Change of Modem / Router

[Conan_the_Librarian]

I'm changing providers to reduce costs. New ISP, new modem / router.
My house is now fairly automated and I really don't want to go through everything and connect it to a new WiFi access point.

Can I:

1. Name the new WiFi the same as the old, use the same password and clone the Mac address?

2. Use the new unit as a modem only, hard wire it to the old router using that as the WiFi access point.

3. Do something clever that I haven't thought of because I'm a numpty!

TIA

CtL

[MikkiJayne]

I'm doing #2.

Which provider have you found?

[ainarssems]

Most of the stuff should work with just having the same SSID and password on the new router unless you have some firewall rules setup on router for access from outside.

That being said I have my own Unifi WiFi network and newer use WiFi from providers router.

[Conan_the_Librarian]

I'm switching from EE to 3. I've been paying £61 pm for 200Gb and 3 are doing an unlimited data sim for £18 pm on a two year contract.

[Adrian E]

Mike

Are you using the equipment supplied by your current ISP, or stuff you’ve bought yourself? If the latter you should be able to enter the credentials (if any are needed) to access the new service provider’s network

We moved from Virgin Media to Sky when we moved house, but I’ve got all my stuff running through an expensive Asus router, so wanted to continue with that when I realised how limited Sky’s kit is. Ended up with a BT modem which does
The handshake bit with the network and the ASUS router needed a Merlin firmware installing to allow me to enter Sky credentials that satisfy the ISP

If you do end up setting up the same WiFi access details to avoid setting up everything again, be aware it probably won’t work for all devices. Some appear smart enough to know when the source of the WiFi signal has changed and want you to re-enter passwords or delete settings before being recognised

[Conan_the_Librarian]

Thanks for the advice.

I have a very capable TP Link router that I use to use when my BB came over copper. When I switched to the EE 4G ISP I hard wired the router to the EE supplied unit and that worked up to a point. My security cameras and NAS however use DDNS so I can access them away from home. This failed as the cameras were reporting the WAN IP as the address of the TP Link router not the EE modem. In the end I dropped the TP Link unit and ran everything via the EE router.

As an experiment, could I fire up the TP link unit with the SSID of the EE unit and switch off the EE WiFi to see what connects? If everything connects to the TP Link router then job done?

[johnny_quattro]

Another vote from me for the #2 option; use ISP-supplied router in modem-only mode and pipe 'tinterweb' through to your own router.