I’m *finally* getting FTTC/Infinity in my area so I’ll be upgrading as soon as I can, but I currently have a slightly convoluted ADSL configuration and am hoping that somebody can help me out with a little info.
First, my setup. I currently have ADSL (from Zen), which comes into the master socket behind the sofa in the living room. The sofa is heavy as and I haven’t managed to move it since it was ‘installed’ when we moved in.
My ADSL wireless router (Billion 7300G) is plugged into an extension in my den and is connected to a 16 port 100Mbit switch (to be upgraded to gigabit when I get FTTC), to which I probably have about 5 connected servers and workstations. I do need to keep a wireless AP in this room.
My house is three stories high so I also have a HomePlugAV network coming off the switch and a Buffalo Wifi AP on the top floor via this network to give me wifi coverage throughout the house – mostly for laptops, phones and tablets as I wander around. This doesn't really need to be much faster than it is currently, though I might upgrade to AV500 HomePlugs at some point.
I have a gaming PC and this is wired directly into the Billion.
I understand that regardless of whoever I get to supply my FTTC service, I will get an OpenReach ‘modem’ that will bridge the cable from outside to my internal network. Most providers also give me or sell me at a discount some cr*ppy looking router that connects to this modem.
Now the questions:
Am I correct that any cable router that supports PPPoE will work with the FTTC service? I just connect my router of choice to the OpenReach modem with a regular RJ45 cable?
Does a new faceplate/broadband socket need to be fitted, and if so does it need to be at/next to the existing master socket? Can I still connect the OpenReach modem to any extension?
Is there an all-in-one solution (e.g. a cable wifi router with 5+ gigabit ports) that I can use in place of my Billion or would you recommend I get my gigabit switch, router and AP as separate devices?
Thanks in advance!


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