SoGEA

[Simon]

The router should be preconfigured, so assuming you have the SSID and WiFi password, you should just be able to search for it in your laptop or phone WiFi settings and it should connect.  All you will need to do is enter the WiFi password, which is usually on a label stuck on the router somewhere.

[peasblossom]

The router should be preconfigured, so assuming you have the SSID and WiFi password, you should just be able to search for it in your laptop or phone WiFi settings and it should connect.  All you will need to do is enter the WiFi password, which is usually on a label stuck on the router somewhere.

Thanks!

[peasblossom]

Anyone else got experience of waiting for a switch like this? [a bit later] Found this, which answers some of my questions too. https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/4753758-fttc-to-sogea-how-quickly-does-or-do-the-work.html

[peasblossom]

Now in the curious position of being able to access the internet on my old router but not the new one. They are investigating. (Power, dsl, and both WiFi lights on and that's it.) Happy to hear your theories. [Thinks: will I regret this? lol]

[nowster]

SoGEA is a DSL type thing. Even FTTP has its problems.

Well, there's weird things happening on the OpenReach network at the moment.

The PON light started flashing on the ONT box at 05:57 on Saturday morning, and it's still that way. IDNet's tech support say it's a network fault.

The fact it was near 6am is highly suspicious, as that's the usual time OpenReach do changes to their network.

And then there was the "stuck session" we had in the summer, which also started at exactly 6am (and lasted several days including an inconclusive engineer visit).

I now have the VoIP equipment and cabling ready to move the phone line off the copper pair next month, but network problems like this don't inspire confidence.

(And in Manchester a few weeks ago our telegraph pole got enabled for both FTTP and one of the AltNets. Unfortunately I still have 12 months to run on the contract with Vermin.)

[nowster]

Now in the curious position of being able to access the internet on my old router but not the new one. They are investigating. (Power, dsl, and both WiFi lights on and that's it.) Happy to hear your theories. [Thinks: will I regret this? lol]

Are the login details on the new router the same as the old one? Is the SoGEA a new line provided in addition to your existing phone line (which will be ceasing soon), or has the SoGEA service already completely replaced it?