Having a second phone line fitted

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  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,619 Forumite
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    frosty wrote: »
    Thanks for your reply,we have unlimited broadband it's more about security.

    I am not very techie,do you mean you can have a router that several providers can use at the same time,if so I thought they all send their own routers when you join them.I thought it was one phone line to one broadband provider.

    We have just left BT and switch to sky tomorrow.
    That poster is suggesting you buy a router that allows you to have two separate wi-fi networks - one for your household and one for your guests. The routers supplied by ISPs won't do this so if you wanted to go that route then you would have to buy one yourself.
  • lammy82
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    You don't need a separate line and internet connection. You can have two separate wifi networks which are both using the same internet connection but keep the traffic completely separate. You will just need to replace the standard router that Sky send you with a better one that supports this "guest network" feature.
  • frosty
    frosty Posts: 1,169 Forumite
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    Thanks,I will look into it.
  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Easiest way for you is to buy one of these (or similar)


    http://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/19946-linksys-ea6350-uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhLWeyseW2wIVyrHtCh1-wgyQEAQYASABEgL7Z_D_BwE


    And enable the guest wifi
  • Mister_G
    Mister_G Posts: 1,925 Forumite
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    The other thing that the OP will have to do is wrestle the Sky login out of the Sky supplied router.
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,357 Forumite
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    You can plug a wifi access point with its own wifi password into one of the ethernet ports on a Sky router.

    You can also get specific gateways for providing guest wifi access

    https://www.solwise.co.uk/solution-wifi-hotspots.htm
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • frosty
    frosty Posts: 1,169 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone for all your help,it's all sounding a bit complicated.I am not very techie but will look into everything suggested and try and sort it. Thanks again.
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,619 Forumite
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    Mister_G wrote: »
    The other thing that the OP will have to do is wrestle the Sky login out of the Sky supplied router.
    Unless you turn off the wi-fi in the Sky router and just use it as a modem. You can connect a different router to it by wire for the wi-fi.
  • Scrounger
    Scrounger Posts: 1,007 Forumite
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    Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »
    You can plug a wifi access point with its own wifi password into one of the ethernet ports on a Sky router.

    You could even configure your old BT router it as the guest's Access Point (AP) by pluging it into the new Sky hub (as OM has described above). Zero cost - as BT don't demand it be returned once out of contract :beer:.

    See here (also google: 'router as access point' for more info).


    If you get stuck just ask on here.

    Scrounger
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