In reply to a post by sjr:

It gets worse, to use Dynamic DNS you'll need to stump up for an eero Plus subscription at £10/month!

Ouch, to use TP-links own dynamic DNS on my router a TP-link ID is needed, but there is no charge, but it is possible to use no-ip and DYNdns

In reply to a post by Taras:

You will start to see more and more ont and a router combined. Quite a few altnets are using them

That's an error of the magnitude of the MantaRay/frog Alcatel USB modem from 2002 when ADSL started.

Any NTE, either passive (BT "master socket") or active ("ONT") should be separate to the ISP chosen hardware, and ONT's should be screwed to the wall to protect the fibre.

Using an ONT/Router in one unit is going to cause fibre breaks as people reposition to try and solve WiFi issues.

Small Alt-Net's I hope...

Yeah, separate devices is way to go, and screwing ONT to wall in a out of the way location is the smoothest way to reduce clutter from such a setup.

I think they finally realised combo units was a mistake, and I hope we dont go back to it.

I completely agree, don't get me wrong for one moment, but and a big but, we have seen alt nets use all in ones.

I kept my hg612 till last september, 10 years of usage!! I prefer the incoming connection as a ethernet presntation ready to be fed into the local network - i hate those combined jobbies

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

Yeah, separate devices is way to go, and screwing ONT to wall in a out of the way location is the smoothest way to reduce clutter from such a setup.

I think they finally realised combo units was a mistake, and I hope we dont go back to it.

I prefer them being separate than I can just change the router if I want to, routers are cheap and is easy to get a replacement if it goes wrong.
the only thing I wish my provider did was put the ONT under the shelf where my router is, but I understand why they did not, as it would be a bit of a pain. So it is behind the TV and I used a longer Ethernet cable to the router.

In reply to a post by Taras:

I kept my hg612 till last september, 10 years of usage!! I prefer the incoming connection as a ethernet presntation ready to be fed into the local network - i hate those combined jobbies

I have to sort out my old stuff, routers and Modems, I know the ECI modem don't work, I tried it before my FTTC was disconnected, so that can be dumped.
I am not going to get rid of anything else until I decide what I am doing after my FTTP contract is up.

My eci modem dropped my speed from 16-18mbits to 8mbits if i remember correctly......... Now i don't care about 7mbits lol

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

In reply to a post by Taras:

I kept my hg612 till last september, 10 years of usage!! I prefer the incoming connection as a ethernet presntation ready to be fed into the local network - i hate those combined jobbies

I have to sort out my old stuff, routers and Modems, I know the ECI modem don't work, I tried it before my FTTC was disconnected, so that can be dumped.
I am not going to get rid of anything else until I decide what I am doing after my FTTP contract is up.

I gave one of the spare ECI modems I had to a friend who took the lid off and found the capacitors were starting to fail (Bulging/leaking) so it wouldn't surprise me if others are suffering the same fate given their age.

In reply to a post by Taras:

You will start to see more and more ont and a router combined. Quite a few altnets are using them

The new VM Hub 5X has this setup (sort of), with the fibre connected into it. I'm sure there will be a few broken fibre lines in due course ......