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Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

halfhearted — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:33:21 GMT

My router needs to be replaced or fixed. While this is happening I'd like to use an old DrayTek Vigor 130 modem to connect to BT and use an ethernet connection from the modem to my laptop (running windows 10) to connect. Is this possible? The modem currently seems to connect to BT broadband OK, the indicator lights look correct & the ACT light blinks regularly, which is correct. However when I connect the modem to my laptop with a good ethernet cable Windows 10 sees it as "unidentified network" & if I open a browser (I have a choice of Chrome, Brave & MS Edge) then I cannot get to any web sites. Does anyone remember how to configure Win10 64bit to use this "unidentified network" so I can connect while I get my router fixed. Thanks for any help.

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:39:47 GMT

Google "Windows PPoE".

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

halfhearted — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:44:58 GMT

Thanks. Are you suggesting steps as described here?

https://appuals.com/fix-ethernet-unidentified-network-on-windows-10/

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:49:10 GMT

No.

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

Keith_Beddoe — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:04:44 GMT

@halfhearted

Try https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-make-windows-10-to-auto-connect-to-pppoe-on/5184e13b-4e3d-4953-9205-96140405b86e

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

stevebrass — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:06:17 GMT

In windows open the network centre and choose set up new connection. Select ppoe as the type and use bthomehub@btbroadband. Com with bt as the password.

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

halfhearted — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:33:35 GMT

@stevebrass Thanks. I never actually had a BT HomeHub. I used my own router (which may now have a hardware fault). Does this make a difference to the username "bthomehub@btbroadband.com"?

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

licquorice — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:40:13 GMT

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

halfhearted — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:48:39 GMT

Thanks for all the assistance. I'll try some of this and report back.

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

halfhearted — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:04:12 GMT

In windows open the network centre and choose set up new connection. Select ppoe as the type and use bthomehub@btbroadband. Com with bt as the password.

This worked. Thanks. I used my BT email address as the username and BT as the password. It left the the "Unidentified Network" (which appeared when I first plugged in the ethernet from the Vigor) as it was & created a new connection that I then called "Vigor Broadband Connection". It's using an old dial-up symbol as shown in attached image, but that's OK. The router I was using was a Linksys WRT 1900 ACS (version1) which I think came out in 2015. It seems that the radio transmitter/receiver chip may have burned out as I cannot revive any kind of 5GHz or 2.4 GHz wifi signal no matter what. Is there a current powerful Linksys model that anyone would recommend?

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

imjolly — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:08:19 GMT

The username should be bthomehub@btbroadband.com and password anything often used BT

Re: Connecting to BT using old DrayTek Vigor130 modem. Is it possible?

halfhearted — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:14:47 GMT

Glad to report that my BT email address is currently working as the username to get me on-line.