Reply to: BT Home Hub 5

[Scrag Meister]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but thought it may be useful to update:


Yesterday I bought a TP-Link TD-9880 VDSL/ADSL Modem Router for £48 from Currys. A quick 5 minute install and all is good again in the home network - WiFi range and stability much better than the HH5.


No problems with YouView, etc.

I've just bought one of these and seeing this confirmed my other research. Thanks

[seanraaron]

For myself the other motivation for dumping the BT home hub other than stability is ease of configuration. It's like they want to discourage people from messing with the config by making it as obtuse as possible.

Shame BT no longer ship the OpenReach modem as an option, but you can buy high-speed DSL modems online if you don't want to run your Airport or other wifi kit in bridge mode.

[WTFH]

Do you have to switch networks when you go from one side of the house to other?? I assume it will automatically switch when it can no longer access the SSID that you were connected to?

Automatic switching

[stek]

I've got three Apple Airports on BT Fibre, I just set one up, extended the wireless network with the other two and left it. One next to the modem, one upstairs and one 30 odd feet away in the shed which is a super shed 15' x 15' where I keep my home DC!

I just 'works'.

[rajp]

I have mine set to separate SSIDs, some of my WiFi networks are password-protected and some are open.

Do you have to switch networks when you go from one side of the house to other?? I assume it will automatically switch when it can no longer access the SSID that you were connected to?

[WTFH]

Can I ask a question, I've got a HH3 and recently added a BT poweline wifi extender to give us better coverage on the other side of the house

So for those people running multiple APs around the house do you have them all with the same SSID as the HH3 or different so you know which AP you're connecting to or do you have it the same so it seems to be single seamless connection all over the house?

If they are the same SSID are you saying configure each AP to be on a different channel?

All I've currently done is link the BT powerline Wifi AP to the HH3 using the WPS function which has automatically configured it. However the speed we're getting from it doesn't appear to be brilliant so I'm wondering if there's a better way to configure it?

Ta

I have mine set to separate SSIDs, some of my WiFi networks are password-protected and some are open.

[Fandango]

Can I ask a question, I've got a HH3 and recently added a BT poweline wifi extender to give us better coverage on the other side of the house

So for those people running multiple APs around the house do you have them all with the same SSID as the HH3 or different so you know which AP you're connecting to or do you have it the same so it seems to be single seamless connection all over the house?

If they are the same SSID are you saying configure each AP to be on a different channel?

All I've currently done is link the BT powerline Wifi AP to the HH3 using the WPS function which has automatically configured it. However the speed we're getting from it doesn't appear to be brilliant so I'm wondering if there's a better way to configure it?

Ta

[rajp]

No additional cabling was necessary

Nice. In my case found that the wifi part of the HH5 was poor part that it required a restart every 2 weeks. Since installing the AP, not restarted it for 3 months and is rock solid. Fits my requirements.

[WTFH]

No additional cabling was necessary

[rajp]

It's not about wifi speed. Not all devices connect wirelessly - as you have shown with your list.

If the solution is what you want and you are clearly happy with what you've been sold, then great. That doesn't make it a panacea.

E.g. In our living room we have a TV, playbar (Which has a thru port) & media server all requiring cabling to the network, along with one network cable.
Easiest solution... £3 for a wireless router on eBay, that gives me 3 ports plus an additional wireless network in the house.
Weather station on the roof? £2 wireless router on eBay, give full coverage down the back garden and into the sheds/greenhouse.
Then the one in the office was free and it's connected to the server, printer and currently the ClientCo laptop.

Total cost £5. Gives me 9 ports, network coverage through the house and garden.

In your case, did you have to run the cable from your main office to the TV point?? or are the additional routers connected to the master thru wifi??

[WTFH]

It's not about wifi speed. Not all devices connect wirelessly - as you have shown with your list.

If the solution is what you want and you are clearly happy with what you've been sold, then great. That doesn't make it a panacea.

E.g. In our living room we have a TV, playbar (Which has a thru port) & media server all requiring cabling to the network, along with one network cable.
Easiest solution... £3 for a wireless router on eBay, that gives me 3 ports plus an additional wireless network in the house.
Weather station on the roof? £2 wireless router on eBay, give full coverage down the back garden and into the sheds/greenhouse.
Then the one in the office was free and it's connected to the server, printer and currently the ClientCo laptop.

Total cost £5. Gives me 9 ports, network coverage through the house and garden.

[rajp]

What about your Linksys - you left that out of your costs?

And you might not see them as drawbacks, but you've left out your lack of ports, the additional power supplies required and the additional cable runs.

Can't include the router in that as that was already part of my setup.. catering for the PC, NAS, Fibaro Home Automation Server, Dell PowerEdge Server, CCTV DVR, Printer etc in the office..

The lack of additional ports in the destination, I am not concerned about as I don't need them. The WIFI speed is fast enough for my requirements.

[WTFH]

What about your Linksys - you left that out of your costs?

And you might not see them as drawbacks, but you've left out your lack of ports, the additional power supplies required and the additional cable runs.

[rajp]

Cost Benefit Analysis.
Review the amount spent, including time and effort. Then list down the benefits and drawbacks of the implementation

The aim was to get wifi signal to the rest of the property.. could have chosen other methods.. using powerline adaptors etc..

In this instance, the cost is £79 for the AP.. the install time was 5 mins..

the benefits are solid and stable WIFI signal.. ability to add more APs and get them all to work in proper handshake and handover mode so you can venture from one part of the house to other and not have to relogin.


drawbacks?? It is just the cost at £79 each, it is more expensive then adding more routers.

[WTFH]

Cost Benefit Analysis.
Review the amount spent, including time and effort. Then list down the benefits and drawbacks of the implementation