@MisterW Amazon gave me Friday as the delivery date for the 2860, which was changed to Tuesday and finally arrived on Monday. Lucky I'm still on self-isolation.
I had one scare over this purchase. It was quoted by the seller as being the last one. When I was checking the order to keep track of it, I noticed the description had changed. It stated that it was Annex B. The picture showed a RJ11 socket, not a RJ45 one for LAN1!
Although the box looked a little tired on the outside when it arrived, it said Annex A on the label. Unpacking it, there was a product label on the underside which said Annex A and there was a RJ11 socket on the front for LAN1. Installation was go!
My time with the 2832 was not wasted, as the menu layout of the 2860 looked identical. In less than half an hour, I had a steady DSL light and SHOWTIME in the Status display. Phase one was complete! Plusnet's Hub One router now disconnected and put in its box.
Phase two was the rearrangement of my cabling to plug Virgin's Hub 3 in modem mode into WAN2. That needed 'scheduling', which happened yesterday morning, when my wife took the 2832 to the Post Office. I was rewarded with a steady WAN2 light and a glass of wine at dinner. Phase two was complete! My trusty Netgear R7000 was now disconnected and put in its box.
Most of our stuff is wired, but phones, a laptop and tablet or two and printers needed WiFi so I pressed my BT Whole Home disks back into service, which has reduced my SSID count to one. InSSIDer helped me choose the best channels.
Phase three is learning more about the 2860 (944 page online manual) to help me get the best out of our kit.
