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 :)

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)

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:)

Mike thanks for that :thumb: 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 :)

BT Home Hub explored

may be worth a look

Hi Mike, it is actually a BT Business Hub I have, this model.

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.

Chop :)

the method should be similar......erm I think:confused:

:)

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 :)

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:

• 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

Sorry for late reply, to the above plug your pc into the home hub without the talk talk modem connected, so just pc > homehub