BT HOME HUB 3

Can you connect a Netgear DGND3300 to the HH3 in order it can be set up as a connection for SKY ?

GoTeamGB wrote:
Can you connect a Netgear DGND3300 to the HH3 in order it can be set up as a connection for SKY ?
That is an ADSL router like the HH3. Are you trying to connect a Sky HD box or similar?
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  • Lack of loopback on Home Hub 3 is making me consid...

    The lack of loopback on Home Hub 3 is making me considering quitting BT Infinity. Why? Because as a software developer this is a giant paint in the **bleep**!
    Every application I develop from home has to use local IP addresses, which means it keeps adding development time to my projects as I cannot use hostnames and have to keep writing go-arounds. It's a giant PITA!
    I mean, sure, if you didn't support some wacky new technology that only 1% of people used then that'd be understandable but BT Infinity is FAST internet and people who pay £40 a month for FAST internet usually aren't the clueless old people you think they are!
    I don't even like BT I think you lot are a bunch of crooks, but I don't live in a cabled area in my new house so I'm stuck with you. Considering moving to a friends FTTC service even if I do have to pay £20 extra a month. 
    So BT, pull your finger out of your god **bleep** **bleep**, hire some decent developers and fix your **bleep** because I and thousands of other customers are wound up by this. You're doing nothing to inspire loyalty. Nothing.

    Welcome to this forum. This is a BT domestic customer to customer help forum, any messages posted here do not go to BT.
    Its possible one of the forum members may be able to help you if its a general enquiry.
    You do have the alternative of using your own router, there are plenty of cheap cable routers available.
    If you only have one PC connected, then you can connect it directly to the modem, by setting up a PPPoE network connection type.
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Regular disconnection from my Home Hub 2.0 on Infi...

    For the last year I've been getting regularly disconnected on the wireless from my Home Hub 2.0 router on Infinity - and have to reset to get the connection back (this happens to all phones and laptops connected) - this is despite the blue lights remaining 'on' on the hub. It's now getting more and more frequent (5 times per day) - making skype calling a challenge. Also the line speed degrades and a reset brings this back up. I contacted the help line a few months ago but failed to fully resolve this. In my mind the home hub is faulty and I need a new one - but seems v difficult to get that to actually happen.
    I'm on the verge of cancelling and going to another provider now I'm out of contract - any advice?  

    From the memory, (which is not very good at the best of times), the Home Hub 2 is not infinity compatible.  The router needs to be able to support PPoE on a WAN port.  The HH2 does not have a WAN port.
    Other than that there are lots of threads on here re: unreliable wireless connections.  Too many to list all the definitive suggestions.  A search should help.
    As to BT replacing the router, BT may replace it if it is deemed faulty within the warranty period.  If the router is over a year old it will be out of warranty and as it was purchased by you as part of the contract it will be your problem to sort out.
    Many on here have replaced or not even used the supplied router.  As long as the replacement supports PPoE and has a WAN port, (i.e. Cable router), you should be OK.  There as also a growing number of routers that are VDSL capable so it may be a consideration to replace the modem as well.  With regards to router replacement this thread may be of interest.
    http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/List-of-Routers-to-replace-Home-Hub-3/m-p/298203/highlight/tr...
    Dave

  • Issues with Home Hub 3 Wireless. And lousy teleph...

    I don't know if this forum is moderated or followed by BT support staff, but I sure hope so.
    After coming from Virgn Media for my BB to BT infinity (Awesome speeds btw!) I'm pleased with the connection and, up until today, the support. I now have issues with my Wireless devices on the HH3.
    This is the outline of my setup:
    I have the Open reach modem connected to the home hub.  I then have the 1Gbps ethernet port from the home hub that is connected to a 1Gbps 5 Port switch that connects my wired network together (Consisting of my Xbox, Networked Printer and my Desktop PC).  Wireless serves 2 Laptops, an Xperia U phone, and a G5 Ipod touch (not all mine, I have a flat mate).
    My issue is that when more than one device connects via WiFi, the WiFi network has serious issues: The connections don't drop per se, but websites are not delivered, data transfer is intermittant at best - i.e. the WiFi network simply does not work.  When there is only one device, there is no issue.
    Now, being a techie (I don't mean to title drop, but I think it's important that technical support know that I know my stuff) I'm an electrical engineer (The graduate type) and I know my IT - so I have my own idea of what's wrong with this.
    Now, as my order was not completed until yesterday, techincal support couldn't/wouldn't help until today.  Yesterday, however, I spent hours trying to solve my issues and got as far semi-solving the problem.  I managed to get everything working nicely together when Wireless N is disabled and only a/b/g is enabled.  Great, but a main selling point is the Wireless N and I want to use this.
    So, today I phoned technical support.  I should also note here, and I made this perfectly clear with support, that when the WiFi starts to missbehave, the wired network still works perfectly and I have no issues with internet connectivity with any wired devices.  So, clearly this is not a line fault - it's on this side, aka, the router WiFi side where the problem resides.  Support decided to do a line test anyway - and of course it got the all clear.  He then asked me to reset the router (Yey, again after I had done it plenty of times before, only this time I had customised the SSID and the LAN IP addresses and now they need done again).  He then went on to state that I should receive an e-mail with instructions on what to do next, and if they are still issues to reply to a text message that will be sent.
    Duly, an email arrived.  It began with "Sorry you had to call us today about your wireless disconnecting. We’re pleased we could help you get it working again." and continued on with with this theme.  No, my problem is not resolved!  I phoned back, this time advising me to change channels, and check individual devices to see if they're any conflicts - I did this pretty quickly and disabled and re-enabled WiFi on my Laptop, phone, ipod and still to no avail.
    I have now been told that I will get a phone call between 3 and 3:30pm to see if the WiFi will settle down. huh!
    I don't mean to be such a pain and sound like such a git, but this is not an issue that I believe the technical support (via the call centre anyway) will be able to solve.  This is an issue with the HH3, mine at least, not being able to handle mutiple WiFi devices conntected simualtaneously - all but one on N, the other on G.  Now, I'm of the understanding that this shouldn't be a problem.  I'm sick of telephone support going through their script without listening to the whole issue either or beleiving that I spent a good 2 hours yesterday getting to the bottom of this.  I don't need line tests, I don't need resetting the router, I don't need changing channels - I've did all this!
    So it looks as though I'm stuck on HH3 in 'G' for now until we solve this issue.
    Further information: I'm using the type A HH3; again wired devices are not impacted in any way from this issue; I have tried multiple different channels; YES! I've reset the router and power cycled it; And this issue happens wether my WiFi devices are 1 meter away from the HH3 or 15 meters away.
    Could this be a bad HH3 or frimware issue? Can someone suggest something or highlight something that I've perhaps overlooked or missed?

    This is only a customer to custome help forum.
    This link may help, although some of the things you may have already tried.
    Wireless can prove quite unreliable, and an separate wireless access point can help.
    Wireless connection problems
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Wifi connection issues with Home Hub 5

    Hi can any body help because I am starting to get very frustrated with the Home Hub 5 and it's wireless connection.
    infinity 2 was installed at my house in the beginning of September, everything worked Ok for three weeks then for no apparent reason the hub kicked out all of my wireless devices (phones, kids iPods, tablets etc) at 6:45 one morning. When I got home from work I rang BT and was told to perform a Pin reset. This seemed to work but less tham 48 hours later at exactly the same time in the morning the hub kicked out all of my devices again, this time I just pressed the restart button on the top of the hub and everything reconnected but the Wifi range within my house had dropped. A few days later the hub kicked all my devices out again (each time it has done this the light on the hub has remained blue showing it is supposedly working OK)
    One evening this week the hub of its own accord cycled through all the colours of lights indicating problems and that it was restarting. Today at 10:15 the hub kicked all my Wifi devices out again. I have contacted BT every time this has happened and told them about the poor range of the Wifi signal.
    I do not want to be restarting/resetting my Hub every couple of weeks i need a permanent solution.
    One of the reasons I switched from TalkTalk to BT when fibre became available was the fact that the Home Hub 5 was supposed to be the best provided router by any of the networks, being the only one that is an AC class router. The thing costs £130 if you want to by one. Quite frankly the £60 TP-Link dual band router I bought when I was with TalkTalk had a better range and was more stable. I would switch back to that if I knew BT's router settings (but they like to keep that a secret)
    I really am beginning to regret switching from TalkTalk. Please someone restore my faith in BT.
    Sorry for the lengthy rant but I hope you can understand why I've ranted for so long.
    Nick

    Hi imjolly
    Sorry its taken a while to reply to your post.
    I wanted to try BT's latest attempt at a solution before i tried your idea.
    Since your reply the Home Hub 5 has dropped the Wifi connection to my devices another three times.
    The second time less than 30hours after BT's so called fix, which was to make sure the 5Ghz channel was not syncing with the 2.4Ghz channel. Tonight it went again and BT's response was to take the router out of smart channel selection and manually select channel 9,6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and 36,40,44 or 48 on 5Ghz. Well I havent even bothered with that, if the prats at BT would look at their records they would see they have already suggested that.
    This HH5 is the most unreliable piece of garbage i have ever had the misfortune to use. WHY OH WHY did I leave TalkTalk
    I have tonight tried your solution. Fingers crossed that this works.
    Nick 

  • Issues with Gagabit connection on BT Home Hub 3.0

    I did post this is the BB Other Forum, but got no reply, maybe someone can answer it in this one.
    I have just received a BT Home Hub 3.0 to replace my old HH 1.0
    I have connected the hub up and 'assumed' that if I plug port 4 into my existing gigabit home network everything would work simple.  However this is not the case.
    My existing ;working' home network has the following
    1 x PC
    1 x Laptop
    1 x N.A.S
    These are all connected by a 5 port Netgear Switch (GS605) they all have the yellow light to say they are at gigabit speed.
    When I plug the HH 3.0 into the swtch, the light only comes up as orange (100mps).  I have tried changing cables, but still the same result.
    However, if I connect the PC directly to the HH 3.0 then my Local Area Connection says it is connected at 1.0Gbps.
    When connected to the switch, my connection through the HH 3.0 is very slow, but when connected directly to the HH 3.0 it is running at speeds I previously had.
    I have disconnected all items from the switch, powered down the HH 3.0 and connected it on its own.  The yellow (1Gbps) light flashes for a while and then changes to orange.
    Can anyone advise?
    Regards
    Trevor

    I have tired connecting just the HH 3.0 to the Netgear Switch with cables that I know work at 1 Gbps and into all the ports.  Resetting the HH 3.0 on several occasions.
    Each time the light flashed yellow and then turned to orange.  I know the switch works as I have green lights when known Gbps items are connected, eg, PC, Laptop and NAS.
    When I connect my PC directly to the HH 3.0 in the Gbps my network connection comes up as 1 Gbps.
    It is just when I connect the HH to the switch.
    When I go to the Home Network setting on the HH I have the following.  The hub is connected to the switch on ethernet port 2
    PC connected at 1000 Mbps (directly to the Gbps on the home hub)
    BT Vision connected at 100 Mbps (directly to port 1 on the home hub)
    Laptop connected at 100 Mbps (connected to the switch) but is showing as 1 Gbps on the switch.
    NAS connected at 100 Mbps (connected to the switch) but is showing as 1 Gbps on the switch.
    Any further ideas?
    Regards
    Trevor

  • Problem with password in home hub manager

    Hi
    I have a pc and a laptop connected wirelessly to homehub 3. connection is fine having swapped the hub for a new one.
    The problem I have now is that when i go into hh manager on the laptop, I cannot enter a password to get to settings.
    I get admin as user and cursor won't work  in password panel.
    On the pc it works fine. It's no biggy as I can acess settings on the pc but anyone know why it is happening?
    This is the screen I get. Different to the usual one.
    To prevent unauthorised access, your BT Home Hub's settings are protected by a password. To change the settings in your BT Hub Manager, you'll need to enter your admin password, then click the 'OK' button on this page. Please remember the password is case sensitive.
    Username:
    admin
    Password:
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    somniac wrote:snipped
    connection is fine having swapped the hub for a new one. The problem I have now is that when i go into hh manager on the laptop, I cannot enter a password to get to settings.
    Swapped from a what version hub? It does sound like you may of been using a v1 or v1.5 hub prior to using the hub3
    What happens if you go to saved passwords on your laptop, locate the 'admin' one, make a note of it just in case and delete it. Does this allow you to access the hub manager now?
    -+-No longer a forum member-+-

  • How to connect a BT Home Hub V3.0 Type B wirelessl...

    On my network I have a BT Home Hub (version 3.0 Type B) as the main router. I also have an old BT Home Hub (version 1.5) lying around. The router is located in the study and I hope to set up the spare home hub as a wireless repeater in the lounge next to the study. This would allow me to give a Sony TV access to the internet via an Ethernet cable connected from the TV to the wireless repeater.(By the way the Sony Wi-Fi dongle costs £70 and the reviews on it are awful.) Any thoughts on how to do this? Some clear concise instructions would be very useful.
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    imjolly wrote:
    From memory you can't connect them wirelessly
    That is correct, you cannot do it.
    Broadband extenders would be a much better idea.
    http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-broadband-extender-500-kit-8W3T.html
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • How to use Home Hub 3 as a 2nd router(access point...

    Hi guys hope you can help; I am trying to add my Home Hub 3 as a 2nd router (ie an access point) to my home network and struggling.
    What am I trying to achieve.
    I have a fully functioning home network which is working great but the wireless range does not extend to the room above my garage, some distance away from the main house. I currently service it with an Ethernet link from my E4200 router, via the mains wiring, to link to a PS3 there. But I want to extend this to have a wireless network in the remote room so I can link multiple devices - rather than spend more money, deploying a 2nd router which I already have  is preferable.
    What have I got.
    I have a Linksys E4200 router (nice piece of kit) attached to my ADSL line via a Belkin N1 wireless modem-router set to  “modem only” mode (I was using a DSL modem until yesterday but that went AWOL and digging out the Belkin router I saw that it had a modem only function – and it/they worked first time )
    All of my gear in the house is attached wirelessly to the E4200 which is delivering circa 11.5mbps from a maximum of 12.5mbps for the line measured by BT onsite. So  all is  fine there.
    What have I done to try and use the HH3
    Linked an Ethernet cable between one of the Ethernet ports on the E4200 to a mains plug.
    Linked an Ethernet cable from a mains plug to one of the Ethernet ports on the HH3 router.
    Ie as the PS3 was linked.
    3.  Switched on the HH3 router: the power light is solid blue, the wireless light is solid blue, the broadband light is off
    4. Connected my laptop to the HH3 network and loading up a web page on IE9 displays a web page from bthomehub.home/etc etc with title BT Home Hub and a message “Can’t connect to Broadband”. It is the start of a self- diagnostic routine. Answering all the questions I eventually get a Home Hub Administrative Home Page displayed.
    Is there a quicker way of getting to this admin page??
    5.  I switched off DHCP
    I changed the IP address from 192.168.1.254 to 192.168.1.200 as this seems to be what the other threads on this subject did.
    When I went to apply the change a message came up telling me that I might not be able to access the HH3. I ploughed on disregarding this and needless to say I could not then access the HH3 via the web interface and trying to access a web site nothing happened.
    6.  I did a hardware reset on the HH3
    7. Going through the motions again, when I got to the admin pages again, I switched off DHCP and this time left the IP address alone, ie 192.168.1.254.
    When I went to apply this  I got the message
    “After changing these settings you will need to renew the IP address of all devices connecting to your BT Home Hub. Please follow the instructions provided with your devices.”
    I applied the change – but have not yet done any fooling around with IP addresses on my laptop because I don’t want to start mucking around with my laptop
    I then tried to access a website, and failed, but on this occasion rather than nothing happening, the Home Hub website came up  again displaying the error message page.
    And that is where I stand. All looks so easy when reading other threads on this and other forums but it is not working for me.
    Any help greatly appreciated.
    The IP settings on the E4200 are
    IP  192.168.1.1
    Range  192.168.1.100  to 192.168.1.149
    Also connection type on the E4200 is POE not POA – as far as I  recall that is what it needed to be to connect to the DSL modem and work.

    Thanks for the speedy reply!
    I have actually came across this page before - I seem to hit a snag when I connect the repeater hub (my HH3).  As outlined, I have at all times kept the repeater hub connected via ehternet into one of the regular LAN ports to my main HH5.
    But when I connect my laptop to the repeat hub (HH3), I am actually connected to the internet somehow (I assuem using the HH5 network) but under my network connections it says I am connected to the HH3.  As a result, when I go to the homehub settings page 192.168.1.254, it brings me to the main HH5 settings page and not the repeater HH3.
    According to the instructions it says I should "Ignore the not connected page", but I am connected and I cant seem to alter any of the settings on my HH3 while it is connected to the HH5.
    Any other pointers?
    Thanks!

  • Wireless Connection Problems for Home Hub 3 and Vi...

    We have upgraded from BT Home Hub 2 to version 3 and had a BT man (engineer) visit to set it up. He did so with no problems on our PC (wired, runnning XP) and installed all relevant software on the PC and this is connected which so far has been fast (enough - as expected) and reliable. Once the 'main' computer in the house was connected we then tried to connect other things to the internet using this BT Hub 3.
    However when attempting to connect our family laptop (running Vista) we hit trouble. Initially I tried to use the icon in the tray (bottom right of the screen) by clicking on connect to a network, then selecting our hub, then inputting the wireless key and going through the menus correctly. It would only connect 'locally' and not recognise the hub. It says identifying then says unidentified (public network BT Hub 3) and only 'local' access which I then change to private network. With my preivious internet I was able to set it up as Home network - now I can only choose between public or private BUT NOT Home, Work or Public.
    So I then tried the BT disc that comes with the hub into the laptop. I go through the menus - it asks is the broadband light steady blue? Yes. Click next to continue wireless set up. So I press continue. It then asks for the wireless network/SSID BTHub3- numbers and letters and the wireless key. So I put that in correctly (double checking) and click next. It then says Connecting to your Hub which then gets ticked but then the checking wireless key doesn't tick - it crosses, and says failed. It asks me to check I typed the numbers and letters correctly (I am sure of that) and It goes to Manuel set up. Where I select my hub and again type in the wireless key and click next. But the same thing happens - connecting to your hub gets ticked but checking wireless key fails.
    I then get a message that says i should do a wired set up, which I can do and works but on the laptop wired solutions is just not satisfactory - laptops need wireless connectivity. Is this a problem with my laptop, Vista or the hub/modem or a combination.
    I also have been able to connect other things to the internet such as a netbook (running Windows 7) and a games console. Please comment if anthing needs explaining or more detail. Your help will be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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    John46: I uninstalled the Hub programmes you said to. I then tried to connect to a network (wirelessly - accessed either by going to Start - Connect to or from the icon in the tray (bottom right). I selected my hub and clicked connect. It does its thing and says 'successfully connected to...' I close that and go onto Network and Sharing Center and it shows its trying to identify the network and wait a few seconds it then shows 'unidentified network (public network)...' and that I have only got local access and so cannot surf the web.
    As I mentioned in my earlier post:
    With my previous Internet I was able to set it up as Home network - now I can only choose between public or private BUT not got the choice between Home, Work or Public.
    Hope I've explained myself.

  • Time Capsule won't connect to BT Home Hub

    I have just moved house and have set up a new BT Home hub today.
    The internet is working as is the wireless printer but I want to be able to connect the Time Capsule to the BT internet network in order to make back ups.
    I have gone through Airport Utility and downloaded the 6.0 software but it is still not connecting.
    Any ideas on where I am going wrong? Do I have to create a new netowrk?
    Any advice is appreciated.
    Thank you

    Connect to the homehub directly so you can download the utility.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
    Once you have it downloaded.. plug the TC directly into the iMac by ethernet.. No other connections.. no wireless on the imac. Turn it off so the only active network is ethernet.
    Press and hold the reset for 10sec. When the TC restarts it should come up on the iMac at default settings..
    Start the manual setup on the 5.6 utility.
    Go to internet tab.
    Go to connection sharing.. select off bridged mode. Update the TC.
    Then plug the TC back into the home hub.. it should now be accessible by ethernet or wireless from the imac.
    Post the details of homehub IP and TC ip if it doesn't work.

  • Can I connect more than one device to home hub?

    I am a new user and have my PC connected to my home hub and all works well.
    My husband has just got an ANDROID and we want to connect as well. I thought I was doing it ok and entered the security key but all I get is authenticating and not much else and it does not connect. Have I missed something do I have to put anything else in other than the security key?
    It connects ok to the external BTwifi and BT Wifi with Fon but of course we are not supposed to do that.
    Sue

    it may be a problem with your Android (whatever model) as any home hub or WiFi router should take loads of other devices I am not sure there is a limit but I have 8 connected.
    If you have anyone else that has a tablet or phone that you can get them to test to see if the problem is with the hub or your android device.
    The only other thing I can suggest is that if it is a home hub 4 which also uses 5Ghz as well as 2.4Ghz some people have had problems with 5Ghz and if you can see both from your device selecting the 2.4Ghz may help.

  • Defective Home Hub 5 - how to get a replacement

    In addition to all my trouble with BT TV in combination with Infinity 3 FTTP (https://community.bt.com/t5/YouView-box/No-BT-TV-with-Infinity-3-4/td-p/1110464), I also received a faulty Home Hub 5. THe internet connection drops every few minutes and it is completely unusable. As soon as I connect my Home Hub 4 with the same cables, the connection is perfectly stable.
    I contacted BT by e-mail and after several useless exchanges telling me that it could have external reasons or the wiring could be the problem (no it can't, as it is working with the HH4), I was asked to provide a time I am at home and reachable, so that someone can call me and check the HH5 connection. This Saturday morning I got a call and was told that they cannot help me as I have FTTP (what a surprise, it is visible in my account and I mentioned having Infinity 3) and they have to transfer me to the Fiber team. The forwarded call got lost after no one picked up and I received this e-mail:
    "As per the conversation we had over the phone I have transferred your call to the FTTP desk, as we are from the copper line desk we cannot proceed further to deal this issue. You can also try reaching them at 0800 800 151 (12pm to 8pm Mon - Fri). Please do write back to us for further queries." I.e. I got forwarded to a team that was not even available today.
    So to summarise:
    - It is completely obvious that my Home Hub 5 (I paid £50 for) is faulty and just needs to be replaced
    - Instead BT is wasting my time again and again giving me completely random reasons why it might not work
    - While I mentioned it multiple times and it has to be visible in my account, I apparently was contacted by the wrong team for days
    - While BT offers Infinity 3/4 FTTP they don't seem to have any idea how to support / handle it. They cannot give me BT TV, they cannot even give me any kind of support with a faulty router
    It is just absolutely incredible ...

    Doesn't help you but why did you buy a HH5 if your HH4 was working OK? 
    Try a factory reset of the homehub by pressing a pin
    into the recess button on the rear for about 20 seconds.
    lf that doen't help recontact BT sales where I presume you got the HH5 from and inform them its faulty and you want it replaced or your money back.

  • How to set up time capsule with BT home hub 4.0 & Openreach

    Idiots guide needed.
    My TimeCapsule (year old model) had been running well from my BT Openreach box (without using the Home Hub 4.0) but recently had issues with connection dropping - BT said they've sorted out their end and can't see any remaining issues and can't offer me any more support if I'm not using the Home Hub 4.0
    I reset the TC to run straight from the Openreach Box  still have issues with wi-fi dropping in and out (both on ethernet and wi-fi).
    Can I:....
    1)     set up Time Capsule running from BT Home Hub 4.0 which itself runs from BT Openreach white box (thus continuing to get support from BT)
    or should i go back to
    2)      Time Capsule running straight from BT Openreach Box
    Can some one post an idiots guide to either option?
    Other stuff that may be important.
    Macbook air running Yosemite (mid 2011 model)
    Apple TV
    Airportexpress
    Time Capsule
    2 x iphone 4s
    Kids PC
    Ethernet and wifi for above - I generally run everything hard wired via ethernet.

    The easiest and sure way is to use bridge on the TC as the method of connection. The TC then becomes a device in your network and gets its IP from the main router that I presume BT supply.
    Method is,
    1. Plug the TC WAN port into the BT supplied modem by ethernet.
    2. Plug the computer you are using for the setup into the TC by ethernet.
    3. Run the airport utility .. go to internet tab on the top menu..
    In the bottom option, Connection Sharing choose off (bridged mode)
    4. Go to the wireless page and setup wireless connection as you like it.. using whichever band you want. And make sure security is set to the highest setting, wpa2 personal. Put in a decent wireless passkey.
    5. Press the update and fix whatever else the TC will show as needing fixing.. usually security stuff.
    6. You can then disconnect the ethernet and connect by wireless if you want. Any port on the TC will now be a LAN port, including WAN.
    This is assuming BT supply a wireless router with built in vdsl/other type of modem. If so you normally will not be able to bridge the modem, unless BT are using pppoe authentication which they haven't in the past.
    If you really need to use the TC as a router then you will need to work out an alternative method. You can double NAT by placing the TC in the DMZ of the BT router if that is an option. It is not without issues in general.

  • How to connect airport time capsule to BT home hub 4

    I am finding it difficult to connect my new airport time capsule (ATC) to the BT home hub 4. On opening the time machine it asks me to configure the time capsule before using. Should I be using the ATC as time machine only or should I be re-routing wireless from the ATC.

    Make sure the MBA has ipv6 set to link-local only for wireless.
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