ubiquiti edgerouter X and BT homehub 6

[mickytruelove]

I am about to try setup my home network this week when i get a chance and i currently have a BT home hub 6 doing all the work. I purchased a Ubiquiti edgerouter X and wifi access point lite last year and never got round to setting them up.

I plan to move the phone line and router to the office so i can wire my desktop computer to the router.

Just wondered if anyone can spot any issues with my plan and what settings i might need to configure to get the edgerouter x working with the BT home hub? I am guessing disable the wifi on the homehub and let the ubiquiti acess point do that .

Any pointers would be a great help.

[OldGermanHeaps]

Home hub doesnt have modem mode so you will have double nat, not a great situation for a lot of applications, you would be better getting a openreach hg612 or draytek 130 to handle modem duties if you want to use the edgerouter.
What model access point do you have?

[mickytruelove]

Ah, thats a bit crap, i assumed i could just knock off the router side of things from home hub and use it as a modem.

I have the ubiquiti AP AC lite access point.

[OldGermanHeaps]

Not quite, closest you can get is dmz on homehub to erx, but still double nat, problems online gaming, hosting cctv/nas and such.
Openreach modem is cheap enough.

[thebraketester]

You need a openreach modem>>> edge router >>>access point.

[megaphone]

Why are you fitting an Edgerouter? If it's just for basic home internet use then keep the HH6, with wifi off, and the Unifi AP.

[OldGermanHeaps]

You can leave the hh6 wifi on and cable the uap upstairs, tbh there isnt much wrong with the hh6 its the best of the isp provided routers.

[mickytruelove]

Thanks for the replies. I am using it as i bought it last year when living at a different address and while im moving the phone line and router to the office i thought i may aswel use it.

I think i have the old openreach modem at work so i might give that a try. i plan to get some of the ubiquiti cctv gear in the future so thought sticking with the router, access point would be a good idea.

[Mattt]

Curious why you went Edgerouter rather than UniFi for home use? It sounds like you’re not a Pro user either?