Elliot B. Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 A friend has BT as their ISP, along with BT's Smart Hub 2 wireless router. On Ebuyer, there are three wireless router categories: ADSL (32 products) Cable (134 products) Fibre / VDSL (21 products) I know he doesn't need a cable router but would he need the top or bottom category? Wikipedia says his current router is "ADSL2+ and VDSL2" but that's a mix of two different categories above. He has a BT Openreach box on the wall and, though it's a fibre connection, I highly doubt it's FTTP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 46 minutes ago, Elliot B. said: A friend has BT as their ISP, along with BT's Smart Hub 2 wireless router. On Ebuyer, there are three wireless router categories: ADSL (32 products) Cable (134 products) Fibre / VDSL (21 products) I know he doesn't need a cable router but would he need the top or bottom category? Wikipedia says his current router is "ADSL2+ and VDSL2" but that's a mix of two different categories above. Without knowing what kind of connection your friend has, it’s going to be s but of a guessing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, adrynalyne said: Without knowing what kind of connection your friend has, it’s going to be s but of a guessing game. It's "BT Fibre" but I highly doubt it's FTTP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depicus Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) If it's anything like my Fibre then they will have a new white box on the wall with a separate connection for the phone and router. I have a VDSL Netgear D6400 but it also capable of doing ADSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Depicus said: If it's anything like my Fibre then they will have a new white box on the wall with a separate connection for the phone and router. I have a VDSL Netgear D6400 but it also capable of doing ADSL There's a BT Openreach box on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted June 16, 2019 MVC Share Posted June 16, 2019 Does the ‘white box’ look something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 20 hours ago, Fahim S. said: Does the ‘white box’ look something like this? <photo snipped> I've been told no and that it looks like a normal phone socket with Openreach on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted June 17, 2019 MVC Share Posted June 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Elliot B. said: I've been told no and that it looks like a normal phone socket with Openreach on it. So that is just a Master Socket. You have some choices: Get a VSDL Modem and a router than supports PPPoE (the router will only have RJ45 ports) Get a Router that has a built in VSDL modem (the router will have one RJ11 port and a bunch of RJ45 ports) Personally, I would go the former route, because it gives you a wider choice of routers. The downside is that you need 2 boxes. You can pick up a second hand VSDL modem from eBay for £15 to £20 (sometimes less): https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=vsdl+modem&_sacat=0 Or you can get a Draytek Vigor 130 (very highly rated) if you are looking for something after market: https://www.draytek.co.uk/products/business/vigor-130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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