Home Hub 5 V's Billion 7600n (Or together?)

OK - We have bit the bullet and ordered Infinity 2 as it has finally arrived in Grimsby.

I am currently on LLU (7mb) via Vivaciti and using a trusted Billion 7600n which is giving us rather superb full house WiFi coverage.

Obviously with the HH5 on its way - do we just move onto that, Ethernet to the Billion instead, or have both running?

Any help will be greatly appreciated as ever folks

No doubt I'll be shot down in flames by others .......

I'd say, try the Hub 5 for starters, it gets a bum rap from many on here, but TBF I don't see many problems with them on me travels, and the wireless seems good to me.

If all else fails, then go back to your Billion.

Am I of the thinking that the line into the house is the same as before - or different inputs?

To be honest, I was going to ask if the HH5 was any good, as we've just had our cabinet go live for FTTC and have ordered our upgrade. We spoke to one of the sales reps, who said that they were going to send out the Home Hub 5. I asked him if it mattered whether the cabinet was an ECI or not. He told me it doesn't matter nowadays, is this true?

I'd also like to get peoples opinions of what would be the best setup to do? Is it better to go with the HG612 VDSL modem and get another router? Or to stick with the HH5 (Although I hear that the Port Forwarding issue is still present on the HH5)

I'm currently using a HH3 atm on ADSL2+, but am not convinced by it as I seem to be getting a couple of random disconnect here and there. Before BT I was using Be's Speedtouch 780 router which was really good.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Many thanks guys!

In reply to a post by mr2gti:

Am I of the thinking that the line into the house is the same as before - or different inputs?

It's the same line but as far as the broadband is concerned it only goes as far as the cabinet.

I have to agree Zarjaz I have been using the HH5 now for 6 months and can not fault it , I find it to be a very good all round performer.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

I'd say, try the Hub 5 for starters, it gets a bum rap from many on here, but TBF I don't see many problems with them on me travels

What investigations/tests do you base this on? The number you've had to replace from your van or something more sophisticated? (Genuine Q)

What investigations/tests do you base this on?

I visit many properties looking at broadband issues, and I can honestly say I've only ever come across one faulty 5, and that was that the power supply was faulty straight out of the box.

With respect, that sounds to me like you're saying "none" (other than seeing if the hub is working in the most basic sense). Rather you base it on the fact that just one HH5 you had to swap from your van?

Right so I rather confused now.

Currently on LLU - Billion 7600n doing the honours.

So when Mr BT turns up and gets Infinity 2 all set up and running - will I need to use the HH5 or can I just use the 7600n on it's own as right now?

Or - does the HH5 have to be connected then you Ethernet the Billion to it?

I think the BT HH5 has it's own modem inside, so you shouldn't have to connect anything to it apart from plugging it into the power and telephone socket.

Mines due to be enabled on 13th May and only have a HH5. Seriously thinking of just buying an unlocked HG612 from the bay and then getting a router for it..... Think of the Fritz! Box 3390 as it seems to have good reviews from what I've seen.

In reply to a post by mr2gti:

So when Mr BT turns up and gets Infinity 2 all set up and running - will I need to use the HH5 or can I just use the 7600n on it's own as right now?

The HH5 includes a VDSL modem. The 7600 doesn't. The HH5 and the 7600n are similar, but the HH5 has 5Ghz WiFi which the Billion doesn't offer. To really use the BIllion (as a router) you need a modem. The Huawei HG612 is recommended, you can find them on eBay often enough. You could also ask your installer if they have one to leave it with you as you might want to use your own router.

I've screwed up - 7800n in the front room.... no difference I guess?

I am currently using a 7800 for my router but as others said you need a modem to do so (as my FTTC went in over a year ago I've got the modem that was originally installed). The router works great but without a modem it is the equivalent of a brick.

In reply to a post by mr2gti:

OK - We have bit the bullet and ordered Infinity 2 as it has finally arrived in Grimsby.

I am currently on LLU (7mb) via Vivaciti and using a trusted Billion 7600n which is giving us rather superb full house WiFi coverage.

Obviously with the HH5 on its way - do we just move onto that, Ethernet to the Billion instead, or have both running?

Any help will be greatly appreciated as ever folks

I can't help with the comparison between the two, but you may be interested in my experience.
About a month ago I had Infinity 2 installed and got blazing speeds of 75 Mbps. I got really exited. The problem was that our two iPads really didn't like the HH5.
They both started to hang when loading pages. I had a look around the forums and found that it was far from uncommon for this to happen with iPads.
I got on to BT who were extremely helpful and after a few attempts to sort it, they advised me to disable the 5GHz channel and just run with the 2.4GHz. This sorted it immediately. However, Wi-Fi coverage was poor and I have had to order a range extender from BT to boost up the signal round the house. Strangely, my old Netgear router gave a pretty strong signal right round the house on the same channel. I don't get the 75Mbps any more but still get a very respectable 64Mbps.

Edited by deleted (Tue 13-May-14 09:58:50)

6 Years later...

Using a Billion 8800AXL as the Modem - and the 7600N as the router.

HH5 was garbage and utterly [censored] at holding a decent connection.

Current set up is 5 years old now.