Pretty much every router I’ve ever seen will allow you to set the SSID name and password. I’ve been through several ISPs during my time in this house and use the supplied router each time, but I set the SSID to one of my choosing so I don’t need to make any changes to my devices.Got my router form Sky from the time Tesco dropped broadband and "forced" me on to talktalk which I rejected. I'm still on the same router and have upgraded my speeds thanks to a line upgrade, and it's not massively fast, varies between 5 and 30 mbps so I can rarely enjoy "live" 4k streaming, even though I should.
Recently I've been plagued by drop-outs, sometimes for seconds, sometimes until I turn off/on; beginning to think I need a new router from Sky but I would lose use of my home security cameras, I'd have to "re-install" them unless somehow I can keep my wifi password??
Thanks, the cameras don't know where the wifi is coming from, they just want the same password!!Pretty much every router I’ve ever seen will allow you to set the SSID name and password. I’ve been through several ISPs during my time in this house and use the supplied router each time, but I set the SSID to one of my choosing so I don’t need to make any changes to my devices.
If it's Virgin Media and I imagine other fibre providers, you cannot use any old router, it must be theirs.
The only workaround is to put the hub into modem mode and connect your old router to it. Your old router must have the correct switching speed for it to work, you can google about this.