Non EE router

[Johanstead]

My new ee hub has a DECT signal coming from it regardless of whether there is a phone connected, My aim is to not use my ee hub in order to create a set up which has no DECT signal coming from it. I thought I could do this by buying a TP-Link Archer AX50 AX3000 Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Network Router, and if I want to use a phone, to buy an ATA (Analogue telephone adaptor) which I can connect to an ethernet output on the Archer. Now I realise I can't plug the Archer I bought  into the broadband. I think it should work if I  buy a model which incorporates a modem too, eg tp link ac1200 router Archer Vr400. Does anyone know if this or any other modem+router would do what I want it to? Thanks. 

[JimM11]

@Johanstead Going to leave you in the hands of @XRaySpeX regarding what you are trying to do, he is keeping you right, and EE whoever told you what you just need to forget anything you where told it is RUBBISH.

EE give you a router, you plug it in it works, you plug a landline if you have the service from them it works, it's a no brainer.... Anything else you have to do all by yourself, and get it right from the get go, else creek/paddle without etc....

Landline if you have just now becomes a potential nightmare so you treat it very carefully or you can end up losing everything rapid!

[Johanstead]

Thanks to you both for your help.  Have I got all this correct??!

I must use the ee hub if I want to use ee's phone service. I can't turn off the dect signal that continuously comes out of the ee hub. But I can buy a compatible third party modem/router that doesn't have dect capacity.  I can then use that most of the time, but if I want to make a call I can swap to the ee hub, ie , turn it on, plug into the DCL socket, wait a few minutes. 

I would like to use a TP-Link Archer VR400 AC1200 because it has a wifi on/off button at the back, much easier than going into the address to disable/enable wifi. Would this be compatible when eventually on a full fibre system too? I  have a FTTC system at the moment.

Thanks!

Thanks!

[XRaySpeX]

Please tell me what phone you have & do you have Digital Voice from EE or a traditional analogue landline?

Why are you concerned about the DECT signal emitted from the EE router?

[Richardr66]

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@Johanstead wrote:

I must use the ee hub if I want to use ee's phone service. I can't turn off the dect signal that continuously comes out of the ee hub. But I can buy a compatible third party modem/router that doesn't have dect capacity.  I can then use that most of the time, but if I want to make a call I can swap to the ee hub, ie , turn it on, plug into the DCL socket, wait a few minutes. 

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Sorry I can't help on the technical side, but the main reason I kept a phone line is to receive calls from people who have my old landline number. From the above, you can't receive calls as you are only plugging in the phone system when you want to make a call.

Given then the actual number appears irrelevant, is it worth looking at other ways of making calls, e.g. many mobile plans include inclusive minutes, or if your mobile doesn't work at your home VOIP or similar?

I accept the above may not be useful if you expect to receive calls that will go to voicemail, but even then you could put a message on it saying it won't be monitored and give an alternative way of contacting you.

[JimM11]

@Johanstead Yes Tp-Link will work as either a VDSL Router or an Ethernet Router, config has to be changed to suit the connection type though! If you want Wi-Fi 6 then the Archer VX1800v is the one to go for, it's a far better router either way! 

[Johanstead]

To XRay SpeX. I have digital voice from EE. Analogue until recently when I changed from copper to FTTC, so just digital voice now.  

To Richardr66. Thanks, yes, would put an answerphone message on it to that effect, and would mostly use it for long conversations to avoid too much time on my mobile.

To JimM11. Do I want/need Wi-Fi6? Perhaps I do, first I heard of it, this is not as you see my specialist subject! I'm not a gamer, just the usual emails, Facebook, YouTube. Looks like the Archer VX1800v has a socket for an analogue phone. Presumably this is no use to me since I can only use an ee hub to access the ee phone service?

Should I explore  a third party VoIP provider in my quest to be dect free?

Not particularly expecting you all to agree with my priorities  but nevertheless lots of info out there on the effects of dect, WiFi and other forms of man made radiation. Some of us humans have major physical symptoms directly related to certain types of radiation https://www.es-uk.info/  For a wider and historic view of the effect of electricity on living organisms read "The Invisible Rainbow" by Arthur Firstenberg.

[XRaySpeX]

I still need to know what model phone you have? 

The EE router incorporates a DECT base station which can pair with cordless DECT extensions. If you have your own DECT base station + cordless extensions, you will not be using the base station in the router but your own. So it doesn't matter a jot that the router is emanating a DECT signal. You just plug your base station into the phone port at the back of the router or, if you like, remotely into an EE ATA plugged into a power socket.

[Johanstead]

I have a wired phone. Also a Gigaset cordless one with a base station. The issue is that the ee router pumps out a dect signal at all times, which I don't want in my environment. I was told by another ee tech person (wrongly I  now believe) that the ee phone system went through the house wiring. Some VoIP systems don't use dect technology, I learn from AI. Not sure if this is a path to explore or not. Thanks.

[XRaySpeX]

So it's just an environmental issue. Not much you can do about that if you want EE DV.

I've got an EE SH+ with the integrated base station, I never use, allegedly pumping out this so-called DECT signal. It doesn't worry me. I have separate DECT base station plugged into a normal phone socket.

Is it really "pumping" it out? How do you know? It's probably quiescent when it has no extension to talk to.

[JimM11]

@Johanstead No dect devices used or paired then no dect out, ATA port can be wired out off the EE Router back connection to all existing wiring, making all the home wiring work as before. Your cordless phone is no doubt dect based!