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ianbar's avatar
ianbar
On our wavelength
20 days ago

V6 Internet Connection

I am aware that the V6 box requires an internet connection.  I am having fibre broadband installed and will be running this in parallel with the VM service, at least for a while.  To avoid any interference problems I would prefer to switch off the VM hub and connect the V6 ethernet cable to the new fibre broadband router, so it will be accessing the internet through a different ISP.  Will this work?  If it is relevant the fibre broadband ISP does not use static IP's.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    20 days ago

    No, it will not work as the V6 has to use VM's broadband. You can put the VM hub into modem mode and use your router.

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person
    20 days ago

    Both V6 & V360 boxes connect to headend servers that are not accessible from outside VMs network, so they will still need to connect to the VM hub to operate.