Vodafone Ultra Hub WAN setup

[Law_Man]

I have an OTP that is currently all green/active from an ISP which I believe to be TalkTalk running on CityFibre infrastructure.

I have the Vodafone ultra hub router but I can’t seem to find a way to connect to the existing active service as I can’t seem to find a way to configure the WAN configuration eg VLAN id, etc.

if I had an independent router like an ASUS I’d be able to configure this but I can’t seem to find the “super-admin” functions as the “expert mode” does not seem to allow me to configure and connect.

Any advice?

[Ripshod]

The vodafone router is dumb in this respect. It's totally locked down by vodafone and gets it's settings from vodafone's provisioning servers when it first connects.

TL;DR It won't work with other ISPs. 

[Law_Man]

Yes I thought that would be the case. Such a shame to lock down such decent technology but we all know why the ISPs do it.

any recommendations on a cheap alternative to overcome this issue?

the last tenant at my property died and the line is still active and I’m struggling to get a new ISP as the new tenant to connect to the line as CityFibre won’t release the service.

[Ripshod]

I don't think it's worth it tbh. As the previous tenant has passed the bill won't be paid and it'll get cut off. More economical to just wait I think, or get an fttc service for now if it's available.