“The latest Vigor2927ax is a well-priced router that offers excellent Wi-Fi 6 performance, as well as top notch redundancy, security, and management options.”

Aimed at small to medium business, the DrayTek Vigor2927 series router can provide high performance now, yet plenty of room for future network growth. The 2927 is a dual Ethernet WAN router, which means you can combine two internet sources for redundancy or higher throughput. The router comes in a range of models that are identical, aside from having no Wi-Fi, AC1300 spec Wi-Fi with or without VOIP, and the high performance AX3000 spec model we have for testing.

The 2927ax is built around the dual Gigabit WAN ports, which can be configured for failover, load balancing, high available mode and so on. If only using a single WAN port, the other one can be configured as a Gigabit LAN port, to complement the other five the router has. The two USB 2.0 ports can handle 4G modems, access storage, controlling a printer or monitoring temperature via a probe. The inbuilt Wi-Fi is AX3000 spec, which means 2×2 MU-MIMO connectivity at speeds up to 2402 Mbps on the 5GHz band, and a slower but handy 574 Mbps on 2.4GHz.

The 2927 series is security focused, so comes with a feature packed firewall, as well as other network management tools such as app level QoS and even the option to create a hotspot web portal. The router also supports up to 50 VPN connections – 25 of which can be an SSL-VPN. The 2927 can directly control up to 20 DrayTek Vigor wireless access points, or eight vigor routers, and 10 switches. The router also supports DrayTek's VigorACS software management solutions, which can support remote access via SD-WAN or manage a very large network. Dual WAN makes it much easier to start to max out the possible network throughput, so the 2927 series has inbuilt hardware acceleration. Depending on how that is configured, overall NAT performance can be doubled, and encrypted traffic can be given over three times as much throughput.

The 2927 series has a lot of in depth features we don’t have the space to cover here, so it’s important to check out the Draytek product page. There is also a fantastic virtual demo of the router, where you can log in and directly test out the interface. You can try before you buy at www.draytek.com/products/live-demo/.

We tested the router’s Wi-Fi with a Wi-Fi 6 2×2 equipped laptop, and could hit 588 Mbps up close, and 403 Mbps at a ten meter range. Keep in mind that exact speed depends on what Wi-Fi spec the end device uses, and AX3000 is more about multiple high speed connections at the same time, rather than one stream using all the bandwidth.

We also extensively tested the full featureset, including important aspects such as app level quality of service, VPN creation and dual WAN configurations. The 2927 handled it all with aplomb, and is a solid, reliable choice for business networking. While the 2927ax is well priced for the features, the plan 2927 without Wi-Fi is also great value at $200 less.

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Overview

• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet WAN port and 1 x configurable GbE WAN/LAN port for Failover, Load-Balancing and High Availability mode
• Two USB 2.0 ports for connection to two 3G/4G LTE USB modems, FTP server, network printer and thermometer
• 5 x Gigabit LAN ports with multiple subnets and 60,000 NAT sessions
• 50 x VPN tunnels (including 25 x SSL-VPN tunnels) with comprehensive secure protocols
• Fast VPN throughput, VPN load-balancing and backup for site-to-site applications
• 16 x VLANs for secure and efficient workgroup management
• Integrated IEEE 802.11ax (AX3000) wireless Access Point; dual band; up to 2402 Mbps throughput (ax model)
• IPv6 & IPv4
• Up to 1022 IP addresses and 8 IP subnets
• High Availability mode
• Object-based SPI Firewall and CSM (Content Security Management) for network security
• Supports VigorACS 2 and VigorACS 3 Central Management Software for remote management
• SD WAN capability when used with VigorACS 3
• Central VPN Management for up to 8 remote Vigor routers Learn More
• Central AP Management for up to 20 Vigor Access Points Learn More
• Central Switch Management for up to 10 VigorSwitches Learn More
• 2 years back to base warranty

Dual Ethernet WAN Broadband Security Routers for SMBs

The Vigor2927 Series are dual-Ethernet WAN Firewall routers providing Load Balancing and Failover for reliable Internet accesses. Featuring VPN, QoS, Route Policy, Firewall, Content Filtering, Bandwidth Management, Captive Hotspot Portal and a lot more, these are the ultimate routers for SMBs. The series include models with built-in 802.11ax (AX3000)/ 802.11ac Wi-Fi and a VoIP gateway.

New OFDMA Feature for 802.11ax wireless AP (Vigor2927ax Only)

Higher Transmission Efficiency with OFDMA

OFDMA has been used in LTE for many years, and is now available in 802.11ax for multi-user mode.

With legacy OFDM, each frame is transmitted across the entire channel width. When the transmission rate is low, this causes more latency and jitters and lower the overall efficiency.

OFDMA splits a single frame into groups of subcarriers, and each subcarrier can be sent simultaneously. With multiple access mode, it allows multiple users to transmit at the same time thus improving efficiency and enhancing user experiences in high density environments.

OFDM

OFDMA

Hardware Acceleration

Accelerating sessions without sacrificing either WAN Budget, Traffic Graph, Data Flow Monitor, QoS or Bandwidth Limit functionality. When enabling Hardware Acceleration, Vigor2927 series is fully capable of handling 2 high-speed WANs.

NAT Acceleration & Hardware QoS

With Hardware Acceleration and Hardware QoS enabled, firewall performance can reach 940Mbps on single WAN and 1.8Gbps combined performance across both WANs, while still meeting high expectation of QoS quality. The accelerator supports up to 8k NAT and routing connections.

IPSec Acceleration

Although Vigor2927 series already has improved IPSec performance from the previous Vigor2926 series, with Hardware Acceleration enabled, IPSec performance can reach 800 Mbps. The acceleration capacity is 16 IPSec tunnels max.

App QoS

Application QoS allows prioritisation of applications and services on DrayTek routers to improve and enhance critical applications, such as VoIP, conferencing video streaming, etc. It also allow flexible bandwidth allocation to suit business requirements.

VoIP First

VoIP is always a top priority! The default VoIP port, UDP 5060 (configurable) has priority out-of-box with QoS.

Improve Experience for Business-Critical Apps

Select your business critical apps, and easily put them into QoS classes.

Flexible Bandwidth Allocation

Bandwidth will be reserved for high-priority classes, and can be used by low-priority classes when available.

Key Features

Load Balancing Maximise throughput and reliability by using multiple Internet connections. Learn more

Bandwidth Management Prevent one device using all the bandwidth with bandwidth limit policy, session limit policy, and QoS settings.

VPN (Virtual Private Network) Build a secure and private tunnel from the LAN of the Vigor2927 Series to remote offices and teleworkers over the Internet. Learn more

Hotspot Web Portal Market your business and communicate with the guests while offering hospitality Wi-Fi. Learn more

SSL VPN SSL VPN works through firewalls providing secure remote access to any network environment. Learn more

VPN Matcher Helps routers behind NAT to find each other and establish a LAN-to-LAN VPN. Learn more

DrayDDNS Free DDNS service to access the router using a fixed hostname of your choice. Learn more

Firewall & Content Filter Filter web pages by URL keywords or web category to block access to insecure or inappropriate content.

Central AP Management Use the Vigor2927 Series router as a wireless controller to maintain and monitor VigorAPs. Learn more

VoIP Friendly Vigor2927 Series can do port forwarding and reserve bandwidth for VoIP traffic automatically, making VoIP setup effortless. Setup Guide

Central Switch Management Set up VLAN easily from the router and get a centralized hierarchy view of the switches. Learn more

Management Solution

All-in-One Management
Central Switch Management	Central AP Management
Auto-Discovery Provisioning Monitoring Centralised Hierarchy View Reboot PoE Devices Remotely Quick VLAN Configuration	Auto-Discovery Auto-Provisioning Monitoring Centralised View Alarm Reboot VigorAP Remotely Wi-Fi Client Load Balancing

Software Management
VigorACS 2 VigorACS 3
Provisioning Monitoring Centralised Hierarchy View Alarm Reboot Vigor Devices Remotely Scheduled Maintenance Report

In-the-box

Note :

The throughput figures are maximum, based on DrayTek internal testing with optimal conditions. The actual performance may vary depending on the different network conditions and applications activated.

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