Mesh Wi-Fi With Community Fibre: Deco, Eero, Orbi and Nest Wifi Setup
12 November 2026 · By Ethan Fernandes
Using TP-Link Deco, Amazon Eero, Netgear Orbi or Google Nest Wifi with Community Fibre? Whether you can replace the Community Fibre router, the settings it needs, and how to keep your home phone working.
Quick fix
Community Fibre officially allows your own router, using an automatic (DHCP) connection with no login. Connect your mesh in place of their router and leave it in router mode, or keep their router (for the home phone) with your mesh in access point mode and the router's Wi-Fi off.
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Get help todayCommunity Fibre is one of London's biggest full fibre providers, especially in council and housing association blocks and terraced streets. Its speeds are excellent, but a single router in a hallway rarely covers a whole home, so many customers add mesh. Here's how to do it properly.
The short version: Community Fibre officially allows your own router, using an automatic (DHCP) connection with no login. Connect your mesh in place of their router and leave it in router mode, or keep their router (for the home phone) with your mesh in access point mode and the router's Wi-Fi off.
What Community Fibre Allows
Community Fibre officially lets you use your own router. It needs to support your speed, connect by an Ethernet (RJ45) port and use an automatic DHCP connection, as Community Fibre doesn't use PPPoE. If there's a fault, Community Fibre may ask you to reconnect its own router while they test the line.
Option 1: Mesh Straight to the Fibre Socket
- Connect the main mesh unit's internet port to the port the Community Fibre router was using.
- Leave the mesh in normal router mode, with the internet connection set to automatic (DHCP). No username or password is needed.
- Restart the mesh and check you're online. If it won't connect, some setups need a VLAN setting on the internet port, so ask Community Fibre support to confirm.
- Keep the Community Fibre router safe in case it's needed for fault testing.
This is the best setup for every mesh brand, including Google Nest Wifi, because the mesh stays in router mode.
Option 2: Keep the Community Fibre router, Mesh in Access Point Mode
If you'd rather not swap routers, or you use a Community Fibre home phone, keep their router as the router, connect your mesh to it, switch the mesh to access point or bridge mode (see below) and turn off the Community Fibre router's Wi-Fi.
Home Phone
If your Community Fibre home phone plugs into their router, keep the router connected and use Option 2, so the phone keeps working.
Access Point Mode on Each Mesh System
- TP-Link Deco: Deco app, More > Advanced > Operation Mode > Access Point.
- Amazon Eero: eero app, Settings > Network settings > DHCP & NAT > Bridge.
- Netgear Orbi: orbilogin.com, Advanced > Router / AP Mode > AP Mode.
- Google Nest Wifi: bridge mode only supports a single unit, so extra points stop working. Keep Nest Wifi in router mode with the provider's Wi-Fi turned off instead, or connect it directly where the provider allows.
How We Handle It
We set up mesh Wi-Fi with Community Fibre properly across London homes, from flats in managed buildings to large houses: choosing whether to replace or keep the Community Fibre router, keeping your home phone working, placing the mesh units for full coverage and testing every room. See our Wi-Fi and home networking service.
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Common questions
Yes. Community Fibre officially allows your own router, as long as it supports your speed, connects by Ethernet and uses an automatic (DHCP) connection. Community Fibre doesn't use PPPoE.
An automatic (DHCP) connection with no username or password. Some setups also need a VLAN setting on the internet port, so check with Community Fibre support if it won't connect.
Keep it somewhere safe even if you replace it, as Community Fibre may ask you to reconnect it for fault testing. If your home phone plugs into it, keep it connected and put your mesh in access point mode.
Yes. Connect it in place of the Community Fibre router in normal router mode, and every Nest Wifi point works.
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