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.
3 comments:
What speeds are you getting connecting directly to Untangle?
Some people report you still have to use the hub to get the full speed or increase the MTU in Untangle.
I am just trying to ensure it will work fast before making the leap from my existing supplier as I don't want to ditch the power of Untangle.
Hi i'm getting the same speeds I had before but with slightly less packet loss, please see below from speedtest:
Maidstone
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1070246421.png
Coventry
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1070247556.png
I have changed the MTU to 1442 on the internal interface and have had n problems at all.
Guys
I cannot get UT to work with Infinity.
I can surf from the UT box an dall the connection tests pass.
However, I cant get anything inside to route outside.
Can I ask how you applied the vlan 101 to the WAN interface?
I have tried various combinations here.
Thanks
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