Hi,
I currently have a BT Home Hub 4 running standard broadband. I connect this via cat 6 to another part of the house to a BT Home Hub 3 to extend wifi. I cant use the plug in extenders as the other part of my house has its own power supply. I partition off the ip address ranges to avoid conflict etc. and it works a treat.
At last BT are now launching superfast to my area and I have just placed my order. it feels like Christmas is coming early as we will go from <2Mbs to minimum 74mbs (or so they say).
BT will provide a new Home Hub 5 to support super fast. I will swap this out with my Home Hub4 and then swap the Home Hub 3 with the Home Hub4. Hope that makes sense. However will this still work with my current set up or do I need to upgrade the extending Hub to DSL/Super fast type? Or can I connect my ADSL Hub 4 to my Hub5 via cat 6 and enjoy superfast from my extender hub?
I could simply buy another Hub 5 but if I don't need to I wont bother. I assume I will still get a high speed wireless connection from the Hub4?
Please can you give me some advice.
Thanks
Tim
PS I also connect the Hub on the end of the extension to a router as it connect to an AV system, sky, amp, projector, blu ray, playstation etc. using cat6 wire. I also distribute the HD signals round the house via pairs of cat 6 cables connecting to an Octavia unit but as I write this I realise this is really irrelevant.
I currently have a BT Home Hub 4 running standard broadband. I connect this via cat 6 to another part of the house to a BT Home Hub 3 to extend wifi. I cant use the plug in extenders as the other part of my house has its own power supply. I partition off the ip address ranges to avoid conflict etc. and it works a treat.
At last BT are now launching superfast to my area and I have just placed my order. it feels like Christmas is coming early as we will go from <2Mbs to minimum 74mbs (or so they say).
BT will provide a new Home Hub 5 to support super fast. I will swap this out with my Home Hub4 and then swap the Home Hub 3 with the Home Hub4. Hope that makes sense. However will this still work with my current set up or do I need to upgrade the extending Hub to DSL/Super fast type? Or can I connect my ADSL Hub 4 to my Hub5 via cat 6 and enjoy superfast from my extender hub?
I could simply buy another Hub 5 but if I don't need to I wont bother. I assume I will still get a high speed wireless connection from the Hub4?
Please can you give me some advice.
Thanks
Tim
PS I also connect the Hub on the end of the extension to a router as it connect to an AV system, sky, amp, projector, blu ray, playstation etc. using cat6 wire. I also distribute the HD signals round the house via pairs of cat 6 cables connecting to an Octavia unit but as I write this I realise this is really irrelevant.