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Give Me One Good Reason To Persist Using A Bt Home Hub?
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 320726" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>History:</p><p></p><p>My first broadband was with Talk Talk. they provided a wired router.</p><p></p><p>I then wanted to connect wirelessly to our laptop. So I bought a wireless insertion point that plugged in the network cable between my desktop PC and the router. (my desktop does not have wireless built in)</p><p></p><p>This worked well. Not only did it allow the laptop to connect to the internet by wi-fi,. it allowed the desktop PC to see the laptop via wi-fi so we could share files.</p><p></p><p>Later on we bought a wireless printer, and both laptop and desktop could see and use the printer via wi-fi.</p><p></p><p>So while my router set up was a little clumsy, it worked. And I quite liked the fact it had activity lights so I could see traffic flowing both over the network and over the wi-fi (it alerted me when B&amp;B guest were using the internet)</p><p></p><p>Roll forward to 3 days ago.</p><p></p><p>Changed internet supplier to BT. They sent us a shiny new home hub.</p><p></p><p>That works to connect the PC and the laptop to the internet.</p><p></p><p>BUT the desktop pc can no longer see the laptop via w-fi (or vice versa) and can no longer see the wireless printer.</p><p></p><p>Also the home hub has no activity lights so no easy way of seeing traffic.</p><p></p><p>Now, I know my old router works with the BT internet (I tried it first thing Tuesday morning before the home hub arrived in the post)</p><p></p><p>So give me one good reason why I should not revert back the the old router?</p><p></p><p>About the only reason I can think of is if I had a problem, and BT would not support anything other than their home hub (I could always plug it in again if that was an issue)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 320726, member: 6969"] History: My first broadband was with Talk Talk. they provided a wired router. I then wanted to connect wirelessly to our laptop. So I bought a wireless insertion point that plugged in the network cable between my desktop PC and the router. (my desktop does not have wireless built in) This worked well. Not only did it allow the laptop to connect to the internet by wi-fi,. it allowed the desktop PC to see the laptop via wi-fi so we could share files. Later on we bought a wireless printer, and both laptop and desktop could see and use the printer via wi-fi. So while my router set up was a little clumsy, it worked. And I quite liked the fact it had activity lights so I could see traffic flowing both over the network and over the wi-fi (it alerted me when B&B guest were using the internet) Roll forward to 3 days ago. Changed internet supplier to BT. They sent us a shiny new home hub. That works to connect the PC and the laptop to the internet. BUT the desktop pc can no longer see the laptop via w-fi (or vice versa) and can no longer see the wireless printer. Also the home hub has no activity lights so no easy way of seeing traffic. Now, I know my old router works with the BT internet (I tried it first thing Tuesday morning before the home hub arrived in the post) So give me one good reason why I should not revert back the the old router? About the only reason I can think of is if I had a problem, and BT would not support anything other than their home hub (I could always plug it in again if that was an issue) [/QUOTE]
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