[peteneedham]

Does anybody no if the router is locked to EE or can i set it up to use on my Be internet provider.
This is the router http://recombu.com/digital/news/ee-b...ee_M11026.html

Thanks

[emptybox]

It talks about a separate "openreach modem" in that link. That seems to suggest that the 'BrightBox' is a router only, and seems to be designed to work with fibre-optic broadband.
Is that what you've got from Be?

Anyway, as long as you can access the modem's configuration page, and can add in your Be username and password, then it's unlikely to be locked. The router itself will probably just connect to the internet when connected to a modem.

Orange have never locked their equipment, as far as I know.

[peteneedham]

i can access the modem's configuration page but it asks for user name to end in @fs, if you leave it blank a box comes up saying you need user and pass. On be network you dont even need a user and pass.Thats why i think it might be locked to EE.

[emptybox]

Originally Posted by peteneedham

i can access the modem's configuration page but it asks for user name to end in @fs, if you leave it blank a box comes up saying you need user and pass. On be network you dont even need a user and pass.Thats why i think it might be locked to EE.

You might be right.
All Orange broadband usernames end in @fs.

I had an Orange Livebox, and I've now replaced it with a Netgear router, which works fine. But I never tried the Livebox on another network, right enough.

The configuration is surely on the modem though, rather than on the router? (I'm presuming they are separate pieces of equipment?)
If you've changed from EE to Be, I'd have thought Be would supply you with their own modem?

[peteneedham]

Originally Posted by emptybox

You might be right.
All Orange broadband usernames end in @fs.

I had an Orange Livebox, and I've now replaced it with a Netgear router, which works fine. But I never tried the Livebox on another network, right enough.

The configuration is surely on the modem though, rather than on the router? (I'm presuming they are separate pieces of equipment?)
If you've changed from EE to Be, I'd have thought Be would supply you with their own modem?

Yes i have a be router but i like the sound of the EE one sounds a lot better than my Technicolor TG582n. Not sure what you mean by 2 separate pieces of equipment ive just got the 1 piece as in the link i posted.

[emptybox]

That Technicolor one is an ADSL modem/router, but from the link in the first post it looks like the EE BrightBox router is designed to work with an Openreach modem that is installed when you sign up for fibre-optic broadband? Might be wrong.

*ETA: Actually I googled it, and it seems the BrightBox does have an ADSL modem, but you have to do a bit of configuring to use it.
http://help.ee.co.uk/system/selfserv...TICLE_ID=20180

However, it looks like it is locked to EE.
http://www.dslsource.co.uk/View/brightbox

[peteneedham]

Originally Posted by emptybox

That Technicolor one is an ADSL modem/router, but from the link in the first post it looks like the EE BrightBox router is designed to work with an Openreach modem that is installed when you sign up for fibre-optic broadband? Might be wrong.

*ETA: Actually I googled it, and it seems the BrightBox does have an ADSL modem, but you have to do a bit of configuring to use it.
http://help.ee.co.uk/system/selfserv...TICLE_ID=20180

However, it looks like it is locked to EE.
http://www.dslsource.co.uk/View/brightbox

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

This product is only suitable for use with EE broadband connections in the UK. If you are not an EE broadband customer then please do not purchase this product as it will not work on any other network.


Thanks for that link,i guess it wont work with be then
Sounds like a good router though is there any wit the same specification to buy .