Anyway, he has managed to get hold of another modem and we are going to
try it this evening after their 24 hour check finishes. My question is:

Will any adsl modem pick up Be's signal and show as connected without
changing any settings, or will we have to connect it to the pc and phone
Be to get their settings first?

As a cable user I have very little knowledge of all things adsl.


I use a NETGEAR DG834GT for connecting to BE, you could pick one up from
pc world, with the right firmaware it is better than the be box. ( in my
experiance )


The settings are ADSL setting page of the router.

Multiplexing method = LLC-Based

VPI = 0

VCI = 101

I also clone the mac address of the be box, the be box mac address
should be on a sticker under the unit. you can find the settings for
router mac address on the basic settings page of the netgear.

Advice given here by other posters about getting BE to get off their
arse and sort the BT side of things is correct, the BB contract is with
BE, sometimes they need a good shove to do anything. BT will try and
pass the charge for a call out back to you.

If they do end up coming out, they may test the BB connection with one
of their 'own' routers and if it works, you get the bill. There is a
possibility it could be the be box and it would be a lot easier if BE
sent you a replacement, however from experience they are not so quick to
offer a replacement so only using a router known to work with be to test
can prove the be box is faulty.

A list of routers known to work with BE are on their support site but if
you cant access that , here is the list:

BT Voyager 2110 (Note needs to be set to bridge mode rather than IPOATM,
well for static IP anyway not sure about DHCP)

Belkin F5D7632-4

Belkin 8632 (N1 Vision incl. ADSL2+ modem)


Buffalo. Wireless-N Nfiniti™ Broadband ADSL2+ Modem Router

Linksys WAG54GS

Linksys WAG160N

Draytek Vigor 2820

Netgear DG834/DG834G v3, v4

Netgear DG834GT

Netgear ProSafe DGFV338 (( I tried one of these it does work but it
but the sync speed is around 5.8 where the DG834GT syncs at around 8.2 ))

Netgear DM111P ADSL2+ modem

Linksys WAG 300N

Linksys WAP200G

D-link 2640b

D-Link 2740B

WAG325N

BT Business Hub (2Wire 2700HGV)

Cisco 877 and 1801 (with recent IOS/firmware). (May support upload+ but
not confirmed)


Netgear DG834/DG834GT V3,V4 Note: Requries firmware update.

Netgear DG834GT (Requires UberGt or latest Netgear firmware
http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D103257.asp)*

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Regards,
martop