Will Plusnet supply an alternative to the Hub One for FTTC

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Will Plusnet supply an alternative to the Hub One for FTTC? 

In the past I have been able to choose what router Plusnet supplied for ADSL and I am wondering if this is now the case for FTTC,  For example would they supply a Zyxel VMG8924-B10A which they have been sending to John Lewis customers?

I would like a router that I can set to use a 10.x.x.x home network which the Hub One does not allow.

[#2]

In a word, No but there's nothing to stop you buying your own. The setting up instructions will be found here. https://www.plus.net/help/broadband/broadband-connection-settings/

[#3]

You could install OpenWRT firmware on the Hub One, that allows for a much more configurable router, which does support 10.x.x.x IP's.

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From my reading here https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/Running-OpenWRT-on-the-Plusnet-Hub-One... 'installing OpenWRT' is not for the faint hearted.

[#5]

Thank you. harrym1byt.  I do have OpenWRT running on an old TP Link router though I did not have to use a serial link.

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@machare wrote:

I would like a router that I can set to use a 10.x.x.x home network which the Hub One does not allow.

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If you pick up a BT BUSINESS Smarthub (£20-30 on Ebay), then as long as you turn off the BT WiFi  service, you can use  10.x.x.x. I am doing so at the moment.

I think the same is true of the Business version of the Hub 5, I remember when I got one as a spare (again from Ebay)  I was surprised that it allowed me to set it up that way.

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Thank you.  When you say the BT Wifi, do you mean the Wifi signal from your router that other BT customers can use?

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Yeah, there are options on the business router to have it off, a guest network or the bt wifi service that their customers can use.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but rather than a guest network I think that it's a 'public' one, that is, it's not password protected. It's certainly switched off on mine.

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As @dvorak says, on the business smart hub you get three choices

a) The same BT open WiFi that the domestic routers offer to other BT customers

b) A "guest" network which seems to be open to anyone.(which as @Baldrick1 says is probably better called a public one)

c) Off (which mine is)

None of these affect the security protected WiFi on the router. They offer a different SSID.

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@machare wrote:

I would like a router that I can set to use a 10.x.x.x home network which the Hub One does not allow.

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Are you sure?  Have you looked under Advanced Settings / Home Network / IP Adresses / DHCP Network Range / Configure manually ?

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Well, I am sure, I tried several times - it just reverts back to the supplied IP settings.

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I searched some BT forums about Home Hub 5 (which is the same router) and it looks like you can’t use the 10.x.x.x.x range because it is reserved for BT WiFi.  I assume you have a lot of devices with static IPs in that range.

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Remember we are talking about the Business not Residential version. This refers to the earlier models but could hold the key. https://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10627/~/how-do-i-change-my-bt-business-hub-t...