VigorACS 3 - Network Management System
VigorACS 3 is the latest version of DrayTek’s Network Management System (NMS). It supports all current DrayTek routers, access points, and switches, providing a integrated platform for configuration, monitoring and management.
VigorACS 3 is also the core of the DrayTek SD-WAN solution. It’s the central software where Network Administrators can perform configuration, provisioning, and monitoring of edge routers.
Key Features
Provisioning
Allow new devices to set themselves up and download the latest firmware.
Minimise time to configure & install.
Monitoring
Receive automated notifications when devices lose connection, to WAN, VPN, or connection with the ACS server.
Statistics
Access advanced network insights for DrayTek devices, client usage, and traffic over a specified period.
VPN Wizard
Create IPsec and SSL VPN tunnels between managed devices within a few clicks. Have VPN links up and running in minutes.
Scheduled Maintenance
Schedule overnight firmware updates, configuration changes, or restarts. Apply changes to just one router or multiple sites.
Reporting
Generate network-level reports for router traffic, firmware versions for groups of devices, device status and more.
VigorACS 3 - SD-WAN Orchestrator
Quality-Driven Dashboard
The quality of every WAN/VPN interface is measured by latency, loss, and jitter. Quality-driven dashboard helps Network Administrators to understand the reliability of each interface in one glance.
VoIP MOS and SLA
Every VoIP call is also monitored by MOS, latency, loss, and jitter. With a call history list, Network Administrators can easily retrieve information for calls with poor quality.
VoIP Experience Optimisation
Based on these interface quality records, VigorACS 3 can adjust the metric to ensure that all edge routers always use the best-quality interface for VoIP to optimize the VoIP experiences.
Application Visibility and SD-WAN Policy
This visibility provides Network Administrators with detailed network insights to understand data usage. From each single client, via which WAN, to which application, at what time.
Based on the application visibility, Network Administrators can create SD-WAN policies to send business-critical applications through the best-quality interface to optimize the user experience.
More about SD-WAN
Client Management with Captive Portal
VigorACS 3 as Captive Portal Server
Many of the Vigor Router and VigorAP models have captive portal capabilities, so that they can redirect LAN clients to VigorACS 3 to go through the hotspot login process.
Captive Portals are ideal for retail, restaurants, coffee shops, and hospitality, for Wi-Fi based marketing and to learn more about their clients for future marketing campaigns.
Robust Splash Page with Multilingual Interface
Intuitively customize the splash page to meet business needs. Live preview provides a “what you see is what you get” experience of splash page editing. Supporting 20 different languages, restaurant/hospitality business owners can speak their customers’ language.
Terms and conditions and marketing terms are also available, with the option that users must click on the checkboxes or not to get Internet access. Bandwidth limit, time quota, and device management can also be applied to client devices.
Hotspot Clients - Analytics
Beyond displaying the splash page, VigorACS 3 also provides detailed analytics insights, where business owners can gain an in-depth understanding of their new customers, return customers, the visiting frequency and which branches have been visited…etc. Further marketing campaigns can be tailored accordingly.
More about Hotspot Portal
Frequently Asked Questions
When will a hosted by DrayTek UK (Cloud) version be available?
Can I upgrade my VigorACS 2 self-hosted server to VigorACS 3?
Can I upgrade my VigorACS 2 Standard account to VigorACS 3?
Which models will support the SD-WAN features?
Does VigorACS 3 have different server spec requirements compared to VigorACS 2?
Can VigorACS 3 run on a virtual server?
How is node usage calculated on VigorACS 3?
Can I see a demo of VigorACS 3?
The hosted (Cloud Premium) version of VigorACS 3 is now released.
Yes, you can upgrade your server to VigorACS 3. Doing so will convert your existing VigorACS 2 licence to VigorACS 3 and the licence will run for the rest of the current licence term. After which you would then renew with a VigorACS 3 licence. For assistance with upgrading your server, please contact support.
There is no planned upgrade from ACS2 to the ACS3 standard version. However, we do offer ACS3 Premium (available in Cloud or self-hosted options), which provides additional functionalities. This service is chargeable per year per node. For a detailed comparison, please visit our VigorACS Comparison Guide.
The ACS3 Premium (Cloud or self-hosted) comes with a 30-day trial period. To register your interest, please visit our VigorACS Registration Page.
The SD-WAN features are available on the latest Vigor 2865 / 2866, Vigor 2927, Vigor 2962 and Vigor 3910 routers.
For a full list please see the VigorACS 3 - SD-WAN product page as we will update this as support for more models are added.
Models which don’t support SD-WAN can still be used with VigorACS 3 but would not support the SD-WAN specific functionality.
Older models are unlikely to support SD-WAN due to memory requirements on the CPE.
Please see the VigorACS 3 product page for information on server spec requirements. Excluding SD-WAN the requirements are broadly similar to VigorACS 2. The SD-WAN specific requirements increase storage recommendations as more usage and insights data is reported and stored.
Yes, VigorACS 3 is compatible with installations on a VM provided the VM is allocated with sufficient resources based on the storage recommendations and can run on various cloud platforms.
VigorACS 3 is licenced on the number of nodes which VigorACS 3 controls. A DrayTek router counts as one node. A Draytek switch or AP counts as 0.5 a node. So two APs would count as one node. For example 10 routers (10 nodes), 10 switches (5 nodes) and 40 APs (20 nodes) would count as 35 Nodes in total.
Yes, the web demonstration interface for VigorACS 3 is available here: VigorACS 3 Web Demo
For a more in-depth demonstration or a trial license for your own server, fill in the Contact Sales form on the VigorACS 3 page
Compatible Devices
DrayTek Routers
DrayTek Wireless Access Points
DrayTek Network Switches
| Vigor166 (f/w 4.0.5 or later) |
Vigor2620 LTE Series (f/w 3.8.11 or later) |
Vigor2760 Series (f/w 3.8.2.3 or later) |
| Vigor2762 Series (f/w 3.8.8 or later) |
Vigor2763 Series (f/w 4.4.2.1 or later) |
Vigor2765 Series (f/w 4.0.5 or later) |
| Vigor2766 Series (f/w 4.3.2 or later) |
Vigor2830 Series (f/w 3.6.8.7 or later) |
Vigor2830v2 Series (f/w 3.8.1.2 or later) |
| Vigor2832 Series (f/w 3.8.3.5 or later) |
Vigor2850 (f/w 3.6.8.6 or later) |
Vigor2860 Series (f/w 3.8.4.6 or later) |
| Vigor2862 Series (f/w 3.8.7 or later) |
Vigor2865 Series (f/w 4.0.5.1 or later) |
Vigor2866 Series (f/w 4.3.2 or later) |
| Vigor2920 (f/w 3.6.9 or later) |
Vigor2925 Series (f/w 3.8.4.2 or later) |
Vigor2926 Series (f/w 3.8.7 or later) |
| Vigor2927 Series (f/w 4.2.0.1 or later) |
Vigor2952 Series (f/w 3.8.4.2 or later) |
Vigor2960 (f/w 1.4.0 or later) |
| Vigor2962 (f/w 3.9.3.1 or later) |
Vigor300B (f/w 1.4.0 or later) |
Vigor3220 Series (f/w 3.8.4.1 or later) |
| Vigor3900 (f/w 1.4.0 or later) |
Vigor3910 (f/w 3.9.2 or later) |
Vigor3912 (f/w 4.3.5.1 or later) |
| VigorAP 710 (f/w 1.2.3 or later) |
VigorAP 802 (f/w 1.3.1.1 or later) |
VigorAP 810 (f/w 1.2.3 or later) |
| VigorAP 900 (f/w 1.2.3 or later) |
VigorAP 902 (f/w 1.2.3 or later) |
VigorAP 903 (f/w 1.3.1 or later) |
| VigorAP 906 (f/w 1.4.5 or later) |
VigorAP 910C (f/w 1.2.3 or later) |
VigorAP 912C (f/w 1.3.1 or later) |
| VigorAP 918R Series (f/w 1.3.2 or later) |
VigorAP 920R Series (f/w 1.2.3 or later) |
VigorAP 960C (f/w 1.3.8 or later) |
| VigorAP 962C (f/w 1.5.4 or later) |
VigorAP 1000C (f/w 1.3.2 or later) |
VigorAP 1060C (f/w 1.4.0 or later) |
| VigorAP 1062C (f/w 1.5.2 or later) |
| VigorSwitch FX2120 (f/w 3.7.0 or later) |
VigorSwitch G1085 (f/w 2.6.0 or later) |
VigorSwitch G1280 (f/w 2.3.0 or later) |
| VigorSwitch G1282 (f/w 2.6.9 or later) |
VigorSwitch G2100 (f/w 2.6.5 or later) |
VigorSwitch G2121 (f/w 2.6.0 or later) |
| VigorSwitch G2280 (f/w 2.3.0 or later) |
VigorSwitch G2280x (f/w 2.6.1 or later) |
VigorSwitch G2282x (f/w 2.9.1 or later) |
| VigorSwitch G2500 (f/w 2.6.0 or later) |
VigorSwitch G2540x (f/w 2.6.3 or later) |
VigorSwitch G2540xs (f/w 2.6.3 or later) |
| VigorSwitch P1085 (f/w 2.6.0 or later) |
VigorSwitch P1280 (f/w 2.3.0 or later) |
VigorSwitch P1282 (f/w 2.7.0 or later) |
| VigorSwitch P2100 (f/w 2.6.5 or later) |
VigorSwitch P2121 (f/w 2.3.2 or later) |
VigorSwitch P2280 (f/w 2.3.0 or later) |
| VigorSwitch P2280x (f/w 2.6.1 or later) |
VigorSwitch P2282x (f/w 2.9.1 or later) |
VigorSwitch P2500 (f/w 2.6.0 or later) |
| VigorSwitch P2540x (f/w 2.6.3 or later) |
VigorSwitch P2540xs (f/w 2.6.3 or later) |
VigorSwitch PQ2200xb (f/w 2.7.1 or later) |
| VigorSwitch Q2200x (f/w 2.7.1 or later) |
System Requirements
Server (Self-Hosting, 50 nodes)Operating System: 64-bit Windows or Linux Recommended CPU: Intel 6th Generation Core Processor or later with 2 Cores, 4 Threads, and 4M Cache Memory: 6 GB RAM (DDR4) Storage: 1TB (SSD Recommended) See the Hardware Recommendations document for servers with more than 50 nodes |
Client (Self-Hosted or Cloud)Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Multiple Linux distribution (e.g., Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, CentOS) Browser: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Edge (version 79 or later) |
Getting Started
Try out VigorACS 3 self-hosted for free. Up to 30 days with 20 nodes connected.
If you have any questions regarding VigorACS 3, you can use the Contact Sales form below to request more information, or answers to your questions.