Driving Me NUTS!!!
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Driving Me NUTS!!!
My BT Home Hub2 keeps turning off ..... and then turning back on again - it's driving me potty!!!
It's like it's going to sleep after a few minutes and then waking up again when it receives a wireless signal from the laptop ................. I'm about to smash the frigging thing into bits ..... unless, of course, you can help?
I do realise Top Gear is on and it may be very quiet - but it is pathetically racing trucks around the airport
ps. the Home Hub2 is new and just been fitted (last Friday) working fine when on the Ethernet hard wired to the desktop .....
It's like it's going to sleep after a few minutes and then waking up again when it receives a wireless signal from the laptop ................. I'm about to smash the frigging thing into bits ..... unless, of course, you can help?
I do realise Top Gear is on and it may be very quiet - but it is pathetically racing trucks around the airport
ps. the Home Hub2 is new and just been fitted (last Friday) working fine when on the Ethernet hard wired to the desktop .....
Last edited by SunnySideUp; 06 December 2009 at 08:39 PM. Reason: to add the ps
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Do you mean the wireless signal is lost? Or the hub just, literally, turns itself off? I helped someone last week when they had lost their wireless signal to their hub. They had said that it had worked before their grandson 'unplugged some things' but 'he put them back exactly how they were' ..... Hmmm. Turned out to be a red herring as when I re-entered the wireless key all was well. Not sure what the actual problem was but we couldn't connect at all until I did that.
Have you tried switching the hub off at the mains and back on again?
Dave
Have you tried switching the hub off at the mains and back on again?
Dave
#3
Hi Dave
The HomeHub itself just turns itself off .... then on again - all lights go blue, all is fine for a while.
Then, after a random time - it does it again
The HomeHub itself just turns itself off .... then on again - all lights go blue, all is fine for a while.
Then, after a random time - it does it again
#4
I dont have the answer im afraid but i have the same ruddy problem .
Main PC upstairs and wireless laptop downstairs ,which keeps losing internet connection every few minutes .Go to connect and it connects again no problem .
I have Sky internet .
Got a mate to bring his Laptop round and his did the same on our network .
I hate computers !!!!!!
Would also like the technical gurus to offer a solution .Please .
Main PC upstairs and wireless laptop downstairs ,which keeps losing internet connection every few minutes .Go to connect and it connects again no problem .
I have Sky internet .
Got a mate to bring his Laptop round and his did the same on our network .
I hate computers !!!!!!
Would also like the technical gurus to offer a solution .Please .
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you need to be very clear where the problem exists
if it's purely a wireless problem -- then BT's network is not going to be responsible as they have no knowledge of whether traffic is wireless or wired any more than they know what coloured cable you are using
I would ask myself
is is client based (i.e. limited to the computer that is making the connection)
is it router based (i.e. happens whatever and however the clients are connected)
ISP based -- difficult -- but same as router based really
have you tried different wireless connection methods -- take of all security/encryption for testing
have you seen if their is updated firmware for the router?
if it's purely a wireless problem -- then BT's network is not going to be responsible as they have no knowledge of whether traffic is wireless or wired any more than they know what coloured cable you are using
I would ask myself
is is client based (i.e. limited to the computer that is making the connection)
is it router based (i.e. happens whatever and however the clients are connected)
ISP based -- difficult -- but same as router based really
have you tried different wireless connection methods -- take of all security/encryption for testing
have you seen if their is updated firmware for the router?
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Firmware update is an idea.
BUT, just found out the BT say they will 'test' the connection and line at times within the 1st 10 days of a new installation - this 'may' result in the HomeHub turning off and on!
ps. just thought ... it automatically updates itself.
BUT, just found out the BT say they will 'test' the connection and line at times within the 1st 10 days of a new installation - this 'may' result in the HomeHub turning off and on!
ps. just thought ... it automatically updates itself.
Last edited by SunnySideUp; 06 December 2009 at 10:09 PM. Reason: ps added
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it's the homehub. I have 5 in the loft from before I gave in and bought a netgear (634gt or something like that) - no problems ever since.
I pugged all the bt ones in one day to see how they fared - the latest black one had half the strength of the worst of the white ones. the best of the whites was only half that of the netgear. BT (Indian call centres) asked me the same questions over and over, kept trying to blame my wires etc - even after they'd had engineers out checking them. An engineer turned up one day who laughed, told me he had a van full of sh1te home hubs, gave me another and told me to buy a none-BT one.
Good luck
Gordo
I pugged all the bt ones in one day to see how they fared - the latest black one had half the strength of the worst of the white ones. the best of the whites was only half that of the netgear. BT (Indian call centres) asked me the same questions over and over, kept trying to blame my wires etc - even after they'd had engineers out checking them. An engineer turned up one day who laughed, told me he had a van full of sh1te home hubs, gave me another and told me to buy a none-BT one.
Good luck
Gordo
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If the hub just turns on and off randomly the get the beggers to replace it. I'd replace it myself with a decent Draytek one. Can't remember the last time I switched it off. Months ago. Just works. Rock solid the whole time.
Dave - on BT (only equipment in the exchange) ...
Dave - on BT (only equipment in the exchange) ...
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You sure its not just overheating, my O2 thomson box did the same thing unless i stood it up on end propped up. I changed from the box now and all is stable
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It seems quite stable now .... maybe BT were just testing the line?
I am now getting 6Mbps which is staggering ..... I simply couldn't get anywhere near that with my old USB and HomeHub1.
I am now getting 6Mbps which is staggering ..... I simply couldn't get anywhere near that with my old USB and HomeHub1.
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I don’t think they would be able to recycle the power to the router
(as indicated in post #3)
but you never know
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if overheating is a problem with these things
running a strong encryption method could overload it (heatwise) due to the extra processing load
maybe that's why it is worse when used wirelessly
running a strong encryption method could overload it (heatwise) due to the extra processing load
maybe that's why it is worse when used wirelessly
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