BT Smart hub released

arjgrundy · 29 Jun 2016 at 12:24

Has everyone seen read the article in relation to the new BT smart hub? See this http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/bt-smart-hub-6-router-wifi-11364068260249

arjgrundy · 29 Jun 2016 at 21:27

holdin09 said:
Have just received this yesterday and seems a lot of restrictions are in place. I currently have a tp-link archer C7 installed and was trying to use the smart hub as an access point upstairs as the coverage drops up there, but every time I try and assign a new ip address it locks up.

Interesting.. Have you tested it as a stand alone Modem router? If so, have you noticed any performance gains?

arjgrundy · 30 Jun 2016 at 09:21

holdin09 said:
No haven't tested that yet but I will at some point. I can't see there will be any gains other than having just all in one solution. Have to say I got a HH4 and 5 from bt and this thing is huge compared to them.

Only got the new smarthub to get a price freeze.

Yeah I agree. I am surprised it's bigger than the home hub 5 as the pictures make it look quite small. Ah well, I've just re contracted about a month ago so I won't be entitled to it for free. Doubt I'll pay for it if there are no real performance gains as such other than a slight increase in wifi speed.

arjgrundy · 30 Jun 2016 at 21:35

holdin09 said:
To be fair any ac router would be better as I found there was constant drop outs in signal every so often. Plus bt routers have bt wifi running on them so a third party doesn't so get a small bump in speed.

True. Although I opted out of BT FON and stopped my homehub becoming a hotspot.I wonder if the modem in these routers are more efficient? I know that sounds like a rather bold remark to make, but I have read that the BT Home Hub 5 running "software version A" is prone to drops in connection on VDSL

arjgrundy · 30 Jun 2016 at 22:18

holdin09 said:
Same with HH4 with open reach modem so I don't believe it's the modem side of things. I know I read one of the "smart features" of the new hub is to quietly reboot itself if it detects something wrong with wifi. Which I translate to drop outs so goes off then back on.

Ok. Will be interesting to see what the overall review is like when it has been out for a few months I suppose.

arjgrundy · 3 Jul 2016 at 09:35

Ive signed up to register my interest but haven't heard anything as of yet. Thanks for the photo comparison Beasty. Interesting!!

arjgrundy · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:52

Cosimo said:
It's taken long enough but the interface is now much better:

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!! How are you finding it?