Alternative to HomeHub??

As per the title, does anyone have any recommendations?

For ADSL or Fibre?

In reply to a post by jchamier:

For ADSL or Fibre?

Apologies, I should have made it clear!!

Its on ADSL2+.

Anything you like really, you pays yer money, and makes yer choice.

What features would you like specifically ?

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Anything you like really, you pays yer money, and makes yer choice.

What features would you like specifically ?

No particular features!

Just one that operates consistently & reliably!

Long line? High Atten? Noisy line?

In reply to a post by johnjburness:

So far, it appears that I have a reasonable connection & it seems to be faster than the previous O2 connection.

My last O2 Speedtest

My first BT Speedtest

The results from the HomeHub are:-

Connection Information
Line state: Connected
Connection time: 0 days, 06:47:49
Downstream: 21.31 Mbps
Upstream: 1.148 Mbps

ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI: 0/38
Type: PPPoA
Modulation: G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type: Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up): 2.9 dB / 6.4 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 8.5 dB / 5.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 20.0 dBm / 11.5 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up): 0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up): 4 / 6
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up): 32 / 2
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 8 / 12

With those figures the answers is "anything jjb wants" no need for one to cope with a difficult line.

Out of interest, what is that you don't like about the HH?

No particular features!

Just one that operates consistently & reliably!

Just read this. Does your HomeHub not operate consistently and reliably?
I have the homehub on my fibre package. It has been plugged in for well over 6 months without a turn off. It never faults me. The wireless on the homehub is about as good as you're going to get too due to the nature of wireless. Even the £100+ routers have a similar range I have found.

If the HomeHub is causing you grief it might very well be faulty. They are usually very stable bits of kit. Might be worth considering that it could be resolved for free by perhaps a new hub depending on your issues?

There's a few problems with the HH3 that led me to toss it. You can't change the DNS, port forwarding doesn't always work, you can't switch off Fon, it has poor wireless, BT have a back door into it and were throttling my connection.

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

No particular features!

Just one that operates consistently & reliably!

Just read this. Does your HomeHub not operate consistently and reliably?
I have the homehub on my fibre package. It has been plugged in for well over 6 months without a turn off. It never faults me. The wireless on the homehub is about as good as you're going to get too due to the nature of wireless. Even the £100+ routers have a similar range I have found.

If the HomeHub is causing you grief it might very well be faulty. They are usually very stable bits of kit. Might be worth considering that it could be resolved for free by perhaps a new hub depending on your issues?

As per usual, with such queries, it is difficult to be specific over whether the issues are due to the Hub or the Line!

Generally I've got a short line (relatively low attenuation), but I wasn't certain whether I was getting "spikes" on it - but I was getting the occasional disconnect (sometimes lasting only 30 secs).

However, I started getting quite frequent "cannot find" messages on my Browser which caused me to query whether I'd been connected via this "Carrier Grade NAT" - hence my previous post. It also made me wonder whether I was having DNS issues etc.

However, I finally concluded that it was probably the Hub when one of the "sites" it couldn't find was itself!! In other words putting "http://bthomehub.home" into the browser resulted in the "cannot find" message.

Possibly/probably I could contact BT to see if I could get a replacement, but their Customer Service doesn't impress me! I would rather substitute a good Router, rather than having the hassle of trying to sort out BT's Hub.

So you want a good ADSL modem/router with good wireless?

Some of these problems don't apply so much if your ISP is not BT. I have found the wireless as good as anything else I have used, and I have a Fritzbox 7390, Billion 7800N and Apple Airport Extreme amongst my collection to choose from. Wi-Fi channels can make all the difference getting the best from a Homehub, mentioned here. http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-Speed-Connection-Issue...

Edited by professor973 (Mon 06-May-13 00:30:14)

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

So you want a good ADSL modem/router with good wireless?

Yes!

I do have a Netgear DGND3300v2 that I can try out, but I had wondered whether there is now a better recommendation.

Furthermore, I originally got the Netgear because I was on O2's LLU - I was led to believe that the Netgear had a Broadcom Chip-set (which suited O2's setup better), whereas an alternative Chip-Set might suit BT's setup!

According to this, the HH3B has a Broadcom chipset so I think you should give the Netgear a go.

Give it a go.

HH is really not bad though. I think you've got a bad one.

Wait a few days to make a decision.....might be good news later in the week

Edited by thompsbd (Tue 07-May-13 21:32:39)

And your source of information/link?

Details of the Home Hub 4 are here

Regards
Sunil