@Philbert I may have stumbled on it. after your hint about the PPOE stuff, which i will investigate for bypassing EE later, I tried "adding a network interface" which seems to be working! I'll update...

@Philbert Thanks for getting back to me. This is my wired setup Wall: EE Box: VR900: I like the idea of bypassing the EE box altogether but that might be a next phase. i can see the username but not...

@Philbert Thanks for the reply - I really appreciate it. It's reassuring to know I'm on the right track. Just to confirm, it's a VR900(V3) I have. I believe I've done what you suggested, I will...

So I'm probably missing something. I've been using the vr900 with my talktalk connection for a couple of years I got EE full fibre installed today. I had thought i could just connect the ethernet...