BT Home Hub Access

[axel]

Hi,

My son is having trouble setting up his wirekess connection. He has a new lap top and the BT Home Hub.

The Windows XP wizard just seems to give you the network settings and generate the key but does not take you any further.

How does he access the Home Hub? He has tried 192.168.1.1 in IE which does not work.

Also how does he access his wireless network card to input the key and the settings? The card is 802.11g wireless minicard by Ralink. He cannot find a model number.

I know he needs to get the same SSID and network key into both devices and ensure that all settings are the same.

Any help would be appreciated.

Axel

 

[Fr0dders]

he needs to go into wireless network settings in control panel

there will be an option to scan for wireless networks

he should then find his home humb and prompt him to enter the SSID and the wep key

both of which are pre programmed into the BT home hub and can be found on a sticker on the back.

 

[doran1801]

try 192.168.1.254

pass
admin

user admin

 

[Fr0dders]

try 192.168.1.254

pass
admin

user admin

not sure if that's the IP

i set up a connection for my sister in law using the windows wirless networking wizard which scanned for available connections, i just clicked connect ticked the box for "allways use this connection" and it prompted me for SSID and wep key

both of which were on the back. along with the IP iirc

check on the label for its IP, but as above, you dont actually need it.

 

[axel]

Hi can you elaborate a bit?

>>>he needs to go into wireless network settings in control panel

there will be an option to scan for wireless networks

he should then find his home humb and prompt him to enter the SSID and the wep key

both of which are pre programmed into the BT home hub and can be found on a sticker on the back.<<<

If the settings, network key and SSID are already in the network card then surely it must be these settings that need to go into the router and not the ones on the router label?

Axel

 

[Fr0dders]

what do you mean by "Programmed into the network card" ??

you put them into windows so it can identify itself to the AP

to connect to a wireless network the easy way use the wizard provided in windows

so click start >> control panel >> network connections.

there you will find "wireless network connection" right click on it and select "view available wireless networks"

this will then bring up a wizard which will scan for available networks. It will bring up a list of network's its found. Highlight the Bt home hub and click connect it will then prompt you for the SSID and WEP key of the connection you are connecting to. This is the SSID of the Home Hub's wireless connection and the WEP key required to access this connection

your network adapater doesnt have an SSID or wep key, the device you connect to has this. Think of it as the username and password required to connect to the wireless network.

Enter this at the prompt and then select in the options to "allways use this network" and it will automatically connect for you

 

[Fr0dders]

If the settings, network key and SSID are already in the network card then surely it must be these settings that need to go into the router and not the ones on the router label?

Axel

just to point out, in the BT home hub, the wireless AP comes with an SSID and WEP key already pre-installed on them

on normal routers like Netgear etc.. you have to choose one. On the BT homehub one is already assigned

The one its been pre-assigned can be found on the label on the back of the home hub. I'm not sure if the home hub enables you to change it. Its so restricted id doubt it, but as the key is already pretty complex and random, it would probably be a more secure key than one you'd think up yourself

 

[axel]

Many thanks for that.

I set up a normal wireless router, with USB dongle on the PC, for a neighbour a few months ago and I seem to remember putting the SSID and Windows generated network key into both devices. This has been confusing me.

Axel