Hi Bobpullen
The phantom network seems to be a hangover from when I had Plusnet originally and the two WiFi frequencies were not separated.
This third network I can see on my devices, both apple and android does not exist in the router, hence my use of the word phantom. I have factory reset the router at least three times and tried to get the devices to forget the phantom network but it’s like a zombie you cannot kill. 😬
I have now purchased a BT HH6 router to try in the place of the Plusnet hub one as I am tired of wasting my life trying to make it work properly. The recommendation from Plusnet customer service was the TP link device or a mid range netgear router, whatever that is?
The sad fact is that the customer services people are always pleasant, cheerful and helpful but they cannot address the elephant in the room which seems to be the dodgy router. I guess if it’s in an ideal situation then it works but that doesn’t happen so often perhaps judging by all the bad words written about it.
At least Plusnet seem to be free from big data leaks unlike talk talk, who I was with before and I am still suffering the spam fall out three years later.
if you are still interested I will post my findings with the new BT router when I get it set up. There seems to be plenty of good advice here, including yours, as to what works for the settings.
