In reply to a post by ScottJames:

My current line estimation is 79-80Mb down and 20Mb up. Would the 500Mb version be any good or would I need another version?

You can't get faster than 500Mbps powerline adapters AFAIK.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Plusnet should supply HH5 as it on BT shop now: http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-home-hub-5-90RY.html

What has its appearance on the BT shop got to do with it?

I believe that plusnet are a sister company of BT?

A wholly owned subsidiary, run independently with different products, prices and real UK intelligent support, (most of the time - a lot of new recruits)

In reply to a post by ScottJames:

I believe that plusnet are a sister company of BT?

As posted by RobertoS, a subsidiary, but still irrelevant in the context of a BT product being offered for sale on a consumer website.

Thanks for clearing that up RobertoS, I did wonder how it was setup! I was just assuming that is where adslmax was coming from with his comment about the HH5.

He's the resident nice but nutty guy . Comes out with all sorts of rubbish like that, with the occasional useful gem thrown in .

Every forum has to have a nutty guy to keep things entertaining

Thanks for all the replies, and Happy New Year to everyone

asus routers are popular, but I suggest having a openreach approved modem, so either the ECI or HG modem to go with it.

As far as I know plusnet are not currently doing a router/modem combo so its very likely you will get a openreach modem anyway on your install day.

I installed the 6800WXN and it's working. No problems getting initial connection. In fact with IDNet all I needed was the username and password. It already defaulted to PPPoE and dual stack IPv6/IPv4.

But port forwarding took me a while to figure out. Firstly (and mainly) because unlike other routers it's all under the term 'Virtual Servers'. Secondly because I enabled SPI in the firewall settings early on and ignored the warning about it preventing Virtual Servers because at the time didn't think I'd be using that.

The final puzzle was getting it to respond to WAN pings. A Google search found this ( http://boards.portforward.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1741 ) and it works but to be honest I still don't understand what it's doing. I already had an entry that appears to enable all applications for my WAN IP address.

Edited by Andrue (Wed 01-Jan-14 14:53:46)