Things to do with redundant BT Smart hub?
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BT have just sent me a smart hub2.
Now the existing Smart Hub was brilliant with good dual band wifi throughout our house.
As I don't need to return it; are there any good uses I can put it to? I don't need to do this, but could it be set up as a second wifi access point? I do have quite a lot of ethernet around the house!
Now the existing Smart Hub was brilliant with good dual band wifi throughout our house.
As I don't need to return it; are there any good uses I can put it to? I don't need to do this, but could it be set up as a second wifi access point? I do have quite a lot of ethernet around the house!
Skyedriver said:
Does it have to be BT to BT?
I'm on BT broadband but have an EE and a Sky hub in the loft collecting dust.
No you can use anything reallyI'm on BT broadband but have an EE and a Sky hub in the loft collecting dust.
The Sky Q hub has some oddities which I can explain if needs be. The older Sky routers were not too good though
We have an EE Brightbox possibly a 2 version. It provides a good wifi signal we use for the Google devices
Paul Drawmer said:
andyb28 said:
Door stop / Paper weight?
They are rubbish routers.
It's worked brilliantly for me. What makes the later BT Smart Hub rubbish?They are rubbish routers.
One thing I am bemused at is that they just send it to you. I am not besmirching your post but from experience I have found that ISP's don't just send anything free. Have you extended your agreement ? or have you raised an issue with them recently.
TPSA7514 said:
If it worked well for you then proceed about using it as an access point.
One thing I am bemused at is that they just send it to you. I am not besmirching your post but from experience I have found that ISP's don't just send anything free. Have you extended your agreement ? or have you raised an issue with them recently.
Yep, I should have said that I've just renewed my contract with BT. They have offered me a good deal, but I had to pay £10 for the Smrt Hub2 delivery.One thing I am bemused at is that they just send it to you. I am not besmirching your post but from experience I have found that ISP's don't just send anything free. Have you extended your agreement ? or have you raised an issue with them recently.
I think I'll just keep it in its box. The Smart Hub (1) works perfectly. If it ain't broke....
Under the new T&Cs BT have not actually given or sold me the new one, if I cancel the contract, they'll want it back.
TPSA7514 said:
Skyedriver said:
Does it have to be BT to BT?
I'm on BT broadband but have an EE and a Sky hub in the loft collecting dust.
No you can use anything reallyI'm on BT broadband but have an EE and a Sky hub in the loft collecting dust.
The Sky Q hub has some oddities which I can explain if needs be. The older Sky routers were not too good though
We have an EE Brightbox possibly a 2 version. It provides a good wifi signal we use for the Google devices
Or would the EE one be better?
Skyedriver said:
TPSA7514 said:
Skyedriver said:
Does it have to be BT to BT?
I'm on BT broadband but have an EE and a Sky hub in the loft collecting dust.
No you can use anything reallyI'm on BT broadband but have an EE and a Sky hub in the loft collecting dust.
The Sky Q hub has some oddities which I can explain if needs be. The older Sky routers were not too good though
We have an EE Brightbox possibly a 2 version. It provides a good wifi signal we use for the Google devices
Or would the EE one be better?
It Depends which EE one you have The one we have has AC Wireless so which model number is it
You can't use either as a repeater. A repeater is a routing idea that grabs a signal then boosts it
With those the only real way you can do it is to attach an ethernet cable from the BT one to whichever of these you use.
An alternative would be to buy a pair of powerline adapters and plug one into the garage the other into a socket by the BT Hub then at each end connect an ethernet cable from each powerline to the routers.
Starting to get a bit expensive and complicated isn't it ?
For the money you might spend on that you could possibly buy a plug in repeater that just grabs the signal
Edited by TPSA7514 on Monday 10th February 11:36
TPSA7514 said:
One thing I am bemused at is that they just send it to you. I am not besmirching your post but from experience I have found that ISP's don't just send anything free. Have you extended your agreement ? or have you raised an issue with them recently.
BT sent me out a brand new Smarthub for free when I asked where I could buy an AC adapter for one. I'd chewed the cable with my hoover and needed a replacement. 2 days later and a nice shiny new router (with AC adapter) arrived. That was 20 months into a 24 month contract.TPSA7514 said:
If this sounds basic and patronising it isn't meant to be
It Depends which EE one you have The one we have has AC Wireless so which model number is it
You can't use either as a repeater. A repeater is a routing idea that grabs a signal then boosts it
With those the only real way you can do it is to attach an ethernet cable from the BT one to whichever of these you use.
An alternative would be to buy a pair of powerline adapters and plug one into the garage the other into a socket by the BT Hub then at each end connect an ethernet cable from each powerline to the routers.
Starting to get a bit expensive and complicated isn't it ?
For the money you might spend on that you could possibly buy a plug in repeater that just grabs the signal
Happy to be patronised, I'm a tech numptie. I'll go see the router and have a look. We have a BT extender thing up near the bedrooms, Picks up the signal for sons computer and a TV but sometimes it works other times it just buffers. Not helped by the 4MB we receive from outside...It Depends which EE one you have The one we have has AC Wireless so which model number is it
You can't use either as a repeater. A repeater is a routing idea that grabs a signal then boosts it
With those the only real way you can do it is to attach an ethernet cable from the BT one to whichever of these you use.
An alternative would be to buy a pair of powerline adapters and plug one into the garage the other into a socket by the BT Hub then at each end connect an ethernet cable from each powerline to the routers.
Starting to get a bit expensive and complicated isn't it ?
For the money you might spend on that you could possibly buy a plug in repeater that just grabs the signal
Edited by TPSA7514 on Monday 10th February 11:36
(The Netgear one we have is no better)
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