Activation Preparation

[grooveBiscuit]

I am scheduled to move over from my current provider on 1st May. I was wondering if there was anything I should do to prepare for the switch.

I've heard talk of turning the router off overnight. When should I switch it back on, first thing in the morning? Or should I switch it on, see if I've been switched and if not turn it off again?

[Ircsum]

There's no need to switch the router off overnight. Your migration may complete at any time during the day (8 a.m. - 8 p.m., I believe). Once you've migrated you'll still be able to log in to your old ISP for a time so it's just a matter of trying your ADSL24 login details at intervals during the day of activation.

Ircsum.

[Tainted]

Once you've migrated you'll still be able to log in to your old ISP for a time so it's just a matter of trying your ADSL24 login details at intervals during the day of activation.

Sometimes this is the case - what happened in my case was I came upstairs and my connection had gone red on my router. I put in the ADSL24 details and bang it worked.

Sometimes there is an overlap, sometimes there isn't ;)

[grooveBiscuit]

Cool, thanks guys.

I'll just leave things alone. I'll be at work all day so I'll probably just leave it and check it when I get in.

If the wife calls me complaining the internet is broken I'll know it's been changed over ;) :D

[raceylady]

very easy change over, I was on my pc when it started, my old isp went a little jerky that was all, plugged in my new username and password hey presto just carried on.

[azerom]

Before you change any router settings make sure you have a print out of the troubleshooting part of the FAQ http://adsl24.co.uk/faq.php#18.

I had some setup problems and the answer was in here.