Using a Netgear DG834 with Plusnet Fibre Broadband

The engineer came yesterday to do the conversion to Fibre broadband, that's the good news. The Bad news is that PlusNet hadn't sent the new router out to coincide which means we have no broadband available to the household except for one PC. This PC is connected to the BT Openreach modem via Ethernet cable and a PPPoE connection being made to connect to the Internet.

My question is. Could I use the Netgear DG834 router to make a connection to the Fiber broadband? This router does support PPPoE connections but I am not sure if it should connect to the BT Openreach modem or straight into the faceplate. I have tried the latter because the cable works but there is no way of connecting the BT Openreach modem to the DG834 router unless an RJ11-RJ45 cable would do the trick.

Any thoughts? Waiting for the modem to eventually arrive is not a comfortable option. We pay the premium for a business contract with PlusNet and now feel we have been sorely let down and our business is suffering.

Wont work as the dg834 does not support an ethernet WAN mode

Can't you just buy a cheap one from Argos and take it back within 14 days?

Or configure a PC as a router?

The DG834 won't work

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Wont work as the dg834 does not support an ethernet WAN mode

Thanks MrSaffron

That contradicts what the BT engineer told us. He seemed to think it was simply a matter of getting the right cable but I wasn't convinced. Seems a shame to have to give up the dg834 because it has been an extremely reliable router.

Does it have wireless?

I think that's what I'll do - can you suggest one that might work?

I tried configuring a laptop as a router but it's such a horrible spec and it couldn't cope with the demand. An alternative would be a second Ethernet card in the PC but that's going to be tricky.

Yes, the dg834 does have wireless

£19.98 net gear router that will work

£16 TP-Link device

Wow they're cheap!!! Not available at Argos but this one is:

D-Link Cloud Router N300 for £49 and has �1x Fast Ethernet WAN port

That should work too