BT Home Hub 4 Performance

Hello Jason

Some do complain about them, one particular member on here thinks they are absolutely crap.
However, I have had a HH3 hard wired to my UnitiServe SSD and Qnap NAS for nearly two years, with absolutely no problems. I also have it connected to my Mac by WiFi, also with no problems.

Try it and see, before you go out and buy another router, if you're not happy with the HH4, then bin it.

David

Had my Uniti2 working on a Home Hub 2 since March this year with no problems. Updated to a Home Hub 4 when I had Infinity 2 installed 3 weeks ago and all working well with no problems at all. Found out early on that you can instruct the Hub, via the advance settings, to always allocate a fixed IP address to any item of equipment. I set an IP address for my Uniti2 and my NAS. Everything solid as a rock.

If you have Infinity, Jasom, then you can ditch the HH4 and just use your Airport Extreme.

Thanks for the advice everyone. Much appreciated. 

HH3 here, wired to the lounge via a switch. It has been absolutely stable. I wouldn't put it up for pope but it has run without drawing any kind of attention to itself. I also ended up with an old style HH, I think it was a 1.5, which I have configured as a wireless extender so that I get a full strength signal in the lounge for the iPad.

When I changed my BT service earlier this year my intention was to keep the HH3 included for emergencies and buy a "proper" router. Having set it up, just to make sure it worked, I'm now not inclined to stick to my original plan.

Harry how did you configure the old HH as an extender? I have a spare HH3 and several HH1.5/2 s for that matter.

Jasom, I believe I am right in saying the HH4 is vDSL along with the forthcoming HH5. These are designed to work with the lot higher bandwidths of vDSL (superfast) and so I'd be suprised if they don't work rather well, certainly as a router with switchports.

If multicast is problematic on wifi then you can use a little airport express off one of the HH switchports, but again I'd be surprised if this was neccessary.

Simon

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Have a Google. I have a black 1.5 which was flaky at times. It makes a good extender - if it is wired back to the HH3. And it doesn't crash at all. I don't think the HH2 can be configured to do this. My set up is:

OFFICE: Broadband line in - HH3 - switch - long CAT5 cable through the house to lounge.

LOUNGE: long CAT5 cable in from office - switch - HH1.5. (The HDX, NAS and NDS are connected to the same switch. There is a network isolater between the switch and the NDS) 

I connected the HH1.5 to a Windows laptop via its Ethernet port. The HH1.5 was switched on but not connected to anything else. I located the HH1.5 on its IP address and went through a set up procedure (or rather a decommissioning procedure) to render it as an extender. I got the procedure from a Google search. Sorry, I didn't book mark the site. 

Having set the HH1.5 in this state, I unplugged it, walked it through to the lounge, powered up and attached a CAT5 cable. After a two minute initialization it started transmitting WiFi a signal which I could get at full strength on the iPad I use in the lounge for nStream and (occasionally) nServe, plus the usual apps you use on abn iPad - in my case, stuff like Shazam and Met Office. You have to use the HH1.5's original SSID to lock onto it. If I move the iPad from the lounge to the office the WiFi signal does not hand over but I can switch hubs on the iPad manually. I very seldom need to do this since my lounge iPad stays on the sofa. 

There is a system which will use the same SSSID and hand over automatically to as many wireless points as you have in the house, although they must all be wired the network. My dealer recommends them and will install. But I figured I would try the free method with my old hub. I did not expect it to work. But in 10 minutes I was up and running.

PS you need the old hub configuration software on the laptop to make the changes.

Edit: accidental post.

Thanks Harry, I should remember that "Google is your friend" mantra.

Well, I managed to set up the Synology using BT Home Hub 4. My only issues are that the LAN light is not lit on the DS213+ and it will not hibernate at all. When it hits the twenty minute mark, it begins to power down and then immediately wakes again. That's no good at all.

has anyone else had this issue?