topic Re: Custom hardware on EE broadband? in Broadband & Landline

Custom hardware on EE broadband?

soupladel — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:55:32 GMT

So I have been on the full fibre 1.6Gbps service for a couple years.

i recently noticed that i was paying more than I should be so I voted to re-up my broadband at £71.99 from £75.99 and that includes new WiFi 7 hardware in place of the old WiFi 6 hardware. However I don’t need the new hardware because I currently have an ASUS BE-98 Wifi7 router and have my hardware set up how I like it including a NAS and custom setting for all my WiFi channels.

the question I have is can I continue to use my own hardware?

Re: Custom hardware on EE broadband?

XRaySpeX — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:59:24 GMT

Yes, as long as you don't have DV but you may have to put your EE supplied router back in if you ever have to seek support.

Re: Custom hardware on EE broadband?

soupladel — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:07:51 GMT

I presume the config for enabling the connection won’t change I.e username will remain as bthomehub@btbroadband.com etc…

Re: Custom hardware on EE broadband?

XRaySpeX — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:51 GMT

Yes, In Using & Configuring a Third Party Router you'll find everything you need to set up your router incl. the BB PPPoE creds. which are now the same as BT's. I thought you had already set it up & so didn't need this.

Re: Custom hardware on EE broadband?

soupladel — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:45:39 GMT

I don’t, in my reply I was questioning whether there was any change in the configuration, perhaps required to emulate the Wifi7 EE Hardware. So based on what you have said I won’t have to change a thing which is exactly what I was hoping to be the case