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DEANO3528:
So it does seem to be a batch problem then.

Evilgoat:
Brother has been through 4 in a year, the 2-wire things arent much better either.

Get a decent firewall package and an adsl modem, eg Smoothwall Express and a Linksys ADSL2MUE or just throw the lot and gte a proper router thats not horrifically cost reduced.

BT Homehub is a horrible bit of kit, plasticy, skimped on a lot of the components, poor filtering, not enough memory to work and its a bodged/hacked Linux install thats relaly not too stable. There are also security issues with a LOT of the OEM modems, especially BE and Orange units.

The 2-Wire things dont work with a lot of wireless kit and are unreliable too.

The BT Voyager unit is a bit bit better.

Linksys kit seems to be pretty bombproof, as do the netgear units. Have one here used as a wireless access point with no issues.

Wannado wedge seems to work ok, better with a firmware upgrade and unlocked.

Wireless:
I do remember some story about one of these BT Hubs actually catching fire, apparently they are prone to overheating and subsequently rebooting when the temperature makes the hardware fall over.

I consider them a fire hazard, they may look the business but I wouldn't touch one with yours.

Netgear are usually good, but I have had two DG834's actually overheat and fail, just outside warranty.

I currently have a Dlink DSL-524T with CAT-5 to a Netgear WAG102 Access Point in the loft, running on 5.5GHz Wireless A only (40mW), had too many problems with the local hacker breaking into my 2.4GHz Wireless G (100mW), so now he can't find me, and if he got hold of Wireless A I'm probably too far away now due to the lower signal penetration of 5GHz.

I just need a Cisco Router with ADSL2+ that supports VLAN and I can then run VLANs over WiFi (WAG102 supports VLAN), with the wired network on a separate VLAN for my NAS.

Hang on...wrong forum, sorry guys  :oops:

Sheddy:
I've just used the BT hub as ballast in my boat.  I've replaced it with a layer2 managed POE switch running dual dlink G604t's to provide access solutions running data and VoIP over a single cat5 install.

Evilgoat:

--- Quote from: "Wireless" ---I do remember some story about one of these BT Hubs actually catching fire, apparently they are prone to overheating and subsequently rebooting when the temperature makes the hardware fall over.


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What I said, I have one at work where the adsl circuitry is just big black char mark on the board.

Belkin kit suffers the same way, and more annoyingly, in both cases the fix takes a whopping 50p to do :( The Belkin was worth modifying, the free junk isnt.

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