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Phone and broadband live today but no router

gemuk83
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Phone and broadband live today but no router

So today is the day my broadband goes live and my router only got sent out yesterday and can take 3-5 days to arrive. Which smart person thought that was a good idea? So now I have no internet and two kids at home self isolating meant to be doing school work and can't. Had small hopes of it turning up today but the postman has now been and gone. Not a good start at all!
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MisterW
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

@gemuk83 I see from your earlier posts that you previously had a PlusNet connection, do you still have the old router ?

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gemuk83
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Pretty sure I don't. Would that work if I can find it?
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Yes, you were on Fibre before so it would have been a Hub one which will work on both Fibre and normal broadband so it doesn't matter what you're on now, although I assume it's Fibre ?. You would need to login to it and change the username & passord but that's all.

Who was your previous ISP, it MAY be possible to use their router.

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gemuk83
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Ok, thanks. I'll have a look for it. Previous was Now TV. How do I login and change the username and password?
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Unfortunately I think the Now TV router is locked to SKy/Now tv.

To change the username/passord on the PN Hub one, just connect to the router, login to the gui ( the default login/password is on the card in the slot on the bakc of the router). Go to advanced settings, broadband and change the broadband username to <youraccountname>@plusdsl.net and the password you will have been sent in the welcome email.

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gemuk83
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Thank you. I found the old one and it's working now.
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Great result. Now you just need to get the kids to use it to do their homework rather than whatsapp or youtube!😄

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gemuk83
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

Haha I can try!
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

I'm glad in some ways that the Internet wasnt around when my kids were growing up🙂

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richardreast71
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Re: Phone and broadband live today but no router

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