But as you have the Eero, what do you make of it? Well there are smaller WiFi 6 units, look at the Eero, small enough and has WiFi6 Mesh, only it’s not available in the U.K. maybe Google will launch a new Google Nest WiFi with WiFi 6. 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Better processors and chipsets are more important to cope with increased firmware overheads. BT are in no hurry to show more advanced dsl stats. So i guess it makes sense for BT (and Virgin Media) to do this upgrade on their hubs. Go up to BT’s standard fibre broadband package, Fibre Essential, and you get a BT Smart Hub; this is also the case with Fibre 1 and Fibre 2. Youview is long dead bro I doubt they’re back in the TV game. Hopefully they will add a 2.5gbit ethernet network port for future upgrades in the network past 900mbit. Youview is BT’s platform, they part own it. 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More options. Their sister ISP plusnet got rid of them. ***Opening up the BT Smart Hub (BT Home Hub 6) router.aka. ***Opening up the BT Smart Hub (BT Home Hub 6) router.aka. I’ll be surprised if BT’s next TV box isn’t a 4k HDR Youview box. I also found it helpful to be able to put low usage items like Alexa,Google Home,Apple Watch,Fitbit etc on this frequency. Best-selling in Wireless Routers. The BT Hub manager lets you make changes to your BT Hub settings so you can get the best out of your wi-fi and broadband. In terms of the launch date, we expect to hear something around the middle of 2021, but it’s too soon to be confident of any specific dates. Eero are very much available in the UK and have been for many months. (The camera focus on the video gets better at 6minutes in. The previous Smart Hub 2 launched in 2018, complete with stronger support for their FTTP and G.fast based ultrafast broadband products , although its specification wasn’t actually all that different from their original Smart Hub, which first launched all the way back in 2016 . item 8 BT Smart Hub (Home Hub 6) Type A Fibre FTTC ADSL Broadband Wireless AC Router 8 - BT Smart Hub (Home Hub 6) Type A Fibre FTTC ADSL Broadband Wireless AC Router. Just a thought ☺, “It’s likely BT will follow unless they make their own platform.”. > Was this answer helpful? £17.50 + £3.20 postage. £500, frankly, is an obscene price to pay unless you’re buying actual enterprise equipment from the well known big names. The equipment manufacturers have caught up with the reality that most networks are not “split” and have tuned their selection algorithms to cope. I haven’t seen any WiFi 6 mesh systems I like so far. Postage cost can't be calculated. If they show if G.INP is enabled the (roughly) 25% of users on ECI cabinets would start asking why their modem says it’s not enabled. Message 4 of 6 (1,702 Views) Reply. And they are big units, I beta tested the Alien single unit in the U.K. but sent it back as it’s range just wasn’t quite enough. I brought a 3-pack for £150 off Amazon last May and have been very happy with it. @TechTom, no in the U.K. you cannot buy the WiFi 6 versions of the Eero or Eero Pro. Which Smart Hub? “You can separate 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands since the Home Hub 5 btw.”. You get idiots ringing up saying I have hundreds of FEC every minute, when in fact 100,000+ FEC a minute is fine (in simple terms, FEC are errors that are corrected before they happen). £11.50 0 bids 21h 44m + £3.20 postage. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. BT Smart Hub 2 user guide - self install BT Smart Hub 2 user guide - engineer install BT Smart Hub 2 user guide - Fibre To The Home BT Smart Hub 2 user guide - Ultrafast BT Smart Hub 2 CE Declaration of Conformity Complete Wi-Fi Disc - user guide BT Smart Hub 2 power efficiency information Home Hub User- The smart Hub 2 does not allow you to run 2.4 & 5 GHz has separate networks and different passwords this was available in the original Smart Hun. We suspect that COVID-19 may have since caused some additional delays. Are you expecting 10G SFP+ cages? ).An initial video on the BT Smart Hub is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPFJeqygXAMThe bootup time test of the BT Smart Hub:https://youtu.be/0nFFHwdICBIWhat the web interface looks like:https://youtu.be/aplqF64aYA8 I found it difficult to follow . Therefore allowing 5GHZ for Smart TVs,Phones and laptops. The BT Smart Hub contains code that is covered by the GNU General Call us Public License (GPL). Condition is "Used". After resetting the smart hub tonight and as you can see it keeps dropping. The router stats page says I should be getting 19mbps down but speed tests I … They’ve millions of customers. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Mapped the USB stick. Asus routers are now largely AiMesh compatible, so able at a later date to form part of your own mesh system, & therefore able to cope better with hosting more items & grow with your requirements. Tell us how we can improve this article. ‘and, as previously, concentrating on their broader user base requirements.’. The BT Smart Hub has an additional antenna at each band to the competitor router, proving wider coverage at all angles. The latest technology news, reviews and guides on BT.com. Nothing we’ve written here is contractual. Free postage. While they have purchasing power they are unlikely to add functionality that would increase overall costs until the relevant element comes within cost. The Home hub 6 is vastly superior and very simple to configure for use with Plusnet, they are in fact BT after all. Much like people now buy their own mobile phones, due to isp’s lagging behind on technology, more & more people will just invest in their own routers before long. We think TalkTalk stands a good chance of doing the same with a future replacement for their Wi-Fi Hub router, although we’ve yet to see any details. Re: BT Smart Hub - managing wifi I'm wondering if you may have just answered the question yourself. Virgin Media’s “2gbit+” is still using their superhub 4 that only has 1Gbit LAN ports, even their 1.1Gbit package can’t be fully harnessed if you want to use your own router device. I didn't get the information I need. You’re possibly overstating the market for third party equipment – for most, as long as it works, then the ISP supplied stuff is absolutely fine (and more importantly, it’s free to the customer). All that you can do is change the Wi-fi channels they use in each band and turn off a band. And we’ve built in future-proofing ready for when new devices are wi-fi enabled and internet speeds get even quicker. Learn how your comment data is processed. Find out about new gadgets, emerging technologies and discover what's hot right now My view is that BT Consumer is following a closed system strategy, increasingly integrating what are becoming proprietary products, voice and, as previously, concentrating on their broader user base requirements. No more WiFi extender’s plugged into sockets all over the house and constant broadband with no dropouts. Seasoned Hero Posts: 6,290. The Amplifi Alien one seems alright, but it’s very expensive. BT Smart Hub 2 users are complaining of connection issues between their wifi-enabled devices. … How can I set up or change the admin password on my BT Hub? See all 25 - All listings for this product. They’re giving the stuff away free. The inclusion of the word “since” suggests you can do this on all models after the HH5. I am not sure if this is still on the agenda but I know previously EE & BT were trying to make some changes on the hubs on how they handle Wi-fi calling on mobiles for EE & BT mobile customers as this uses the same IMS servers as BT home digital voice home service with changes they were trying to make would mean the mobile calls would need to traverse the internet less as it could all be sent straight from the router the same as a digital voice landline call.rather than creating a new IP sec connection for mobile calls so if you had three EE/BT handsets there would just be one IP connection . Member. You’ll need lots of antennas – can’t see WiFi 6 routers being smaller any day soon. Page 12 Call 0800 800 150 to get this leaflet in Braille, large print or audio CD. Notably origin broadband now offer Netgem. The people on forums fixating over their DSL stats made me simply stop using them. A number of established sources have informed us that UK ISP BT are currently putting the finishing touches to their next generation SmartHub 3 (SH3) broadband router, which we’re told will feature support for the latest multi-Gigabit speed WiFi v6 (802.11ax) standard – possibly the first of the major providers to do so.
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