Unlock BT Home Hub????

andyportess · 4 Mar 2007 at 01:29

Can anybody tell if it is possible to unlock a BT Home Hub for use with a different ISP? I managed to get hold of one, it will be delivered next week, and I want to try and conenct to my ISP with it. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Andy

david334 · 4 Mar 2007 at 10:41

The BT Home hub sucks... why would you want one of them

David

andyportess · 4 Mar 2007 at 16:42

Can it be unlocked? Never mind that it sucks, I got it cheap, and want to experiment with it.

Anubody managed to unlock a Home Hub?

Thanks,

Tobes · 4 Mar 2007 at 23:03

I will be the second person to tell you that the home hub sucks. I wouldn't take one if they gave them out free and I own one.

Tony Williams · 4 Mar 2007 at 23:18

It might be possible AFAIK Homehub is based on the Speedtouch 7G SIP perhaps trying standed firmware?

You might be able to telnet and use something like ...

ppp ifconfig intf=Internet user=<my-adsl-login> password=<my-adsl-password>

For what it's worth you might be better using a non-BT router.

Darren1987 · 5 Mar 2007 at 00:03

david334 said:
The BT Home hub sucks... why would you want one of them

David

and why does it suck? i have had no problems with it which cant be said for the BT voyager modem i had... :eek:

Tobes · 5 Mar 2007 at 00:05

Darren1987 said:
and why does it suck? i have had no problems with it which cant be said for the BT voyager modem i had...

I know you didn't ask me but...

GUI is awful. Stability sucks, random reboots, random kicking some computers off the network.

Darren1987 · 5 Mar 2007 at 00:11

hmm well the "random" reboots are it updating. well thats what it tells you and they arent that often. although i have had to unplug the power from it for a second when my net renews the ip i find the modem and connection good.

david334 · 5 Mar 2007 at 08:21

Darren1987 said:
hmm well the "random" reboots are it updating. well thats what it tells you and they arent that often. although i have had to unplug the power from it for a second when my net renews the ip i find the modem and connection good.

You should not really have to unplug it when it gets a new ip....

thats perthetic

I found with mine random disconnect's :rolleyes:

David...

Bossk128 · 5 Mar 2007 at 09:37

Thread hijack:

I'm having trouble getting a non BTHH to connect on my BT line. I thought that the username was [email protected] and the password was blank (or anything). However, my router (a Billion 7402G) constantly says it's 'Attempting to connect'. But doesn't after at least 10 minutes. Anybody any clues as to what I'm doing wrong?

The main reason I want rid of my HH is that the wireless range is absolutely dire.

Cheers,

Edit: Ar harr! With the password 'plok' it now connects straight away. Great stuff.

Will_3rd · 5 Mar 2007 at 09:39

My experiences have been the same, the wireless on it is so bad had to convert all the PC's in my house to an ethernet based network.

Plus as above the GUI really sucks.

Darren1987 · 5 Mar 2007 at 20:33

david334 said:
You should not really have to unplug it when it gets a new ip.... thats perthetic

I found with mine random disconnect's

David...

i dont have to, its only done it a couple of times. thats why it isnt bad least i dont think so.

KeizzerSoze · 5 Mar 2007 at 21:56

Im sorry to say that i have owned a home hub for 7 months now and i have had to replace the router more then 4 times. LOL the home hub totaly sucks. but its quiet possibly the cheapest hub out there (its free).