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BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

Norts777 — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 19:16:04 GMT

Good evening all,

I have 900 full fibre to the property, package etc and having run speed tests etc only get around 300mpbs on wifi having googled looks like the BT smart hub cant do more than that.

As i am paying for 900 i would like that, having logged into BT and done speed tests there on the line i am getting 920mpbs.

can anyone recommend a router to replace the BT one that will give me what I want please.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

RobbieBaron — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 19:59:20 GMT

Practically any router will do. It does not need to incorporate any modem as that is done by the ONT. A pure router only will do. A Netgear Nighthawk is well thought of.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

Norts777 — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:21:44 GMT

Ooh the Nighthawk looks good reading up on it. Thank you.

A silly question would I plug that into the BT hub or disconnect the BT hub and use it as a direct replacement.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

licquorice — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:26:13 GMT

Direct replacement

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

pippincp — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:32:35 GMT

Remembering if you go digital voice you will have to switch back to the SH2

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

Norts777 — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:35:41 GMT

I won't be getting digital voice so will go and splash out on a nighthawk.

Thanks so much.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

TimCurtis — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:28:09 GMT

@Norts777

Worth checking first whether Netgear still don't support BT's implementation of IPv6 , may or may not be an issue to you even if they don't.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

Norts777 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:24:07 GMT

Just bought a Netgear Nighthawk AX1800 from Argos just got wifi speeds on my ipad air 2019 of 555mpbs on wifi so a lot better.

my laptop and samsung phone havent really changed still around 300mpbs but i assume thats just what my devices can handle.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

mcgreen1966 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:01:16 GMT

I just changed to an ASUS RT-AC68U the performance is amazing, no WiFi issues, 5G and 2.4 are split, apple devices now working faultlessly . I feel like complaining to BT but prob wasting my time,

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

Norts777 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:17:47 GMT

My sky q box still downloads painfully slow so just ordered a long ethernet cable to hardwire it rather than on WiFi.

Re: BT Hub Replacement Suggestions

Stu_H — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:50:10 GMT

A lot depends on the client as well but on the AX1800 as it’s a 2x2 and your clients are probably 2x2 at the max rate QAM being close to the router you are roughly in the ball park on a 5Ghz 80Mhz setting.

The max I’ve seen here on a typical AX1800 router is 856mbps on an iPad Pro with WiFi 6 but you will find on the NG 1800 router your throughput drops as you gain distance. If you step up to the RAX120 which has better hardware the throughput is greater over distances but you don’t gain extra throughput on a 2x2 client.

As you’ve noted clients do make a difference. At the moment I’m running a UDM and have 2 iPad Pro’s. Ones the 2019 pro and ones the 2021 version and running on a WiFi 5 router on 80Mhz on 5Ghz I see 100mbps difference in some rooms between the two of them with the 2021 hitting a respectable 640mbps at close range.