NowTV Hub Two (ADSL)

[#1]

Will I be able to use my past providers ADSL router (NowTV Hub Two) with plusnet broadband?

If so how would I go about it?

[#2]

I'm not sure about that specific router but Plusnet's settings can be found here.

[#3]

No.

Sky/NowTV hubs uses MAC Encapsulated Routing (MER).  There is no way to reconfigure it to use PPPoA or PPPoE for Plusnet ADSL.

[#4]

Thank you for that info, unfortunately its way over my tech understanding!

I have copied my router settings below because I noticed it shows -  Network TypePPPoA

So could you possibly re-evaluate your kind reply and hopefully in my case the router may be used for Plusnet?

I have looked into the router settings and I think the IP address is able to be changed to match the Plusnet one.

Many thanks

Systems Details

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Manufacturer Sky

Model NR801

Firmware Version 1.00.2182.R

DSL Firmware VersionA2pv6F039m1.d24m

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Modem

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Modem StatusConnected

DownStream Connection Speed23999

UpStream Connection Speed1295

VPI0

VCI38

IPv6 Loopback Address2a02:c7d:900b:3500::1/128

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Broadband Port

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MAC Address70:50:af:c3:32:c2

IPv4 Address2.127.51.56

Network TypePPPoA

IPv4 Subnet Mask255.255.255.255

Gateway IPv4 Address2.127.238.143

IPv4 Domain Name Server90.207.238.159, 90.207.238.160

Gateway IPv6 Addressfe80::a2f3:e4ff:fe85:aa30

IPv6 Domain Name Server 

IPv6 Global Address2a02:c7d:900b:3500::1/64

IPv6 Link Local Addressfe80::411e:b359:1b36:6f0d

IPv6 Delegated Prefix2a02:c7d:900b:3500::/56

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LAN Port

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MAC Address70:50:af:c3:32:c1

IPv4 Address192.168.0.1

DHCPv4On

IPv4 Subnet Mask255.255.255.0

IPv6 ULAfd63:790a:e56c:0:7250:afff:fec3:32c0/64

IPv6 Global Address2a02:c7d:900b:3500::1

IPv6 Link Local Addressfe80::7250:afff:fec3:32c1

DHCPv6On

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Wireless Port

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Name (SSID) NOWTVCDC6E

Region Europe

Current Channel 1 (2.4 GHz), 36 (5 GHz)

Wireless AP Enabled

Broadcast Name Yes

[#5]

You can't use the NowTV Hub with Plusnet unfortunately.

[#6]

Could you elaborate please?

[#7]

If you don't believe it then why not just try it? It won't explode in your face.

[#8]

Thank you for your most helpful reply.

It is not a matter of believing.

When I do get a plusnet line then maybe I might just do that (wearing the appropriate health and safety equipment of course), in the meantime I was hoping to gather some useful knowledge on top of what helpful posters have given me already.

[#9]

To be able to work with a Plusnet ADSL connection, a router needs to be able to configured for PPPoA with your username and password. The NowTv router does not use a username & password to authenticate, rather it uses the unique MAC address of the router. Without the ability to configure a username & password it will not work with PN.

Hope that helps.

[#10]

Thank you.  I think I get it now.

So routers from the likes of Now and Sky have their users really bound  to their own systems then.  That's really useful to know when considering changing providers.