Defraggler - a useful defragmentation utility.

Quick one for anyone that needs a free but very useful MS defrag tool.

Defraggler far better than the inbuilt MS utility, runs very happily on desktop and server versions.

Piriform Defraggler

Its free but they do accept donations, and have various other useful little apps on the site.

Untangle with BT Infinity

Sorry for the delay, as promised here is a quick run down of how to ditch the BT fibre hub and just use the mini fibre nte with your own router.

This guide will focus on Untangle, as that as the security appliance we use, however it should be very easy to configure to your hardware.

To start with take the BT supplied cable from your mini NTE to router, unplug from fibre hub and place into untangle WAN port. Store BT fibre hub somewhere of your chosing (I opted for cylindrical floor based storage also used for empty cups, sandwich wrappers etc.).

First the simple protocol, set your WAN port for PPPoE.

Then add your username and password. For home connections this may be generic, for the business version you will need the BT supplied information.

If you have a dynamic IP address all that should remain is to restart the Mini NTE (this takes a while to establish its connection so dont panic) click renew lease from within Untangle for the WAN port and you should be done, simples.

If you have static IP addresses just add them in as above, set any port forwards you need and job done, all should be working.

Hope this helps those who had similar experiences to myself in asking a certain large provider for advice on using their products.