I don't think there is a decent solution beyond changing the mesh solution or changing the ISP.

Thanks John. Been speaking with the FTTP Provisioning team from TTB this afternoon, and am now in possession of my PPPoE login and static IP details.

Hopefully ready for changeover later in the week!

In reply to a post by jabuzzard:

TalkTalk don't even both with that you just have to tag your traffic for VLAN 31 and you are good to go.

Can you expand on that?

I've been with Talktalk residential (twice) and never had to VLAN tag any of their traffic.

VLAN 101 on the modem as with all OpenReach FTTC.
The OpenReach ONT adds a similar VLAN tag for FTTP.

You simply need to select DHCP/IPOE on any router and Talktalk automatically assign an IP.

I've never heard of them using VLAN 31 though.

Oh interesting - so what I've found out currently:

Eero supports VLAN tagging and talktalk is one of the few that allows authenticating that way (does anyone know any others)?

I'm currently with NOW TV so I can use some Netgear routers and any ASUS router that supports Merlin to authenticate via DHCP Option 61. I was considering switching to a provider with PPPoE but doesn't seem like a wise choice with my current hardware.

So, here what I'm thinking:

Stay with NOW TV and buy two ASUS routers, with one connected as a wired AP. When FTTP comes to town (due this year apparently), leave the rolling contract and move over ASAP - considering switching back to a router setup that supports HomeKit then.

Unless someone knows of another ISP that has 12 months or rolling contracts and allows VLAN tagging for auth, seems like my best course of action, right?

What does HomeKit actually give you when it's a feature on a router? My preference here would be to return or sell the Eero setup and buy something else, rather than messing around.

The alternative is you just put up with double NAT, and connect any games consoles you have directly to your ISP router.

Edited by jpm (Mon 07-Jun-21 17:05:15)