bt infinity router options

[Dazza69r]

i was on o2 for 3 years and during that time i used the netgear dgnd 3300v2 router which worked for me.
now iam on bt fibre optic but have to use the bt home hub which my signal isnt great

does anyone know if or how on what i can do to replace the home hub to a uprated router shall we say?

requirements would be the same as before 300mbs connection and mac address control etc etc

many thanks
Daryl

 

[Uhtred]

Yes you can replace the router - I have the Asus N56U along with the BT modem

 

[Dazza69r]

Yes you can replace the router - I have the Asus N56U along with the BT modem

thank you for reply when you say BT modem do you mean the white box i was supplied too?

is there any router/modem all in one?

Many thanks
Daryl

 

[AMMUT]

Yes that's the white box that was supplied to you. I have also replaced my HH3 with an Asus RT-AC66U and its working very well.

Draytek do a series of VDSL modem/router all in 1 boxes I believe. You could check those out.

 

[Uhtred]

Drayteks are expensive and there's nothing wrong with the modem that BT supply. Most would recommend you keep it

 

[celliott]

Do either of these asus routers support SNMP?

 

[jamjar]

Do either of these asus routers support SNMP?

Not sure about that ..here is the website might give you some info .I will say its a top class router ! i have it running on 5Ghz with Infinity 2 and its like lightning ! much better than the B.T HH 3 which comes as standard with the Infinity

http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN56U/#specifications

 

[ChrisD.]

+1 for the RT-N56U.

 

[bertles86]

The DrayTek 2850n is fantastic and replaces both the modem and the router, alternatively if you're on a budget, keep the BT modem and replace the home hub with a 2710n from DrayTek.

 

[Dazza69r]

thank you for the feedback, the asus router looks promising but one question tho, for the sake of a couple of quid would the Asus RT-N66U be worth it?
would be looking to purchase today as i would really need it as this home hub is awful
many thanks

 

[ChrisD.]

Just get the 56, you won't be disappointed.

 

[Dazza69r]

ordered the N66U
thank you for your advice

 

[Leeroy123]

How come people are chaging the homehub? i have the HH3 and its brilliant, signal is always great and i get no issues with online gaming.

 

[KIA]

How come people are chaging the homehub? i have the HH3 and its brilliant, signal is always great and i get no issues with online gaming.

No gigabit, doesn't respond to WAN ping, etc.

 

[Dazza69r]

home hub is poor for wifi.... downloading @ 180KB/S isnt my idea of fibre optic boradband
i was getting my full 11mb from my old router with o2

but when connected via lan i would hit 5.5 mbs, also i only connect to at 130 mbps where as before i was at 300 constant

reason i need wifi i cant has a RJ45 cable lying on the floor with a child about.

 

[jamjar]

No gigabit, doesn't respond to WAN ping, etc.

+ 1 this is why

 

[Leeroy123]

Ahh ok i defo wouldnt know that, i don't and will never use wifi.

 

[celliott]

How come people are chaging the homehub? i have the HH3 and its brilliant, signal is always great and i get no issues with online gaming.

Plus there is the fact there are 2/3 ports permanently open so BT can pull stats off the hub, and a public BT Wifi and BT FON network. I value security!

 

[Dazza69r]

recieved my router and got it within 24 hours
plugged it in done the initial setup and presto full speed no issues and downloading at 6.88 mbs now solid

 

[jonathanbruce]

I am on BT Infinity also and i'm considering about disabling the HomeHub3 wifi and using the Asus RT56N. The Wifi on the HomeHub3 is/was the same as the wifi on my Netgear DGN2000 I had for many yrs on O2, (144mbps) but now we all demand more! I have an 8 port gigabit-switch going into my HomeHub3 and also PowerLine 200 as well, so all i want is better wifi. It seems the Asus RT56N is ideal, another win for Asus! Ordering mine tomorrow