I have hub upstairs with computer, hard drive and printer but i would like to connect some devices downstairs such as home cinema system and ps3. Bt home hub 3 adsl wifi router the register forums. I know some people are staying away of using the hh6 because of the. I just got a bt infinity home hub 5 and want to bridge it to my previous home hub 3. When i was with bt i had a couple of home hubs a v1 and a v2. I wanted to extend my wireless broadband to our annexes. I have just ordered a new bt broadband line on my home telephone line which i will connect to the second port on the dual wan router via another modem i aleady have. Intelligent wifi wifi that optimises itself virgin media. Using your bt business hub as a wireless access point many people prefer to use their existing business hub for wireless to avoid having to reconnect all the devices to a new access point. Bluetooth repeater devices do exist, but are proprietary, not standardized. There is no socket to directly connect either a hub phone or standard telephone to this hub so you will not be. Probably not the hub bt homehub2 doesnt reach 20m inside my house and barely works in the room directly above the unit. This document describes the functionality of the bt repeater.
So, the airport express base station will communicate with your other access points over wifi. See my repeaterhub phonepage for details of how to use hub phones on v1 repeaters. I also bought a tp link archer c8, as a much better wireless ap. Usually, bluetooth networks are a simple star topology with a single master and one or more slaves a piconet. For example, this one from a german solar power manufacture, specific to their devices. Sharedband support system knowledge base using your bt.
Is it possible to repeat or redistribute a bluetooth signal. In essence, there are three main parts to using an old router as an extender, you also dont need to use a bt hub specifically, this method will work with virtually any router on the market. Page 2 enter your extenders admin password printed on the label on the back of the e. Bt home hub 3 and later, or any other router that has a wps button. Our smart wireless technology means you get the strongest signal possible from the bt business hub 3 to your devices compared with other major broadband providers. The catch here is, though, that this will extend your wifi network over wifi. Its allowed me to extend my wifi signal through the house using powerline adapters too but most important saved me having to buy a wifi extenderbooster.
How to connect bt home hub 3 to huawei ws320 youtube. The primary router can be an actual router, a software gateway like microsoft internet connection sharing, or a server connection that has the capability to supply more than one ip address using. The hh5 can be used as a wireless repeater and has to be connected to the router via an ethernet cable, connect the 2nd hub to your pc via the ethernet port, access bt home hub manager on the ip address of 192. I have just had a home officecinema room built in the garden and the wifi signal is. Reuse a spare bt home hub as a wireless access point unix etc. It works great for some and then also others report that it only prints once until the printer is unplugged and then reconnected to the hub.
If its not picking up properly, or the ip adfdressing is still causing you problems, you might need to manually give the netgear an ip address, to ensure it doesnt mess with the nat simply give it 192. Extending wifi networks with airport express manskis. To use my existing netgear cable router wndr3700v4 as the primary router and use the bt smart hub 6 as a secondary wireless repeater range extender and for the extra 2 usable wired ports in another room in the house. Before you can use your business hub with sharedband, there are a few steps you need to complete. If you are uncomfortable doing this yourself then we recommend contacting your network provider or router manufacturer. Select the application you created using the game or application drop down box. I am upgrading one of them to bt infinity fibre, to get better speed and bandwidth. Using a 2nd homehub 5 as a wireless repeater bt community. Most routers have a turn off switch at the back, but you can also unplug the adaptor to cut the power and turn it off. Aug 20, 20 hi i am relatively new to networking and have just moved to a larger house so i need it. Using a bt home hub as a wireless extender wifi is great. Is it possible to disable the wireless access on the bt home hub, using it only as. Extending the wireless range of a bt home hub 2 marks blog.
Hi all, i hope someone can help me as the title suggests, i have 2x home hub 5 routers in my possession, and i have a little room at the back of the garden, i would like to setup the 2nd home hub 5 in the little room at the back of the garden, therefor essentially having a 2nd wifi signal and 3 4 ethernet ports in the little room, unfortunately i cannot use a powerline because for some. Remember when working with wireless your computer must have a wireless card and you must have a wireless router connected to your internet service providers modem to have a wireless network. Nov 19, 2010 hey guys, im trying to set up a repeater with two bt homehub 2. I took them reckoning to maybe use them as switches on my network, then stuck them somewhere safe and forgot about them as i was in the middle of a degree. With intelligent wifi technology unleashed on our hub 3, we can bring faster wifi speeds to hungry gadgets. Just joined plusnet, was with bt and use a second hub as a repeater for wifi as where router is positioned wifi does not carry through house.
Just give it an address outside of the hub6 dhcp range, say 192. If you want to set up wireless printing use the wlan wizard on the printer, it will find your ssid in the form of bt homehubxxxx make sure that your hub is set to broadcast the ssid it will then find an ip address using dhcp in the range 192. I have just had a home officecinema room built in the garden and the wifi signal is pretty rubbish in there. Mar 04, 2014 i managed to configure a spare bt home hub 4 into an access point, while having my original bt home hub 3 as my main router. For example, if your network is controlled by another bt home hub eg. This way, your netgear becomes a repeater only, and the bt hh controls the ip addressing. Also i specifically wanted to know if a bt home hub to a super hub would work as the bt hub is pretty rubbish so i wouldnt be surprised if it didnt work at all. Hi, i have done a post on this a few years ago, but that was outdated. Using a spare bt home hub 5 to extend wifi coverage. Using a smart hub 6 as a wireless access point range extender with a netgear primary router this is what i wanted to achieve.
This excellent adsl 2 wireless router is the improved version of bts previous home hub wireless router. Using your bt hub 3 as a wireless access point many people prefer to use their existing bt business hub 3 for wireless to avoid having to reconnect all the devices to a new access point. The popular restart the device fix works in many situations and it could be a fix for slow wifi as well. When we moved we were sent another home hub 5 for our new infinity connection so we ended up with a spare one. I have tried this but the broadband light will not turn on and it also means there are two separate networks. Need help connecting a belkin router to bt home hub. Hub 3 does not support dect and is not compatible with bt hub phones. Oct 11, 2007 the bt home hub is one the most most advanced pieces of kit you will find in the uk for a long time. You need a wireless router to accomplish what you want to do. When youre finished, click apply near the bottom of the screen to save your changes.
I have changed the ip settings on the belkin router however i can still cannot connect to the hub. Weve received mixed feedback from visitors about using the bt home hub as a print server. Use bt home hub 3 as a repeater for my current wif. Hi i already have a broadband connection runnng on a bt business line and i have a dual wan wireless router. Thats it, you should now be able to print to a usb printer connected to your bt home hub. It comes free when you subscribe to bt total broadband option 3. Using netgear dgnd3300v2 as secondary router to bt homehub 3. Any way, long story shortnow using demon and v happy, however i wondered if i could use the bt home hub that bt gave me. Both of them had good coverage throughout the house and indeed down to the bottom of the garden. Tlwr710n no internet access in repeater or client mode.
Connecting to bt home hub by wifi page 3 o2 community. However, when i connect to the router from my pc, it cannot connect to the internet nor see the bt home hub. Dec 02, 2007 a hub simply will not act as a wireless repeater. Otherwise the transmit pair on one port would be connected to the transmit pair on the other port and the same for the receive pairs. I tried a repeater which failed due to wall construction. Setting up a bt business hub as a wifi access point. Kodi box not working on bt hub 3 hey lovely people. Open ports on the bt home hub 3 router port forward. Dhcp is the service that assigns ip addresses to all your devices on your network, this is important since an ip address is an. Hi there, i am helping out with the renetworking af a rather large house which currently has 2 bt home hub 3s both on copper, neither of which are very good for range or speed.
Itll become a repeater the advantage is that you dont need any cables to extend the range of your network. So i bought this bt home hub 3, connected it to my existing bt home hub 3 with 30 meters of ethernet cable and it works. I have a netgear wireless range extender that does the majority of the rest of the house but the far end of the house where my. Wifi speeds range from 6 mbs to over 25 mbs depending on protocol version, which is anywhere between two to six times faster than the bluetooth 3. If your other router is wireless, its best to disable the wireless access point within the settings, so you can save power youll still be able to access the web interface via the bt hub this way you will also benefit from the power save. Connecting two or more soho broadband routers together. On hub 4 you simply turn off the smart hub set up and it works, the 3 doesnt have this option, and im fairly sure this or parental controls will be the problem. Im used to setting up kodi boxes on bt home hub 4s in england, but have now got to set one up in a house that only has hub 3.
Improve your wifi with bt a checklist bt help help and support. I have a home plug, so can i connect the v3 hub to the home plug upstairs and just use it as a bridge connection. Using a 2nd plusnet hub1 as a wireless access poin. This will add wireless to a nonwireless modem, or extend wireless access to a room such as a basement, using a spare bt home hub and an ethernet cable or home plugs if you have difficulty following the article there is also a jargon free verbose version for version 1 hubs only. The bt repeater is a variant of the standard serial port adapter spa that implements transparent data transfer between two bluetooth connections. You cant use it as a repeater, but if you connect it by ethernet to the hub6 you can use it as a wireless access point. Ive managed to flash the speedtouch 7g firmware in the bt home hub.
If your other router is wireless, its best to disable the wireless access point within the settings, so you can save power youll still be able to access the web interface via the bt hub this way you will also benefit from the power save option on the bt hub. Hi dudes, i used bt for a short while then after a week of pure grief and incompetence i nearly gave up the will to live. Hi all, in our previous house we had a home hub 5 with bt infinity connection. How to use bluetooth to transfer files between devices. This will add wireless to a nonwireless modem, or extend wireless access to a room such as a basement, using a spare bt home hub and an ethernet cable or home plugs. Huawei ws320 wifi repeater signal boosterrange extender. Using a bt home hub as a wireless extender owen kelly.
So the wifi and dect not working yet on it, but all rest working ok adsl non bt too, ethernet. Laptop in static ip, in the range of the tplink 192. One of the rooms in my house gets little to no wifi connection. Use bt home hub 3 as a repeater for my current wifi network i used to be a data comms engineer and wherever two ethernet port connections were concerned, you always had to use a crossover cable. Okay, so you want to use a bt hub 2, 3, 4 or 5 on your plusnet connection. Mar 26, 2012 using your bt hub 3 as a wireless access point many people prefer to use their existing bt business hub 3 for wireless to avoid having to reconnect all the devices to a new access point. Reuse a spare bt home hub as a wireless access point. When you set up any router it automatically picks the. It is configured, using at commands, in exactly the same way as the standard serial port adapter. View and download bt dect repeater user manual online.
Use your spare bt home hub as a wired ethernet switch and wap. Wireless repeater with plusnet hub1 plusnet community. These repeaters must support wireless distribution system wds. Internet works perfectly well when connecting via my bt homehub. The ability to whip out your phone and be connected to petabytes upon petabytes of data in seconds with no wires in between you and that magic little box that connects you up. Jan 18, 2014 i just got a bt infinity home hub 5 and want to bridge it to my previous home hub 3. Wirelessn technology a smart antenna and signal processing that gives up to fivetimes the performance and up to twice the range, compared to our previous bt business hub. Extending the wireless range of a bt home hub 2 20120504 mark comments update. Any wireless router with wds can behave as a wireless repeater or wireless access point if the dhcp ip address server is switched off. I already have a bt home hub 3, which has worked very well for a couple of years. The second one fails, so the router doesnt fully bootup.
Supersize your wifi with whole home wifi or an extender kit. Please note, the bt home hub 3 does not support the broadband talk service. Use a bt hub 2, 3, 4 or 5 on a plusnet connection page 6. All you have to do is turn off the router for 1015 seconds and turn it back on. I managed to configure a spare bt home hub 4 into an access point, while having my original bt home hub 3 as my main router. Jan 06, 2011 using your bt business hub as a wireless access point many people prefer to use their existing business hub for wireless to avoid having to reconnect all the devices to a new access point. If you are using a used hub, it is recommended that you factory reset your hub, to do so there is a little pin on the rear of the hub, pop a paperclip etc. Before you can use your business hub with sharedband there are a few steps you need to complete. Bt home hub only works with a bt broadband service. Everything was working ok with hh5 as repeater with plusnet hub1 until today think bt might have done something. Yes it is possible to use a 2nd hub 1 as a access point to extend your wired. Hey guys, im trying to set up a repeater with two bt homehub 2. Tlwr710n no internet access in repeater or client mode tp.
Setting up a bt business hub as a wifi access point a history lesson a couple of years ago, i was fortunate enough to be given a couple of new bt business hubs bt 2700hgv. Dec 31, 2012 this way, your netgear becomes a repeater only, and the bt hh controls the ip addressing. Sharedband support system knowledge base using your. User guidegeneral information how to recycle your equipment the symbol shown here and on the product means that the product is classed as electrical or electronic equipment, so do not put it in your normal rubbish bin. While the device i discuss below initially seemed to work promisingly as a repeater, weve had lots of problems with it it seems to work fine for a few hours, but then will stop working for no clear reason. Apr 22, 2009 thats it, you should now be able to print to a usb printer connected to your bt home hub. How to use bt home hub 5 andor openreach modem as modems. Bt home hub 4rfollow the steps in this guide to set up your kit. The fibre home hub will be upgraded to a version 5 model, and has an openreach modem which it is attached to.
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