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3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

naylor2006 — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:34:37 GMT

Hey all.

This question I know has been asked many times but ive not seen something current and seeing as the Fibre Infrastructure in my area is brand new I thought i'd best ask.

I am hopefully having Full Fibre 900 provisioned at some point soon and I have an ER-X Router which ive put some much time into configuring. Currently it connects to my Virgin Cable Modem which is in Modem only mode, so indeed the ER-X and its eth0 interface is the WAN port and contains a DHCP external IP. Works great.....

With BT however an ONT will be installed and I was hoping I could just unplug my ER-X from virgin and ping it straight into the ONT. Now im seeing a ton of conflicting information out there as what I need to do. I'm hearing some exchanges support DHCPv6 PD and I need to configure that to authenticate but I'm also seeing PPPOE auth is all you need.

Can anyone confirm what BT are using these days?

I can configure either of the above on my ER-X but with PPPOE I need to specify dummy credentials right?

Re: 3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

imjolly — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:57:40 GMT

are you going broadband only or adding digital voice? if adding DV then you must connect the BT hub to ONT and then connect your equipment to hub

Re: 3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

naylor2006 — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:59:20 GMT

Im going broadband only, in fact even if VOIP is offered as part of the package I dont mind losing it, I havent had a phone line in 10 years. I want to do away with the hub and connect directly.

Re: 3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

imjolly — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:09:57 GMT

as you are broadband only then your should be able to connect direct to the ONT

username bthomehub@btbroadband.com

password can be anything many just use BT

Re: 3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

naylor2006 — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:25:25 GMT

And that’s a PPPOE interface yeah?

Re: 3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

licquorice — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:26:42 GMT

Yes

Re: 3rd Party Own CPE Router for BT Full Fibre 900

naylor2006 — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:28:37 GMT

Thank you Sir.