topic Re: Upgrading to fibre in Full Fibre

Upgrading to fibre

alcorn63 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:12:49 GMT

Hi all
Finally had fibre into the village. So I'm upgrading to 145 Plusnet fibre. My question is , can I keep my existing router which is the hub 2 as I have all sorts connected to it and to be honest connecting my solar and cameras would be a right chew on. In the solar group they recommend keeping existing router ,or alternatively set the new one up with the same security , passwords etc saves any hassle re connecting everything. Is this possible when upgrading ? Excuse ignorance . Alan

Re: Upgrading to fibre

jab1 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:15:28 GMT

Your current Hub2 is perfectly good for FTTP - if (which they won't) supplied a new one, it would still be a Hub2.

Re: Upgrading to fibre

bmc — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:16:17 GMT

@alcorn63

The Hub2 is still the router of choice for PlusNet Full Fibre.

All you do is remove the phone cable and connect an ethernet cable to the RED Wan port and the ONT.

Brian

Re: Upgrading to fibre

alcorn63 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:19:04 GMT

So basically just plug new fibre cable into router and remove existing BT phone cable and it'll keep all existing information stored ? Thanks reply and information appreciated 👍

Re: Upgrading to fibre

alcorn63 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:19:24 GMT

Brilliant thanks 👍

Re: Upgrading to fibre

jab1 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:20:14 GMT

@alcorn63 wrote:
So basically just plug new fibre cable into router and remove existing BT phone cable and it'll keep all existing information stored ? Thanks reply and information appreciated 👍

Yes.