In reply to a post by Andrue:

I don't have WAN under status. Only DeviceInfo, System log, Statistics, DHCP table, ARP table, Disk Status.

I get the impression it's not a very popular router although it's been good to me FWIW it's actually a BiPAC 6300NXL.

that's a pity. After a quick flick through the manual it looks like there might be a disconnect option available on the NX, under ipsec, which isn't available on the NXL.

I'm using the 7800DXL, which I assumed would be fairly similar, but apparently not.

In reply to a post by tommy45:

In reply to a post by MCM:

i am told i must pay p and p for a router i do not want

Where does it say this? The router is optional but IF you select the router when ordering, Plusnet do ask you to pay p & p.

when i ordered there was no opt out option for the router, I had to get this organised manually and as i wanted a static IP there was no need for a refund

correct, because i went through the ordering process and like Talk Talk the router is added. I suppose having a spare router is useful, if mine went belly up.


anyway, my provider have got back to me and offered the 10 Mb/s for the same price of 5 until they sort out the network.

but if the network becomes unusable, like even ten pound a month cheaper, I still want to be able to watch netflix, then I will look at other options again including Plusnet

but a tenner off at the moment is useful.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

I spent 18 months on BT Infinity with a solid connection, and have now been on Plusnet Fibre for 7 months, and it has been no hassle. I moved my phone line to Plusnet as well (its only there because of broadband, I make or receive no calls) and no problems.

i spent 18 months with BT, not infinity, the worse 18 months i had with any provider, ok it was just the last 6 months of the contract that was the sworse, never again.

I've not seen any mention of filters. I also refused the router on sign up as I use my ASUS RT-AC68U which is vastly superior, and I already had the BT VDSL modem as I was migrating. Plusnet should organise you to get a VDSL modem which then gives you an ethernet socket you can use with any router that supports PPPoE. You can even use your PC directly plugged in - but that's not advised for security reasons.

they do not say anything about filters on their webapage, like Sky boast about their shield, Talk Talk about their home safe, Bt about their net protect plus, but Plusnet do not mention anything apart from some plusnet protect by McAfee, but i take that is software based.

i have a TPlink cable router which I use for the network I am on, it does what I want and it is set up to how I like it and the Plunest router do not offer me all the options I have on my router. Like I been told that even the USB port on it have now been disabled. Not that it was much cop anyway, as slow as a dog.
the wi-fi on the plusnet router is also awful and where i would put it, would make it worse, my own router have three external antennas, that provide a good coverage all around my house
I know it needs PPPoE, i took my router to my mates place and stuck it on his modem. My connection uses Dynoamic something or other, not PPPoE

Could be worth calling up and discussing but I would guess they can't wave the phone line as you don't have one - unless they can reactivate BT wires for free, they may be passing through an openreach charge.

I can understand that, i think i prefer to pay that charge than go for Talk Talk, which is the other option.

I did look at EE, but not worth reallly bothering as they will be taken over by BT soon

The one bugbear I have with plusnet, ok there are two, one is Traffic management, I remember the days when their traffic management was awful and the other one being owned by BT.

I was also a metronet customer, and also ran away, but I've been happy with plusnet, but have had no reason to contact support since I started.

I really liked Metronet, I like the idea of paying so much and then paying for what you use after, not sure if it would work now mind you the higher speeds and the amount of traffic most of us consume, I also like the customer service and James was great.

but yes, when plusnet took over i jumped, to AOL i liked AOL, but they could only give me 512Kb/s, i had 1Mb/s with Metronet, so I left after a month and went with ADSL24.

My supplier have given me a bit of a price cut until they get the network sorted, but even then if I can not use the network, a price cut is no good. But at least they offered it and I am greatful for that.
to be honest I would prefer to stay where i am, even if I do think maybe the extra speed of Fibre may be useful sometimes. But where i am, it would not be a huge boast, maybe 10-15M/bs more than i get now, the upload would be better.

We will see what happens in the next week or so.
The other thing is I do not want to hang on, realise that I need fibre and then find out the cabinet is full.

plusnet router is optional.

I was a F9 then MAAF user, leaving each of them once PN took over. I have since come back to PN from Sky. If you look on the cashback sites, Quidco currently has a up to £100 cashback offer on, which I got back in November as well. That will pay your £50 fee if you can wait for it a couple of months. I had no connection fee from LLU back to PN line as I was taking on their phone service,

My line had been live since mid December and with the PN supplied router, my wifi speeds are better than the Sky router, but my Samknows box says throughput is a little lower.

Had no problems so far on my 40/20 product.

Mark

FWIW, my Zyxel doesn't have a "Disconnect" button either. All I do is go to the page where I set up the connection details, username etc, and just resave the page. This initiates a reconnect without resetting the router.

Might work for you?

I'm using the 7800DXL, which I assumed would be fairly similar, but apparently not.

What settings did you have to change from adsl to get it to work on fttc?

In reply to a post by wingco1:

What settings did you have to change from adsl to get it to work on fttc?

This is what I did on my 7800DXL, which may not be the same for other models.

Connect the Openreach modem to EWAN/port 4

You can either run the quick start, or do the following:
Configuration -> WAN
Click 'Add' to add a new connection:
The WAN port needs to be set to Ethernet,
Type set as PPPoE
Description can be anything - 'Plusnet' for example
Enter your username and password
service name can be left blank
Authentication to AUTO
enable / disable the other settings as desired, but they can be left at their defaults.
Click 'Next'.

Edited by deleted (Sun 25-Jan-15 12:10:52)

In reply to a post by Discus:

I was a F9 then MAAF user, leaving each of them once PN took over. I have since come back to PN from Sky. If you look on the cashback sites, Quidco currently has a up to £100 cashback offer on, which I got back in November as well. That will pay your £50 fee if you can wait for it a couple of months. I had no connection fee from LLU back to PN line as I was taking on their phone service,

My line had been live since mid December and with the PN supplied router, my wifi speeds are better than the Sky router, but my Samknows box says throughput is a little lower.

Had no problems so far on my 40/20 product.

Mark

We will wait and see if i can use my net tonight to watch something on Netflix. i have not used Netflix for a few days, been too busy doing other stuff.
speed is around 10Mb/s at the moment, so that is ok, but it in the evening when people come home from work they have the problem.

Still a tenner off a month is pretty good as long as I can still do basic stuff. i started off on their 5Mb/s connection as it was still better than what I had on ADSL, I then updated to 10 when Netflix started to show more HD stuff.

In reply to a post by Discus:

I was a F9 then MAAF user, leaving each of them once PN took over.

That statement doesn't make sense. Plusnet was a brand created by Force9. See this web page from 2005: http://web.archive.org/web/20050706130948/http://www...