https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919393#M35230 <P>OK, so the Netgear is a mesh system, and you want to use the Hub2 in modem-only mode? In which case, the connection to the mesh system is via one of the LAN ports.</P> Mon, 01 May 2023 14:30:25 GMT jab1 2023-05-01T14:30:25Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919388#M35227 <P>PlusNet have just sent me a new hub to replace my old OpenReach modem, and now I'm struggling to connect my (Netgear) router to it.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Will someone kindly tell me if I should be using the new hub's WAN socket or one of the hub's other Ethernet sockets?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P> Mon, 01 May 2023 14:04:08 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919388#M35227 Verbalist 2023-05-01T14:04:08Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919389#M35228 <P>The Hub2 is a combined modem/router - why do you need to connect the Netgear?</P> Mon, 01 May 2023 14:06:53 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919389#M35228 jab1 2023-05-01T14:06:53Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919392#M35229 <P>Thanks for asking.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Our house has thick brick internal walls and also has had a long extension so I got the Netgear mesh system to extend the wifi. With the old OpenReach modem our wifi coverage was good, and I'd like to have that coverage back.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>That's why I asked if I should be using the WAN socket or one of the three ethernet sockets.</P> Mon, 01 May 2023 14:24:56 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919392#M35229 Verbalist 2023-05-01T14:24:56Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919393#M35230 <P>OK, so the Netgear is a mesh system, and you want to use the Hub2 in modem-only mode? In which case, the connection to the mesh system is via one of the LAN ports.</P> Mon, 01 May 2023 14:30:25 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919393#M35230 jab1 2023-05-01T14:30:25Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919394#M35231 <P>Great - many thanks</P> Mon, 01 May 2023 14:35:14 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919394#M35231 Verbalist 2023-05-01T14:35:14Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919432#M35232 <DIV style="background: #EDF3F5; padding: 10px; margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 10px; border: 2px solid #CFD8DC; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 8px 8px 7px #676D70; font-size: 10pt;" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-boxshadow=""><BR /> <P style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG>Moderators Note</STRONG></P> <BR /> <P style="font-size: 10pt;">This topic has been moved from Broadband&nbsp;to&nbsp;My Router</P> </DIV> Mon, 01 May 2023 20:58:18 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Struggling-to-connect-old-router-to-new-PlusNet-hub/m-p/1919432#M35232 dvorak 2023-05-01T20:58:18Z