I recently had FTTP installed (UK - YouFibre) which came with its own router connected to the newly installed ONT.

Previously I was on Virgin Media, using their router on modem-only mode and connected to my Google Nest Wifi.

Despite the engineer telling me I had to go through the supplied YouFibre router first, on a whim I switched the Google wifi from the Virgin router directly into the Ethernet port on the ONT. I was pleasantly surprised to find it worked immediately without any additional configuration.

This is great - one less device plugged in etc. but I wonder if there is anything I should be aware of in doing this?

Am I just being paranoid?

  • Stormhunter6@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    In their defense, it is likely because most of their base is barely tech literate at best, and if the hardware is their own, they can maintain and update it regularly, lest they end up with a customer keep a router that hasn’t been updated in years.

    My buddy was using a WRT54G model router for their internet, keep in mind the hardware was almost 10 years old by this point. They were wondering why their internet was craptastic aside from a single wired connection. It wasn’t until I visited them that I rebooted their router and the Wifi/LAN miraculously started working normally for the first time in months, and then got them to buy something up to date. Keep in mind this is a person who is a programmer with a masters in mechanical engineering.