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Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Osirian08 — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:57:30 GMT

Hoping that some of you more knowledgeable people can help me - I'm looking to replace our very old Home Hub 3A with a newer device. We're having a lot of issues with it randomly blocking all wireless access to the Internet & think it is time to finally upgrade.

I would like to replace it with a non-BT router, but not being an expert in networking set ups would appreciate some advice on what I should be looking at.

We are currently on the BT Halo 1 package, the heaviest usage of the internet is an Xbox One X followed by my works laptop which i use every day via a VPN link. Both of these devices are connected via LAN cable.

Any advice on the best non-BT product to consider would be greatly appreciated.

Thahks

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Gigabit — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:30:42 GMT

With Halo 1, shouldn't BT provide you a Smart Hub or Smart Hub 2?

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

imjolly — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:36:16 GMT

Halo 1 does not come with a new hub whereas Halo 2 does come with a SH2

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Gigabit — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:37:00 GMT

If OP calls or chats to BT they will likely send him a new Hub for free, they nearly always do.

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Osirian08 — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:59:41 GMT

Thanks, but i was hoping for some advice on a non-BT product to use ?

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Keith_Beddoe — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 07:05:58 GMT

@Osirian08

This one is very popular, and works with all BT services. They will not work if you have an ultrafast (G.Fast) connection.

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/dsl-modem-router/archer-vr400/v2/

If you only want 2.4GHz then there is a cheaper option.

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/dsl-modem-router/td-w9970/

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Osirian08 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:07:07 GMT

@Keith_Beddoe

Thanks - excuse my ignorance but would this replace just the Hub 3A we currently have, or replace both this & the white openreach modem ?

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

imjolly — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:18:19 GMT

replaces hub and modem

Re: Advice on replacing old BT Home Hub

Gigabit — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:38:37 GMT

Modem performance might be better on the Openreach modem depending on the cabinet you're connected to but I would give it a try first and if it's rubbish you can return it and buy a cable router and plug that directly into the Openreach modem.