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Originally Posted by Rob
 to Cable Forum. I've moved your post to a separate thread since BT's FTTC and Virgin Media Cable are two different systems and thus your situation could have different issues.
Firstly with regard to your choice of Draytek Dual Wan router, do check the various specifications. Some are designed to handle more connections / throughput / bandwidth than others, so make sure you opt for once suited to your LAN network needs.
Some Draytek routers have an ADSL modem inbuilt. If they do you probably do not need the Vigor 120. Some routers do not have an integral ADSL modem, thus you may need the Vigor 120.
The BE ADSL service can probably be run using the BE supplied modem / router (from which you would connect it's LAN port to the Draytek WAN 1 or 2 port), or via your own supplied modem i.e. the Draytek router - or 120.
The FTTC service probably has to use the FTTC service's supplied router, but again you should be able to connect the LAN port of that to a WAN port on the Draytek, in much the same as the VM Cable superhub LAN port is connected (at least in my office) to the Draytek.
You may need to check with BT / Be as to how your incoming telecoms services would arrive at your property. I suspect you would have two distinct phone services, one with the bundled FTTC line, and a completely separate service with the Be ADSL. I doubt they can both run over one incoming wire, indeed there would be little point in that since the one wire would be a common point of failure. Most dual broadband services are done for redundancy, rather than speed. |
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Neither service requires the supplied router but BT FTTC does require the supplied modem. Disconnecting the Openreach modem is a breach of the T&Cs.
I'd connect the LAN of the modem to the WAN of the router, and the Be line to the DSL port of the router as backup
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Thanks for both your replies.
I have checked the Spec etc for the router/s i have in mind and they both look to fit the bill. They can all do what i need them to do.
Between both your replies regarding setup i think i'll do BT openreach modem to the WAN port on router and ADSL+ to the DSL port.
But... What about the dual DSL adapter that comes with the router?
Dual DSL adapter can i use this to free up the LAN4 (WAN2) port? so i connect 4 devices?
The adpater goes into the DSL (WAN1) port