Bt connectivity (home hub issue)

[Gilly]

So the wife has smashed stuff up (stupidity, not anger) and the home hub was in the way.

All lights are blue, wireless picked up by the HH, IP address picked up by devices.

Done a release/refresh. Still picks it up via dhcp.

No net access, can't get to the config page on 192.168.1.254.

Tried a reboot, tried a power cycle, tried multiple devices. Any thoughts?

 

[Mr Goat]

Does the router reply to a ping, if you have a device that will let you run that command?

 

[Gilly]

Yep

 

[Mr Goat]

Hmmm, but no config page in your browser? Can you telnet on port 80 to it, to see if it's even responding on http? You may need to install/enable it if it's not already enabled.

 

[Gilly]

Telnet is locked down on my work lappy

 

[Mr Goat]

Telnet is locked down on my work lappy

Could that be why you can't access the homehub web interface? You may have cache settings preventing it. Have you tried accessing it via a browser on another device wirelessly?

 

[86JR]

Log into it with an ethernet cable?

 

[dfarrall]

The config page on BT homehubs has always been dodgy, goes up and down a lot in my experience.

 

[Gilly]

Could that be why you can't access the homehub web interface? You may have cache settings preventing it. Have you tried accessing it via a browser on another device wirelessly?

I've accessed it loads of times previously using it via HTML.

Log into it with an ethernet cable?

Yeah, my next trick is finding one

 

[Gilly]

So I found a cable, plugged it in, everything works.

:/

 

[86JR]

So it is fixed?

 

[Gilly]

Yeah

 

[Mr Goat]

Hmm, weird, so it just started working without anything more than a few tests here and there? Stupid homehub.

 

[Gilly]

The tests did nothing. Literally.

I tried everything from the lappy, then tested on my phone, then connected the lappy via physical cable and my phone burst into life.