WiFi 6 Router for FTTC Plusnet

thebullsback

Can anyone advise on a wifi6 capable router to replace my current plusnet Hub 2 .

Also is it a simple task to start using a different router than the isp one?

Thank you for reading.

Ayr_Rage

If you are still on FTTC you will need a modem/router as I presume their Hub 2 is one.

That means you need to find the configuration details.

I am a bit out of touch with FTTC now but as the technology is being phased out you may struggle to find a combined modem/router with WiFi6, but even so as FTTC is so slow then why do you need it anyway?

Can the Hub 2 be put in modem mode?

You could then connect your own WiFi6 router.

Are there any Plusnet forums?

You may get a better answer there.

brewerdave

Are you really on FTTC with a Hub 2 router ? I'm with PN and was issued with the Hub 2 router to replace the Hub 1 I had when on FTTC. The Hub 2 is connected direct to the ONT with an ethernet cable.

iniltous

The PN hub 2 works with FTTC and FTTP , same as BT , EE etc , the OP can get themselves a WiFi 6 router if they want , checking that it is dual standard ( they need to check it’s compatible with DSL as well as FTTP ) .

thebullsback

Thanks for your replies.

I've done some googling and believe that if I move to a Non Plusnet router I still have to use the original Plusnet Hub two and piggyback off it after changing some settings .

Has anyone any experience of doing this?

littleboo

What are your reasons for needing WiFi 6? What speed is your broadband delvering?

Lorian

Hub2 can be put in modem mode and you can set your own router to send ppoe to it to authenticate.

Might be easier/cheaper just to add a new wireless access point.

thebullsback

Speed is around 26mpb ,it's not so much the speed but the range .

I have installed 3 mesh modules that are WiFi 6 capable and just thought I'd try to squeeze as much out of the setup as possible.

brewerdave

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81884268#Comment_81884268

Fair enuf - My Hub 2 came with a label on saying "do not use" above the broadband port plus the instructions say don't use it, so I assumed that it was disabled in some way.as per the telephone port.

shiraz99

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81885075#Comment_81885075

Not disabled, the label simple means you can't (or rather shouldn't) use the WAN port as a standard ethernet port when using it with FTTC but the router itself is completely compatible with FTTC and FTTP broadband.

Neil_Jones

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81884964#Comment_81884964

No you don't that defeats the whole point of using your own router.

For FTTC I was on Plusnet (now on FTTP) and I had this for best part of six years:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LFGTEI6

They did send me a Hub Two at the last contract renewal but it sat in its box for four years, only coming out when I upgraded to FTTP, and when I changed the router to an FTTP capcable one the Hub Two has gone back in its box where it will probably stay for the next four years. :)