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ghinzani · 06-01-2009, 3:46 PM

Usual BT story I expect, basically I asked to change from BT Business to Resedential last April, and they finally managed to do it in November... Anyway since I have changed from an excellant BT Business router (a BT 2700 HGV) to a BT Homehub 2.0 the wireless has been so bad as to be unusuable. The most I have had it running is about an hour before it drops out. Has not been that much of a problem though as I was only connected by a cable to my PC. However a new wireless Netbook and a work laptop has meant I need to get wireless running. Several fruitless calls have resulted in this mornings advice from BT resedential broadband in India that I should call BT Business and get them to reconfigure the 2700 to work with Resedential. BT Business predictably told me 'we dont do that sort of thing Sir'. Anyway another call to BT Resedential this afternoon has seen them change the wireless interface type from b/g/n to b/g, which they assure me is stronger and thus should ensure router stays up.

Are they talking ******? Whats the difference between b, b/g and b/g/n ?

Also is there any validity in me attempting to reconfig the BT Business router (the robust 2700) to work in place of the Homehub 2.0? If so what will I need to do? I guess the most important thing is being able to login to it? Although I guess I could zeroize it to start with.

Any pointers gratefully recieved.

Oh and as a backup I just bought a pair of homeplugs as a means of at least getting a feed into my office...

edit... do I know how to write titles correctly also? no!

06-01-2009, 3:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
ghinzani Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 228 My movie collection Thanks: Gave 21, Got 1	Do BT know what they are tlking about? Usual BT story I expect, basically I asked to change from BT Business to Resedential last April, and they finally managed to do it in November... Anyway since I have changed from an excellant BT Business router (a BT 2700 HGV) to a BT Homehub 2.0 the wireless has been so bad as to be unusuable. The most I have had it running is about an hour before it drops out. Has not been that much of a problem though as I was only connected by a cable to my PC. However a new wireless Netbook and a work laptop has meant I need to get wireless running. Several fruitless calls have resulted in this mornings advice from BT resedential broadband in India that I should call BT Business and get them to reconfigure the 2700 to work with Resedential. BT Business predictably told me 'we dont do that sort of thing Sir'. Anyway another call to BT Resedential this afternoon has seen them change the wireless interface type from b/g/n to b/g, which they assure me is stronger and thus should ensure router stays up. Are they talking ******? Whats the difference between b, b/g and b/g/n ? Also is there any validity in me attempting to reconfig the BT Business router (the robust 2700) to work in place of the Homehub 2.0? If so what will I need to do? I guess the most important thing is being able to login to it? Although I guess I could zeroize it to start with. Any pointers gratefully recieved. Oh and as a backup I just bought a pair of homeplugs as a means of at least getting a feed into my office... edit... do I know how to write titles correctly also? no!