Help With BT Home-Hub

No1Jew · Post by **No1Jew** » January 27th, 2008, 20:57

A few months ago I got rid of BT as my ISP and they kindly let me keep the home hub. I'm now with Virgin Media and get a much faster connection. However they sent me a USB router and I would much prefer Ethernet. Is it possible to Tinker with the home hub so it acts as a router for any ISP?

Post by **ProfHawking** » January 27th, 2008, 21:17

Odd, what sort of router did they send you??

The ones i have seen have all got usb and ethernet.

And to answer your question, no a BT homehub wont work with cable. Its for ADSL only.

No1Jew · Post by **No1Jew** » January 27th, 2008, 22:02

ProfHawking wrote:Odd, what sort of router did they send you??

The ones i have seen have all got usb and ethernet.

And to answer your question, no a BT homehub wont work with cable. Its for ADSL only.

I have a ADSL connection with Virgin 4.8Mb. No Cable in the North of Scotland. Only just got Sky TV !! Its a Speed Touch 330 that i'm using, get a massive Ping, so no online gaming at the mo.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 27th, 2008, 22:04

have you tried just plugging the router in and seeing what happens?

assuming BT aren't wankers, it might just work

Post by **ProfHawking** » January 27th, 2008, 22:46

ah, Virgin Media adsl eh...
If so, then there is the slight possibility you could use a home hub, but its probably not recommended and def not supported by either party.

Either way, a separate "proper" router is nearly always a good plan.

No1Jew · Post by **No1Jew** » January 27th, 2008, 22:49

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:have you tried just plugging the router in and seeing what happens?

assuming BT aren't wankers, it might just work

It doesn't work, i read somewhere about "Flashing" the Hub whatever that is !!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 27th, 2008, 22:53

buy a new router, it's probably the easier option.

Post by **ProfHawking** » January 27th, 2008, 23:17

No1Jew wrote:
It doesn't work, i read somewhere about "Flashing" the Hub whatever that is !!

Have you got a hat & a greasy rain mac? Or just about any long coat will do. Best done in public for the full effect as well.
I think about 15 second flash has been proved the most effective.

No1Jew · Post by **No1Jew** » January 28th, 2008, 10:36

ProfHawking wrote:
Have you got a hat & a greasy rain mac? Or just about any long coat will do. Best done in public for the full effect as well.
I think about 15 second flash has been proved the most effective.

LOL

Post by **HereComesPete** » January 28th, 2008, 10:57

Re-flashing a home hub is really fucking complicated.

Have a look through the 66 pages of here if you want, but you can read the first few pages if you want a flavour of how well bt have locked down what appears to be a speedtouch modem with a fancy wrapper.

I'd just get a new one, less fucking hassle, and it'll take less time.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » January 28th, 2008, 11:20

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 28th, 2008, 11:30

amblin wrote:Just buy one of these: http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php ... ce=froogle

reliable as a brick, cheap, easy to configure, supports xbox live, all normal stuff, adsl and adsl 2+.

Fucking awesome routers. can be iffy with some adsl2 isps though.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » January 28th, 2008, 16:24

amblin wrote:Just buy one of these: http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php ... ce=froogle

reliable as a brick, cheap, easy to configure, supports xbox live, all normal stuff, adsl and adsl 2+.

Use one myself, lovely things.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » January 28th, 2008, 16:34