Home Hub 4 with Apple Time Capsule

Hi all,
New to BT and, so far, all OK and really impressed with the speed. Trying to use with an Apple Time Capsule though and an Airport Express (for wireless printer) but no so easy. I have read so many posts about using bridge mode and setting us as follows but it will not work for me!
1 : 'Connect Using' select PPPoE
2 : 'Account Name' enter '[email protected]'
3 : 'Password' and 'verify password' enter a single space (as in press the space bar once).
The only way I can get this to work is to choose 'Connect Using' and choosing DHCP instead of PPPoE.
Is there a reason why the usual 'Connect Using' PPPoE is not working with my setup - is there something else I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Try using BT or anything else rather than just pressing space bar for your password.

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