In reply to a post by gomezz:

Just went through the Infinity upgrade process online and I was getting offered the HH5 free with £6.95 delivery.

Makes you wonder why the BT Shop sells it for so much when BT Broadband customers can get it much cheaper (not sure if it's locked to BT).

Works on Plusnet http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,1196...

The special price is one of the benefits of using BT Broadband.

This depends on how many of the functions of a top shelf router Home hub 5 has. Most users will be happy with what it has to offer, as are most VM customers with Super Hub 2.

But, you are right. Those who want the full router experience could do with modem-only mode. I am surprised that BT, Sky etc have missed this. They could have learned from VM. Instead they are stuck with a set up with performance barely as good as SH2 and without the flexibility.

There are some odd changes in those stats you give though.

if you want odd

4. Board version: BT Hub 5A
5. VDSL uptime: 0 days, 04:01:17
6. Data rate: 7441 / 41250
7. Maximum data rate: 7429 / 38776
8. Noise margin: 5.9 / 4.7
9. Line attenuation: 0.0 / 22.2
10. Signal attenuation: 0.0 / 20.0

Those look fine. Illustrating exactly the point we were disagreeing about .

We are agreed that noise on the line fluctuates. Therefore so does SNR.

We don't see SNR, but if SNRM falls that is because SNR has fallen. If SNR falls, Max rate falls. Simples .

Edited by RobertoS (Mon 25-Nov-13 23:31:35)

Here's mine just for benchmark purposes:

4. Board version: BT Hub 5A
5. VDSL uptime: 1 days, 14:55:46
6. Data rate: 19999 / 79995
7. Maximum data rate: 25429 / 92626
8. Noise margin: 15.3 / 9.5
9. Line attenuation: 0.0 / 9.2
10. Signal attenuation: 0.0 / 9.2

If I buy one, can I sell my old HH4 to my neighbour (also on BT Infinity but has HH3) do you need to input username settings etc?

In reply to a post by Youngy:

If I buy one, can I sell my old HH4 to my neighbour (also on BT Infinity but has HH3) do you need to input username settings etc?

You can sell it, yeah, the Hub's built-in user/pass is generic.

the hh5 has the generic bt (home) login as default, this can be changed if using it on another service provider, - even bt-business accounts require it to be changed!

Hi,

Are any of you getting disconnects on your HH5, which seem to relate to remote updates taking place? Admittedly I'm using this on plusnet (fttc), but wanted to see if others are getting this issue as well ? I already seem to have latest f/w running (but showing last update unknown).

09:00:44, 06 Dec. (59023.040000) CWMP: session completed successfully
09:00:44, 06 Dec. (59022.820000) CWMP: HTTP authentication success from https://pbthdm.bt.mo
09:00:39, 06 Dec. (59018.200000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
09:00:39, 06 Dec. (59018.200000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
09:00:37, 06 Dec. (59015.610000) WAN operating mode is VDSL
09:00:37, 06 Dec. (59015.610000) Last WAN operating mode was VDSL
09:00:36, 06 Dec. (59014.730000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration ACK
09:00:36, 06 Dec. (59014.710000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request
09:00:36, 06 Dec. (59014.700000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration NAK
09:00:36, 06 Dec. (59014.700000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration ACK
09:00:36, 06 Dec. (59014.700000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration Request
09:00:35, 06 Dec. (59014.390000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request
09:00:35, 06 Dec. (59014.390000) CHAP authentication successful
09:00:34, 06 Dec. (59012.780000) CHAP Receive Challenge
09:00:33, 06 Dec. (59012.090000) Starting CHAP authentication with peer
09:00:33, 06 Dec. (59012.090000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration ACK
09:00:33, 06 Dec. (59012.070000) PPP LCP Send Configuration ACK
09:00:33, 06 Dec. (59012.060000) PPP LCP Send Configuration Request
09:00:33, 06 Dec. (59012.060000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration Request
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.580000) CHAP Receive Challenge
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.580000) Starting CHAP authentication with peer
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.580000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration ACK
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.560000) PPP LCP Send Configuration Request
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.560000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration Reject
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.560000) PPP LCP Send Configuration ACK
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.560000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration Request
09:00:31, 06 Dec. (59009.550000) PPP LCP Send Configuration Request
09:00:29, 06 Dec. (59007.970000) CWMP: session closed due to error: Could not resolve host
09:00:29, 06 Dec. (59007.950000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
09:00:29, 06 Dec. (59007.950000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
09:00:29, 06 Dec. (59007.750000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 4 VALUE CHANGE
09:00:22, 06 Dec. (59001.140000) PPP LCP Send Termination Request [User request]