Making a talktalk router wireless with BT business hub?
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Making a talktalk router wireless with BT business hub?
Hi all, I have talk talk at home but it is not a wireless router. I have a spare BT business hub though, can I either just use the BT hub and sack off the talk talk one or somehow wire them together to get wireless cover?
I know I can buy a talk talk wireless router but would prefer to save the 40ish quid.
Cheers,
Chop
I know I can buy a talk talk wireless router but would prefer to save the 40ish quid.
Cheers,
Chop
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does the Talk Talk modem look like this
TalkTalk ADSL2+ Broadband Modem: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
if so I think it is doing the routing already but only has one Ethernet port. If this is the case
· IIRC the BT Home Hub has an IP address of 192.168.1.254, modem may be 192.168.1.1, if so that’s fine
· Plug the Ethernet cable into one of the switch ports (should be 4 of them, any one is fine)
· Turn off DHCP on the Home Hub router, this is very important, two loads of DHCP on the same network = not goodL
With that setup, the modem is doing the routing, DHCP and NAT, Home Hub router is acting a switch and wireless access point
If using wireless, try to use WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK with a 64 character password, generate a password from here
Generate a Secure Password - kurtm.net
If using WPA2 on XP you may need to patch it from here, may be OK if using service pack 3
Download details: Update for Windows XP (KB893357)
TalkTalk ADSL2+ Broadband Modem: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
if so I think it is doing the routing already but only has one Ethernet port. If this is the case
· IIRC the BT Home Hub has an IP address of 192.168.1.254, modem may be 192.168.1.1, if so that’s fine
· Plug the Ethernet cable into one of the switch ports (should be 4 of them, any one is fine)
· Turn off DHCP on the Home Hub router, this is very important, two loads of DHCP on the same network = not goodL
With that setup, the modem is doing the routing, DHCP and NAT, Home Hub router is acting a switch and wireless access point
If using wireless, try to use WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK with a 64 character password, generate a password from here
Generate a Secure Password - kurtm.net
If using WPA2 on XP you may need to patch it from here, may be OK if using service pack 3
Download details: Update for Windows XP (KB893357)
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But to be honest you may be better off spending £40 on a new router as I have nothing but bad things to say about the Home Hub and I doubt the talk talk "Router" is much cop either
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Mike thanks for that your a star
I will try tomorrow night, seems possible. If it doesn't work then I will have to buy one, I'm ust a tight git!!!
Thanks again,
Chop
I will try tomorrow night, seems possible. If it doesn't work then I will have to buy one, I'm ust a tight git!!!
Thanks again,
Chop
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http://www.btbroadbandoffice.com/pdf..._tech_spec.pdf
Should it make any difference? The Ip address of the one that I use at my office is, 192.168.1.254, the same as you quote above.
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Hi Mike,
Im struggling to turn off the DHCP, how do I do that. I have connected up the two modems as you suggested but cant get onto the internet as yet. I seem to remember to access the hub settings you need an internet connection.
Thanks,
Chop
Im struggling to turn off the DHCP, how do I do that. I have connected up the two modems as you suggested but cant get onto the internet as yet. I seem to remember to access the hub settings you need an internet connection.
Thanks,
Chop
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We thought that some of our visitors might like a little more detail on what configuration options are supported by the Home Hub, so we've had a stroll through the user interface:
You can connect to your Home Hub to check status and alter settings via your PC's web browser - Go to http://bthomehub.home/. Once you've logged in to the BT Home Hub, you need to go to the 'Advanced' section. Here, you'll find the following sections:
Configuration: Contains the following:
You can connect to your Home Hub to check status and alter settings via your PC's web browser - Go to http://bthomehub.home/. Once you've logged in to the BT Home Hub, you need to go to the 'Advanced' section. Here, you'll find the following sections:
Configuration: Contains the following:
- Wireless - Set up the Hub's wireless settings : SSID , speed, channel, encryption (WEP, WPA-PSK or WPA)
- Telephony - BT Broadband Talk settings
- Internet - Info on your Internet connectivity. This includes your username and password - note that be default this is "bthomehub@btbroadband.com" (with no password) - these details aren't actually needed as authentication is done using your phone number
- IP Addresses - Here you can enable/disable DHCP, define a DHCP pool, and set the Hub's IP addresses and subnet mask.
- Devices - Shows the status of connected devices
- Application sharing - Allows you to assign port mappings (translation of incoming packets for a port range, to a local port range). More
- Firewall - Allows you to select levels of protection. More
- Dynamic DNS - Allows you to use a service such as DYNDNS so that machines outside your network can get your IP address
Last edited by mike1210; 12 February 2009 at 11:33 AM.
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