BT Home Hub / Wireless networking
BT Home Hub / Wireless networking
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16610LV

Original Poster:

311 posts

246 months

Monday 13th November 2006
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...I recently upgraded my BT Broadband to BT 'Total BB'. I don't have wireless before, but the BT Home Hub has built wireless support. I just had to purchase a BT wireless card for my laptop (£25) - and setup was easy-peasy (I'm a wireless numpty) - everything recognised everything else and the connection is solid at 54Mbs.

I'm planning to buy another laptop with built-in wifi and am sure that linking this to the BT kit will be equally straight forward.

Really happy that wireless has proven to be so simple (I had no success setting wireless up using the Netgear equipment a few months back - SO many variables to manually adjust!).

road2ruin

6,532 posts

247 months

Monday 13th November 2006
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16610LV said:
...I recently upgraded my BT Broadband to BT 'Total BB'. I don't have wireless before, but the BT Home Hub has built wireless support. I just had to purchase a BT wireless card for my laptop (£25) - and setup was easy-peasy (I'm a wireless numpty) - everything recognised everything else and the connection is solid at 54Mbs.

I'm planning to buy another laptop with built-in wifi and am sure that linking this to the BT kit will be equally straight forward.

Really happy that wireless has proven to be so simple (I had no success setting wireless up using the Netgear equipment a few months back - SO many variables to manually adjust!).


Think you may be dissapointed at the 'lack of ease' that may occur when adding this to the BT hub. Bt products tend to go well together but not with any other manufacturers equipment. I am not saying it wont work because it probably will, just not as seamlessly as you think.

16610LV

Original Poster:

311 posts

246 months

Monday 13th November 2006
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road2ruin said:
16610LV said:
...I recently upgraded my BT Broadband to BT 'Total BB'. I don't have wireless before, but the BT Home Hub has built wireless support. I just had to purchase a BT wireless card for my laptop (£25) - and setup was easy-peasy (I'm a wireless numpty) - everything recognised everything else and the connection is solid at 54Mbs.

I'm planning to buy another laptop with built-in wifi and am sure that linking this to the BT kit will be equally straight forward.

Really happy that wireless has proven to be so simple (I had no success setting wireless up using the Netgear equipment a few months back - SO many variables to manually adjust!).


Think you may be dissapointed at the 'lack of ease' that may occur when adding this to the BT hub. Bt products tend to go well together but not with any other manufacturers equipment. I am not saying it wont work because it probably will, just not as seamlessly as you think.

...well, I'm an eternal optimist! I'll report back in due course!

16610LV

Original Poster:

311 posts

246 months

Monday 13th November 2006
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road2ruin said:
16610LV said:
...I recently upgraded my BT Broadband to BT 'Total BB'. I don't have wireless before, but the BT Home Hub has built wireless support. I just had to purchase a BT wireless card for my laptop (£25) - and setup was easy-peasy (I'm a wireless numpty) - everything recognised everything else and the connection is solid at 54Mbs.

I'm planning to buy another laptop with built-in wifi and am sure that linking this to the BT kit will be equally straight forward.

Really happy that wireless has proven to be so simple (I had no success setting wireless up using the Netgear equipment a few months back - SO many variables to manually adjust!).


Think you may be dissapointed at the 'lack of ease' that may occur when adding this to the BT hub. Bt products tend to go well together but not with any other manufacturers equipment. I am not saying it wont work because it probably will, just not as seamlessly as you think.

...well, I'm an eternal optimist! I'll report back in due course!

landy_girl

5,190 posts

241 months

Monday 13th November 2006
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16610LV said:
...I recently upgraded my BT Broadband to BT 'Total BB'. I don't have wireless before, but the BT Home Hub has built wireless support. I just had to purchase a BT wireless card for my laptop (£25) - and setup was easy-peasy (I'm a wireless numpty) - everything recognised everything else and the connection is solid at 54Mbs.

I'm planning to buy another laptop with built-in wifi and am sure that linking this to the BT kit will be equally straight forward.

Really happy that wireless has proven to be so simple (I had no success setting wireless up using the Netgear equipment a few months back - SO many variables to manually adjust!).


good luck as this weekend our wireless bt hub went down.
trying to fix it! lucky i have internet access at work!.

16610LV

Original Poster:

311 posts

246 months

Monday 13th November 2006
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landy_girl said:
16610LV said:
...I recently upgraded my BT Broadband to BT 'Total BB'. I don't have wireless before, but the BT Home Hub has built wireless support. I just had to purchase a BT wireless card for my laptop (£25) - and setup was easy-peasy (I'm a wireless numpty) - everything recognised everything else and the connection is solid at 54Mbs.

I'm planning to buy another laptop with built-in wifi and am sure that linking this to the BT kit will be equally straight forward.

Really happy that wireless has proven to be so simple (I had no success setting wireless up using the Netgear equipment a few months back - SO many variables to manually adjust!).


good luck as this weekend our wireless bt hub went down.
trying to fix it! lucky i have internet access at work!.

...no more post like the one above please. Thanks. I prefer to remain in blissful delusion.