BT Home Hub 5

[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.

[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

[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.

[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?

[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'.

[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

[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.

[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