 5G WLAN but allow access to each other](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/use-different-ssids-for-2.4g-and-5g-wlan-but-allow-access-to-each-other)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: How to set up a Vigor Wireless Router as a Mesh Root](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-setup-mesh-connect-with-vigorap-by-vigor-router)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Add a Separate Wireless Network for Guests](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/add-a-separate-ssid-for-guests)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Local Network Setup and Management](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/local-network-setup-and-management)
- [DrayTek Knowledge Base: Collecting router’s Syslog](https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-collect-routers-syslog)

Checked on 1 November 2026.

## See what your router can’t tell you

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that watches the network from your side: which app is using it, whether the Wi-Fi, the router or the provider is slow, and why a call froze.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

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