BT HomeHub Wireless thing
Discussion
I just 'upgraded' from BT Option 4 to Option 3 Broadband. Great, a few quid less, unlimited suckage and a second phone line which we need. All free.
However, I've been using a Linksys wireless ASDL/Hub/Router thing for 4 years with zero problems. Laptops wirelessed in etc. Now this BT Homehub replaces the above. Except it only seems to work mornings. By 3pm today I could get nothing out of it. Resetting made no difference. BTs help system said the hub wasnt connected. It was, I know the cable is good (I'm using the same cable now), I know everything else is fine - the bl00dy thing worked fine from 7AM until 3PM. Then I could connect but had not Internet access.
I look at the support pages when it deemed to give me a few k of bandwidth. I'm 1 version of firmware down. OK, better upgrade just in case ... now how. Forcing the firmware to download didn't seem to change the firmware version once it had completed. So I have to leave it plugged in for a week so the firmware can get pushed to it. Er right.
I've switched back to old faithful from Linksys. Sod the phone line.
Anyone else had problems with these new BT hubs?
However, I've been using a Linksys wireless ASDL/Hub/Router thing for 4 years with zero problems. Laptops wirelessed in etc. Now this BT Homehub replaces the above. Except it only seems to work mornings. By 3pm today I could get nothing out of it. Resetting made no difference. BTs help system said the hub wasnt connected. It was, I know the cable is good (I'm using the same cable now), I know everything else is fine - the bl00dy thing worked fine from 7AM until 3PM. Then I could connect but had not Internet access.
I look at the support pages when it deemed to give me a few k of bandwidth. I'm 1 version of firmware down. OK, better upgrade just in case ... now how. Forcing the firmware to download didn't seem to change the firmware version once it had completed. So I have to leave it plugged in for a week so the firmware can get pushed to it. Er right.
I've switched back to old faithful from Linksys. Sod the phone line.
Anyone else had problems with these new BT hubs?
The hub is pretty useless, but im a little confused by the second phone-line comment. Do you mean the VOIP service. BT make you pay for the handset don't they.
Just ring them up and get them to send you another if you are determined to use their voip service. Im on my thrid in a year.
Just ring them up and get them to send you another if you are determined to use their voip service. Im on my thrid in a year.
Edited by bobthemonkey on Thursday 26th April 22:30
After a lot of arsing around I seem to be there with the BT hub. It is a lot more reliable than my Apple Airport Extreme and wireless music over airtunes works a LOT better... but, I don't seem to be able to get any of the computers in the house to reconnect to it automatically. You have to select the network and connect which is mucho annoying.
bobthemonkey said:
The hub is pretty useless, but im a little confused by the second phone-line comment. Do you mean the VOIP service. BT make you pay for the handset don't they.
Just ring them up and get them to send you another if you are determined to use their voip service. Im on my thrid in a year.
Just ring them up and get them to send you another if you are determined to use their voip service. Im on my thrid in a year.
Edited by bobthemonkey on Thursday 26th April 22:30
I can just plug my BT Converse desktop phone into the homehub and it gives me a second line with a second number.
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