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Can i use my own router connected directly to the master socket?

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Can i use my own router connected directly to the master socket and my own router then connected to my PC? I don't need the smart hub 2 chained to my own router (modem mode) for it to work? Because virgin asked me to put their router in modem mode in order to use my own router. I wondered if BT was the same. Thank you.

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Re: Can i use my own router connected directly to the master socket?

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are you a new customer switching from Virgin?   if so which BT package have you ordered - FTTC which requires use of master socket or FTTP which does not use master socket but installation of an ONT



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Ii'm a new BT customer on FTTC, mastersocket 5c. I switched from virgin. Thank you.

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You cannot connect a pure router to the master socket, but you can connect any third party VDSL modem/ router directly. The BT hub cannot be used as a modem only.

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Sorry, i'm echoing casual speak on the technical terms, when i say router. So like virgin and bt ship out router/modems. I need to buy a router that has a modem in it and i can connect it direct to socket without smart hub 2 involved?

 

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Correct. Any VDSL modem/router with PPPoE capability will be fine.

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Awesome! I shall buy with that in mind. Thanks for your help!

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