Strange Home Hub Noise

My Infinity Home Hub has this morning decided to make "woodpecker" sounds intermittently for a minute or so every half hour. Its like listening to an old switch room.
Anyone know what is going on?
Glyn

Sounds like its on its way out. Call 0800 111 4567 and insist that they replace it.

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Chirping noise from Home Hub 3!

Sorry about the rather vague subject title, but since a reboot early this morning (following a local BT exchange problem yesterday) my new Home Hub 3 keep making small 'chirruping' noises!
A bit like the sound Nokia mobile phones make when their batteries are getting low, but quieter than that... I probably only hear it because it is about a metre or so away from me!
I have certainly never heard it before, and wondered anything to be concerned about, or is it some sort of resynchronisation procedure perhaps?
Has anyone else noticed anything similar?

Montala wrote:
Hi,
Sorry for not having replied on here before,
Had a chuckle at some of the comments, but things seem to have quietened down a bit now, so perhaps the baby birds have finally flown the nest!
My Home Hub seems to be working well at present anyway, so all I want now is for BT to lay about 3 miles of fibre optic cable from our nearest exchange to the cabinet immediately outside my house, and I shall be a very happy bunny!
Hi Montala,
Glad you took it in good heart, but you can see we couldn't miss the oportunity.
As regards the fibre cable, You never know
toekneem
http://www.no2nuisancecalls.net
(EASBF)

ADSL on Home Hub 2 with Noise Margin 0.0 dB

I'm visiting my parents and they have ADSL (not ADSL2+) which has very slow upload speeds, causing web browsing to be very slow even though the downstream is acceptable. I'm not an ADSL user as I have Virgin Media cable at home, so am not too sure of what I'm seeing in the Home Hub's management pages, but the first thing that stands out as a potential source of the problem is an upstream noise margin of 0.0 dB. They're getting 8Mbps down, 64Kbps up!
From the postings I've found on this forum, the noise margin should be in the region of 6 to 10 dB for a good connection. A noise margin of 0 dB seems to be unacceptable, so I'm not sure why it's working at all.
I've switched off all nearby electrical equipment and plugged into the master socket's test socket, and the ADSL sync speed is still 64 Kbps.
Here are the HH2's stats:
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 0:05:41
Downstream
8,128 Kbps
Upstream
64 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
12.9 dB / 0.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
22.0 dB / 12.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
19.8 dBm / 11.6 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
0
Is the noise margin the main problem, and how do we fix it?
I've been around the house with an old portable radio set to MW 612, and have heard sounds from the router itself but not of anything else nearby or between the router and the master socket.
This is the second HH2 that has been provided by BT - I think they thought the first HH2 was faulty, but it looks like a line fault not a device fault.
Rupert.

The low upload speed and margin indicates really bad lowband interference. I would personally suspect a faulty home hub/Power unit, as this can generate a large amount of noise at about 15-20KHz, when the internal filter capacitor fails.
See
Reported problems with the Home Hub 2.0
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.

Experience so far with BT Home Hub 5?

So a few of you have installed the Home Hub 5. Like me, I'm sure a few of us would be interested to hear your experiences with this new piece of kit.

Hi got my homehub 5 on tuesday as a replacement for faulty homehub 3b, looks a good bit of kit,setup easy its now replaced as said hh3b and openreach optical modem, its weird because when i go past it now strange not seeing flashing green lights on the wall where openreach modem was, anyway turned off wps, and BT Wifi-fon and smartwireless changed to manual channel 6 best in area for 2.4ghz and have given 5ghz seperate ssid which is much better for connecting iphone,ipad etc and on 5ghz getting nearly full download speed which is good, its also good that vdsl stats are avalable which shows various things noise,download upload etc, took a bit to get used to having had a 3b for a while the only thing it does not have is powersave mode as had mine set before to powerdown between 12am-7am hh5 does have some kind of powersave mode but different than before, the only thing have noticed is in the event log lots of blocked connections inbound and outbound not sure what they are have posted them in a seperate thread hopefully somebody will be able to shed some light on them, so far very happy with the homehub 5 and its peformance!

How often do YOU reset your Home Hub, please?

I have Infinity and Home Hub 3.0 type B.
I posted a few weeks ago about my wireless printer going off-line. To cut a very long story short, the problem was my Home Hub. After resetting it, as someone here advised, my printer worked OK.
The same thing happened last week so out came the giant paperclip and I reset my Home Hub = worked.
I'm having problems connecting to a site - on both my IE8/XP and Win7/IE11 PCs - but a friend gets through OK.
So it's not the site, nor IE8.
My Win7 laptop suggested that I run HP Network Check, which I did. It's fixed a problem - it had to "purge my DNS Resolver cache" - sounds painful - but says I must reset my router.
Does anyone else with a Home Hub 3 have to reset it weekly? What affects the frequency of resetting?
Thanks in anticipation!

I use an HH3, supplied when I joined BT Internet from Virgin due to appalling service from them.
When using a Netgear or TP-Link router/modem our connection was always 'breaking' and being reset - almost every night! With the HH3 that doesn't happen so often and the throughput is generally better (despite a slower sync speed being reported!). Reverting to the other router/modems gives the same unreliable service as before. Even trying a different Billion router/modem gives the same old interuptions, etc. So I suspect the way the BT Internet system is set up favours the HH range but they appear to have fundemental design problems too.
As for how often I have to do a soft restart, or power cycle, depends on how the exchange equipment decides to reset the connection. It can go for a couple of weeks without a change but then decide to make changes most nights (during the night and not the daytime for some strange reason). When it makes the changes, it always reverts to a much slower sync and throughput with often enormously high noise margins (the ideal for us is about 8 dB but it usually resets to 15-18 dB!). So then a reset is called for and afterwards we generally get fair to good results but rarely anything outstanding. Our line length is a serious limiting factor and we'd love to be able to get ADSL2+ but that is not planned and we'll have to wait for the BDUK Intervention plans to find out if we'll ever get fibre in the area.
And as for 'technical support', as an experienced electronics engineer (now retired after 50 years in the business) I have to cry! They don't know what they are talking about at all, but read from a script that does not cater for many actual problems.

LaserJet Pro CP1525nw cannot connect to new router (Home Hub 2000)

In December, we replaced everything EXCEPT our LaserJet Pro CP1525nw colour printer - new laptop (Dell Inspirion 15), new operating system (Windows 8.1 - 64 bit), new internet provider (Bell) and new wireless router (Home Hub 2000).
Immediately, we were unable to connect to the router. We tried all of the suggestions, including connecting the printer directly to the router - which worked, until we disconnected it and then they could not communicate again.
At the time, the only solution we could find was to connect our printer and laptop via USB cable and print that way - no more wireless printing, so unable to print from phones and iPad, but at least we could print from the laptop.
In the past month, we have become unable to use many of the features on our printer - when we try to select print options, we get the message "HPMSN103.dll has stopped working." So, we can still print, but cannot select options.
We have tried using the CD that came with the printer, and it gets to a certain point and then a fatal error occurs. We have tried downloading the "full solution" printer install program from the HP website, and the same thing happens. We have tried skipping that and just choosing the appropriate printer driver in Windows: if we only use that driver, we get a printer that shows up, but we cannot print if we select it (interestingly, though, we can actually access the printer options!); if we say we have the disc, then we get two printers showing up - we can select print options on the one that will not allow us to print, but not on the one that actually prints. If we try removing one of the printers, they both uninstall and we're back to square one.
So, we WANT to be able to get back to printing wirelessly - after all, we paid (handsomely) for a wireless printer! And we still cannot get our printer and the router to recognize each other. Can somebody help? We don't want to have to buy another printer.
Thanks!

Hi @Capers2 ,
I see that you are experiencing issues setting up the printer on the new router. I will certainly do my best to help you.
Thank you for providing that detailed information.
If the network name has any spaces or special characters, the printer may not recognize it.
The printer is only capable of sending/receiving in the 2.4 ghz band.
If it is set to 5 GHZ network you may need to change to 2.4 ghz. (rename the 5 ghz or shut it off)
The WPA key setting needs to be on AES to work correctly not TKIP.
Multi casting needs to be turned on.
Firewall on router has to have open ports for printer.
If you have Mac Filtering you need to give printer hardware address from Configuration page.
You might need to contact your router company for further assistance to check those settings.
I would reset the printer first to clear out any previous network settings.
Turn the printer off, hold down the wireless button and cancel (x button) while turning the printer back on and don't release the two buttons until the printer stops making noise.
Print out a configuration report and make sure the SSID and IP address are cleared.
Printing a Configuration Page.
The easiest way to setup the printer back on the wireless network is through a Ethernet connection and then switch over to wireless.
Disconnect the USB cable.
Remove any printer software by following these steps:
Go into Devices and Printers , click file then Server Properties, click on the Drivers tab at the top of print Server Properties window. Choose the printer you want to uninstall and click remove. Choose remove driver and package. Any that say Universal PCL 5 or Universal PCL 6 also remove and the Laserjet CP1525nw.
The next screen will give a warning, letting you know that deleting the driver package will remove it from the system. Click yes to say that you are sure you want to do this. (if the printer isn't listed that is OK)
Right click and delete any entries for the Laserjet in the Devices and Printers Window.
Run the uninstall from the CD.
Press the Windows key and the X key together. and select File Explorer, right click the CD for the
printer and left click open in new window.
Connect the printer to the router with a Ethernet cable.
Wait about 1 minute and the printer should have a valid IP address.
Print the configuration page to get the printer's IP address to configure the Wireless.
Type the IP address in Internet explorer's address bar which should open the printer's embedded web services page.
Setup the wireless through here now.
Click on the networking tab, wireless on the left, fill out the network information and apply the settings.
After the confirmation, then disconnect the Ethernet cable.
Now you should have a blue wireless light on the printer in about 1 minute.
Perform a clean boot on the computer and turn off the Antivirus Software. How to perform a clean boot in Windows.
Run the installation again.
If you are prompted to connect the USB cable during the installation, Then immediately after connecting the USB cable, follow the steps in this document to update the drivers so it doesn't error out. A Fatal Error Displays During Software Installation. Then the installation should continue.
Test the printer.
If there is anything else I can help you with, just let me know.
Have a nice day!
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Home Hub 3 with low sync speed

Excuse a newbie who's somewhat jealous of people complaining how they only get 8Mbps!
A combination of factors means that for months I have been getting a sync of 2624-3040, which equates to a profile of 2000-2500 and resultant download speeds of 1650-2250 using my old Voyager 2091. Then about a year ago, after fitting an I-plate etc. etc. I was achieving fairly consistent downloads at 2200 - so I asked for BT Vision. I can't comment on it, because almost immediately my download speed dropped and my profile was set back to 2000 so Vision was a waste of space. This didn't correct over time, so at the end of September I called up and an engineer came to test my line, swapped me to a new pair due to earthing issues and said I might want to replace my trusty old voyager. All this disruption still had negligible effect, so around Xmas I obtained a Home Hub 3.
Bad to worse - in the last week I have had to reboot the HH3 at least 5 times (so I'll never get to the end of my BRAS training period) and whereas before I could watch Iplayer etc. 95% of the time, now it seems incapable of streaming for more than half an hour, before the speed drops below an acceptable limit. I'm close to junking the HH3 and going back to the Voyager.
Is this normal? I've read about the HH3 dropping speeds on contention - am I seeing the issue because this makes my speed unusable? (A drop of 1Mb on an 8Mb speed might be annoying, but for me it's fatal!) or do I have a rogue hub .... in which case, what do I do?

Results fresh in as you'll see - internet froze again 20 minutes ago and forced ANOTHER reboot.
With regards to your standard questions - as you'll see from my earlier post, I had a BT engineer in with me for over 4 hours in September, so all the "normal" tests were done, internal wiring checked, quiet line test was done from the master socket, he even swapped me to a new pair with better earth. There are 3 extension and the NTE5, all filtered. .... oh and neighbours with another provider achieve 2K+ constantly.
I am not now connected to the NTE5, but the engineer cut the bell wire and it has an I-Plate anyway (belt & braces!). During tests with him and for 3 weeks after (without a reboot) the router was connected directly to the master socket and it made no difference, except weakening the wireless signal to my office. So I am again connected to my office extension socket, as before, and the move had no discernable effect on sync since October.
So I'm not really expecting much on sync, live in a rural area, 2.5 clicks from the exchange (ADSL/POTS) but have a line length of over 4Km using the normal calcuation, probably with lovely aluminium along the way.
I'm just gobsmacked that the new Hub appears to be unfit for purpose, drops the download speed at the drop of a hat and freezes up on a regular basis .... so this is my final fling before jacking it and probably joining my neighbours with a provider who CAN offer an improvement.
ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:                               Connected
Connection time:                      0 days, 00:16:54
Downstream:                           2.625 Mbps
Upstream:                               448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:                                 0/38
Type:                                     PPPoA
Modulation:                             G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:                          Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):          6.4 dB / 18.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):     56.6 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):        18.1 dBm / 11.9 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):             88308 / 2
CRC Events (Down/Up):             3197 / 7
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):             1694 / 1
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):    544 / 3
Test Results
Test1 comprises of two tests
1. Best Effort Test: .
Download speed achieved during the test was - 1752 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 400-2000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :2688 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2000 Kbps
2. Assured Rate Test:
Download speed achieved during the test was - 747 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 576-600 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Assured Rate IP profile on your line is - 600 Kbps

Home hub 3 broadband light flashing orange & purpl...

Hi,
Broadband has stopped working with a flashing orange & purple broadband light (7 days and counting)
Have phoned bt but they failed to resolve the issue over phone - resetting, power off/on etc. Tried 4 different branded adsl filters, alternative router but still no connection. Only 1 main socket, no extensions connected, doesn't have a test facility(older style socket). Tried 17070 quiet line test - sounds clear. Phone line test reports zero faults.
Details from home hub 3 Broadband > connection tab
Line state: Connected
Data Transmitted/Received (GB): 0.0 / 0.0
Downstream: 7.938 Mbps
Upstream: 448 Kbps
ADSL Settings VPI/VCI: 0/38
Type: PPPoA Modulation: G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type: Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up): 16.7 dB / 26.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 10.8 dB / 5.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 17.9 dBm / 12.4 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up): 10905 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up): 11 / 0
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): 31 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 121 / 3
Broadband > Internet tab
Connection time: Connecting
I suspect the issue is at the exchange, has bt disconnected me and plugged someone else in? Any thoughts welcome.

you appear to have tried everything suggested by BT for purple/orange flashing constantly and not solved the problem. the help pages then say if that has failed then contact technical support but I would contact the forum mods instead for help
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Home hub 3 orange power light and speed problem

Hi, I have posted this again as I think I posted in the wrong place last time being new to the site!
Hi, I have a Home Hub 3 Version A. Orange power light constantly on.
I came across this site while looking for answers and quickly registered to post this.
I have tried all suggestions including a neighbours power supply (Version A as well) to no avail.
Background to help with replies.
I have been had option 3 since 2003.
In that time I have had
H H 1 (failed)
H H 1 replacement (failed)
Netgear – weak wireless and does not like Vodafone suresignal
H H 2 constant dropouts
Back to Netgear
H H 3 Version A lasted 24hrs
Back to Netgear.
For the last 5 months we have been having line problems, regular dropouts.
BT Openreach have been out 4 times, changed virtually everything and traced line back to Exchange.
The last engineers conclusion was line at my home is capable of 12meg and was being throttled as he called it to around 6meg.
He suggested trying a H H 3 and contacting BT for line to be opened up.
For two reasons.
With a faster speed line fault would be easier to locate.
Line was capable of so much more.
Several LONG calls to BT answering all the format questions first, (to be fair 0800 so no cost) each time first being told my speed was within contract stated speeds, then after my explanation regarding BT Openreach engineers views I was told an engineer would be contacted to improve line speed.
Needless to say nothing happened.
The frustrating point being each new call generated the same response – NOTHING on their system to show a previous call had been made by me.
Hence the reason for this post.
I feel the helpline, whilst free, achieves nothing except a long time on the phone answering repetitive questions answered before.
I am loathe to phone again as I will undoubtedly be told there is no record of any previous calls or action and I want to resolve the H H 3 Version A problem so it can be used.
Any help appreciated

Hi John46 and thanks for the reply.
Can't try H H 3 it is dead.
i saw somewhere on the forums when i first found you about a route that simplifies action from BT.
Have looked since and cannot locate it.
Do you know where it is?
With the Netgear which I have no option but to use,
ADSL on reports
Multiplex VC-BASED
VPI 0
VCI 38
Speedtester result............
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
6667 Kbps
0 Kbps
7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 6667 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 2000-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8128 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 7170 Kbps
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
367 Kbps
0 Kbps
448 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
>Upload speed achieved during the test was - 367 Kbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 448 Kbps
Wall socket - tested by engineer and renewed AND RF filter fiited, just 'incase'.
Noise test also done.
Thank you for pointing me to the test, even if I had a game with Java before I could use it (New PC)!
As I read the results I am under 8meg. Openreach engineer said line was being 'throttled' as it was capable of circa 12meg this distance from the exchange. I am meant to be on 20meg contract.
Chhers,
I will watch out for a reply.
Any pointers on the H H 3 complaint route would be appreciated, i am begining to think I imagined it!!!
ps Where is the rating star? I can't see it here ?

Home Hub 3.0 vs Home Hub 2.0 packet loss

So I upgraded the BT package that our family is on today, and with it came the Home Hub 3.0. Happy right? Better wireless, less connection problems etc... No.
For some reason, since upgrading, I get random moments of massive packet loss. Up to 50% packets are lost for periods of up to 5 minutes. I've tried resetting the router, tried turning it off for ten minutes etc but still get regular moments of packet loss.
My internet is not interleaved at the moment so that could be a problem, however before switching to the 3.0 i never had any packet loss with non-interleaved internet (on the 2.0 homehub).
Could anyone help me?!
Thanks
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ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 03:12:19
Downstream:
7.813 Mbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:
Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up):
9.1 dB / 24.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
35.5 dB / 19.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
19.9 dBm / 12.1 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 202
CRC Events (Down/Up):
91236 / 426
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):
619777 / 655
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
2173 / 506
est1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
4095 Kbps
0 Kbps
7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 4095 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8000 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 4500 Kbps
I did a quiet line test and it sounded quiet.
Thanks for your answer, just hope someone can help me resolve it now

Home hub 3, broadband connection dropping

Hi, just a few days ago I recived my new home hub 3. The reason I wanted the upgrade from the hub 1 is because the broadband connection would drop and also the old hub would reset it self constantly.
The new hub is much better in terms of not resetting itself, if i try and watch something on 4od etc, youtube, it feels like any stress and the braodband connection drops, I had this on the old hub but it feels like its happening more now.
So much so I decided to make a paint version of my wiring so someone can maybe help me out.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/guysy1110/routerproblem.png
Sorry the paint image came out much smaller than I wanted.
The main phone line is dowstairs in the lounge, its split into 2 using a 2 way splitter, one goes to the main phone which has a microfilter attached, the other plug leads up to the spare room and there a phone box (sorry not sure what its called) is in place, this box was split into another one because a long time ago there was a router that lived in the spare room (the split box is unused). Probably confusing people now, but the main box upstairs in the spare room is extended into my room and then a microfilter is used and then goes into the hub.
The extension cable is FAR too long, possibly 10m of cable wound up and tucked behind the drawers. Could this be a problem? I guess so.
So my main questions are, if both the router and main phone have new microfilters on, what other causes could keep my router dropping the broadband connection? the extension into my room is FAR too long possibly 10m which is wound up behind my drawers, first off im going to get a shorter cable.
Also the microfilter is closest to the hub, would it be better at the first source downstairs, or even in the spare room?
Any suggestions would be great. thanks.

Im reviving this thread, so far from the phone box upstairs Ive shortened the cable, It still goes into my room but now instead of having a ridiculous 15m amount of calbing unused Its a straight 3m from the other room to mine.
This has slightly improoved things.
However the hub still suffers and drops the broadband connection when under "stress" when the phone rings it sometimes drops, and when downloading files it drops halfway through if the file is large which is a massive pain.
On the downstairs master socket I removed the facia and did a quiet line test on the inside socket, there was no noise. I used a corded phone. I wasnt sure if it mattered but I tested all other sockets using this method and none had any noise.
I phoned BT and was advised to take the hub closest to the master socket, but if i do this I have no wireless card in my PC so cannot connect, The obvious option is to get a wireless card but that will cost money. As will buying the power lines.
Any suggestions? I guess plugging the hub in downstairs and trying to connect to something is the best option.
Any advice please?

Home Hub 3 Speed Issue

Some 6 weeks ago I had an issue with losing my internet connection completly, and eventually after a long session with the help desk I magaged to reconnect using the direct port on the main phone socket. However since then I have had a speed issue and Ive been only getting speeds in the order of 2.3Mb.
However running the BT speed test tells me that the connection to my Home Hub 3 is running at 8.13Mb, but the connection to my computer is running at 2.18Mb.
I have tried every thing I can think of. Followed all the advice to improve the connection but nothing works. Reseting the Home Hub, reseting the factory defaults. I've closed down every program running in the background, disconnected the rest of the hardwired network, fitted a new shorter cat 6 cable. All to no avail. The speed still stays firmly at 2.18 to 2.15. down and 0.37 up.
Could their be a fault with my Home Hub?
Thaks for any advice.
Roy
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23:38:00, 29 Jul.
( 5932.320000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:37:29, 29 Jul.
( 5901.890000) CWMP: session closed due to error: No response
23:37:28, 29 Jul.
( 5900.920000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
23:37:28, 29 Jul.
( 5900.910000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:37:28, 29 Jul.
( 5900.480000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 4 VALUE CHANGE
23:37:24, 29 Jul.
( 5896.840000) DSL is down after 2 minutes uptime
23:37:24, 29 Jul.
( 5896.840000) ETHoA is down after 2 minutes uptime
23:37:24, 29 Jul.
( 5896.200000) PPPoA is down after 2 minutes uptime [Waiting for Underlying Connection (WAN DSL - Up)]
23:37:20, 29 Jul.
( 5892.820000) PPP LCP Send Termination Request [User request]
23:36:35, 29 Jul.
( 5847.820000) CWMP: session completed successfully
23:36:34, 29 Jul.
( 5846.940000) CWMP: HTTP authentication success from https://pbthdm.bt.mo
23:36:32, 29 Jul.
IN: BLOCK [16] Remote administration (TCP [116.10.191.167]:6000->[81.154.29.9]:22 on ppp0)
23:36:32, 29 Jul.
( 5844.670000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
23:36:32, 29 Jul.
( 5844.660000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '6 CONNECTION REQUEST,4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:36:32, 29 Jul.
( 5844.050000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 6 CONNECTION REQUEST
23:35:08, 29 Jul.
( 5760.150000) CWMP: session completed successfully
23:35:07, 29 Jul.
( 5759.850000) CWMP: HTTP authentication success from https://pbthdm.bt.mo
23:34:55, 29 Jul.
( 5746.980000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
23:34:55, 29 Jul.
( 5746.970000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:34:48, 29 Jul.
( 5740.780000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration ACK
23:34:48, 29 Jul.
( 5740.580000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration ACK
23:34:48, 29 Jul.
( 5740.580000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration Request
23:34:48, 29 Jul.
( 5740.290000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request
23:34:48, 29 Jul.
( 5740.290000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration NAK
23:34:47, 29 Jul.
( 5739.870000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration ACK
23:34:47, 29 Jul.
( 5739.870000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration Request
23:34:47, 29 Jul.
( 5738.990000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration ACK
23:34:47, 29 Jul.
( 5738.990000) PPP IPCP Receive Configuration Request
23:34:45, 29 Jul.
( 5737.420000) PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request
23:34:45, 29 Jul.
( 5737.410000) WAN operating mode is DSL
23:34:45, 29 Jul.
( 5737.410000) Last WAN operating mode was DSL
23:34:43, 29 Jul.
( 5735.310000) PPPoA is up - VPI: 0, VCI:38
23:34:43, 29 Jul.
( 5735.290000) CHAP authentication successful
23:34:43, 29 Jul.
( 5735.260000) CHAP Receive Challenge
23:34:43, 29 Jul.
( 5735.250000) Starting CHAP authentication with peer
23:34:43, 29 Jul.
( 5735.250000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration ACK
23:34:43, 29 Jul.
( 5735.240000) PPP LCP Send Configuration Request
23:34:42, 29 Jul.
( 5734.110000) PPP LCP Send Configuration ACK
23:34:42, 29 Jul.
( 5734.110000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration Request
23:34:40, 29 Jul.
( 5732.210000) PPP LCP Send Configuration ACK
23:34:40, 29 Jul.
( 5732.210000) PPP LCP Receive Configuration Request
23:34:40, 29 Jul.
( 5732.090000) PPP LCP Send Configuration Request
23:34:37, 29 Jul.
( 5729.230000) ETHoA is up - VPI: 0, VCI:35
23:34:37, 29 Jul.
( 5729.230000) DSL is up
23:34:36, 29 Jul.
( 5728.350000) DSL noise margin: 21.00 dB upstream, 10.90 dB downstream
23:34:36, 29 Jul.
( 5728.280000) DSL line rate: 448 Kbps upstream, 8128 Kbps downstream
23:34:12, 29 Jul.
( 5704.670000) CWMP: session closed due to error: No response
23:34:12, 29 Jul.
( 5704.640000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
23:34:12, 29 Jul.
( 5704.630000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:33:42, 29 Jul.
( 5674.150000) CWMP: session closed due to error: No response
23:33:41, 29 Jul.
( 5673.000000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
23:33:41, 29 Jul.
( 5672.990000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:33:40, 29 Jul.
( 5672.560000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 4 VALUE CHANGE
23:33:36, 29 Jul.
( 5668.110000) DSL is down after 92 minutes uptime
23:33:36, 29 Jul.
( 5668.100000) ETHoA is down after 92 minutes uptime
23:33:35, 29 Jul.
( 5667.670000) PPPoA is down after 92 minutes uptime [Waiting for Underlying Connection (WAN DSL - Up)]
23:33:32, 29 Jul.
( 5664.200000) PPP LCP Send Termination Request [User request]
23:29:51, 29 Jul.
OUT: BLOCK [7] ICMP replay (ICMP type 3 code 1 81.153.31.203->69.171.248.65 on ppp0)
23:28:50, 29 Jul.
( 5382.020000) CWMP: session completed successfully
23:28:48, 29 Jul.
( 5380.950000) CWMP: HTTP authentication success from https://pbthdm.bt.mo
23:28:46, 29 Jul.
( 5378.860000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
23:28:46, 29 Jul.
( 5378.850000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '6 CONNECTION REQUEST,4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:28:46, 29 Jul.
( 5378.230000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 6 CONNECTION REQUEST
23:26:03, 29 Jul.
( 5215.090000) CWMP: session completed successfully
23:26:02, 29 Jul.
This is some of the event log.

Home hub 3 received instead of Home hub 4

Hi all,
I am a new broaband customer and my broadband got activated on 29-1-2014 (technically). I was supposed get BT home hub 4 on that day. For some strange reason I didnt receive it. So I called BT customer service in the evening and the advicer reorderd another hub which I got charged in the paper (I am gonna call them tomorrow and sort it out hopefully). Today I received Home hub 3 instead of Home hub 4 and it is working.
I heard BT home hub 4 is better than 3. Is there any chance of me getting BT home bub 4 (without any charge obviously ).

It is normal broadband (Not infinity). I havent got BT TV. Just Landline and unlimited broadband (£8 month for 6 months deal, £16 after that.
Any additional info will be available upon request

What is the maximum bandwidth of a BT Home Hub 3.0...

I've just had an interesting chat with a BT rep trying to sell me a new contract by promising a new YouView box. (As if!) During the conversation some interesting info came out.
I have unlimited Infinity2 installed November 2011. I was supplied with a BT Home Hub 3.0B at that time. Despite the promises of Infinity2 of "up to", (yeah I know ), 76Mb I have never achieved over 38Mb. Strange as BT themselves say my line should be capable 56Mb based on their own tests of my postcode.
When I complained about this I was told that it was the Home Hub 3.0 which is the bottleneck as that has a maximum bandwidth of 40Mb. Can any knowledgeable person confirm this?
If that is the case how could I be sold a 76Mb package when a 38Mb one is available and supplied with only 40Mb hardware to run it. If this is true, in my estimation it is another example of marketing sharp practice in spades.
Any advice from the gurus?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Can you get your IP Profile by running the BT Performance test at www.speedtest.btwholesale.com, please? When the first test has finished, press the Further Diagnostics button then after you enter your phone number, your IP Profile should be displayed.
I'm interested to see what your Upstream profile is set to as it should be 20 if you're on Infinity2 but may be 10 if you're actually on Infinity1.
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BT Home HUB 5a and Yosemite

HI fellow Brit Telecom clients:
This is a post I just filed on the main Yosemite wifi discussion thread.
STARSHIP YOSEMITE CAPTAINS LOG:
You wrote:
British Telecom (BT) HomeHub dual-band routers use the same SSID and password for both bands by default. When I initially installed a Homehub 5 (the version with a bulit-in modem), I was getting lots of disconnections with my iMac. I then set each band to have a separate SSID and password, and set the iMac to use the 2.4 Ghz band as its preferred Network. I also set the wireless channel to avoid other channels in my areas as much as possible.
I too was getting lots of disconnections using my MBPro only 5 feet away. Eventually engineer came out ?October - whilst on Mavericks - and said the firmware hadn't updated properly and it should be ok. It was better but not brilliant
My previous posts above refer post - Yosemite to my naming the 2 SSIds separately and much later (Jan 12) separate passwords (in both cases first deleting the networks in Systems pref)
Late November I swapped my HDD for an SSD (fantastic!) but wifi issues continued (as one might expect except that I had done a Recovery over internet and wasn't sure if there had been some initial improvement)
I joined seed testing Dec 18 so have to be circumspect now:
My recommendation to users of the BT dual-band Homehubs who are experiencing disconnection problems is, first of all, turn off the 5 Ghz band and see if you get any improvement (turning off the band means that you won't have to change any settings on your iMac or any other devices)
I have not tried turning off 5 ghz. My 2.4 ghz connection has always been more consistent since Dec 18. The problem with 5ghz has been a request for the password then the resulting error message "Invalid password" I have seen little change in this since Dec 18 BUT....
having discovered delights of alt/option key+click on wifi icon I find that if try to connect to 5ghz it works - no request for password usually or if it does it accepts it This happened for first time Dec 21. Significance of this date is that some people on other fora - BTCare Community for one - believe the firmware upgrade from BT is significant but my hub didn't update until Jan 17.
But I have jumped ahead a little:I was away from home much of Dec 23 - Jan 2. In 2 different locations I had no wifi connection issues - one was in K-U-Hull who have a local telecoms outfit called Kingston Communications - no issue on the dual band width hub, and next i was connecting via an apple airport to BT broadband. On return to London Jan 2, unable to connect to 5ghz as usual, and whilst running wireless diagnostic, it connected auto to 2.4
Was away / ill for period Jan 7 - 11 so no log of any importance
Jan 12 changed 5ghz password to different to 2.4 (see above) Still couldn't get past "invalid password"
Jan 14 I got a "no internet connection" in safari but hub blue light steady. I followed advice on BT forum or BT support? to try and find a better channel and switched both manually 2.4: from 11 to 13 and 5: from 44 to 40. i.e. Smartwirless off. I was auto connected to 2.4 ghz (which BTW is one of the more confusing things to me as nearly all the advice messages in the WD reports on the Mac refer to problems with 2.4 and recommend switching to 5...) SUCCESS! immediate connection to 5ghz with no password request. Was able to switch back and forth between networks and ethernet - all stable and easy to connect. Tried to disrupt it by adding iPhones and mini iPads and switching them between 2.4 and 5 - no problem! For not the 1st time since downloading Yosemite I thought "YES! cracked it, I am now a right-on Mac user" Ha.....
Later that day I also discovered the delights of paid app "wifi Explorer" (and even more recently - today - for free in menu Wireless Diagnostics>window>performance, scan, sniffer which, maybe not as prettily as w-exp, allow you to see all networks in reach, their channel, signal strength, MBPS etc etc Ooooh very exciting! And illuminating because it showed me that my hub/router was the only one using these two channels but like you I am a FON subscriber so there were 3 networks on each channel: me, BTwifiX and BT wifi with FON. I knew this because I each time i switched channels on my hub these 2 came with me. Elsewhere on BTCARE forum i read that attempts to "resign" FON membership typically takes 28 days to take effect - did your experience as reported here take that into account? My personal experience is that turning off the FON service (allowing a small part of the router bandwidth to be used as a semi-public hotspot) has noneffect at all,on connectivity issues. By the way, turning off FON means that you then cannot use any other of the enormous number of other FON routers as access points when you are away from home.
Like you I would prefer to hang onto FON if at all possible.
On Jan 15 awaking from sleep it connected to 2.4 ghz automatically (a ? should wifi stay connected whilst asleep? rejoin the network it was on when it went to sleep?) Tried to switch to 5ghz - initially connected then the old password request/invalid routine Connected whilst running Wireless Diagnostics - only connected briefly then dropped. INTERESTINGLY the WD report for the first time mentioned systems pref Network "Location not set to auto" Reset, tried to connect - no change.
Jan 16 upgraded to Yos latest seed
A restart of the router (I actually switched it off/on thats how incompetent I am) and I had the best day's connection since ever...
Jan 17 on awake very disappointed to see "Time Machine not ejected properly" for the 1st time for a while - not sure when that stopped appearing) and couldn't connect to 5. AND the hub repeatedly showed Red light and of course Safari kept complaining "no internet connection" Look at the date... I discovered the next day that my hub firmware was updated. After I restarted router had a very stable evening It awoke at one stage, auto connected to 2.4, and Time Machine had run, no error message about not ejecting properly.
Jan 18 on awake - likewise Good. After easy connect to 5 ghz it didn't hold. Couldn't reconnect even with WDiag running. AAAAgh!!
Tried going back to Smartwierless ON in Hub - no diff. Reset router. Restarted Mac. Auto started on 2.4. SUCCESSFUL switch to 5 with WDiag dunning. Channel was same as before SMART wireless
During the day I disconnected ethernet (ha, cocky now!) and although wi-fi connection lost after 1 hour it reconnected itself. Stayed connected for next 2 hours during TM run too.
Jan 19 today - ethernet still disconnected. On waking usual 2.4 connection TM had run, no eject message. But attempting 5ghz connection WITH wireless dig running - fail! (password invalid) Gloom. But having read some interesting links last night - will post separately - I applied my new knowledge of Wireless Diag>window>scan, performance etc and found 2 channels nobody was using with good signal etc With WD still running attempted 5ghx z connection SUCCESS (but why?!) . Anyway I swapped to the unused channels - 2, 36 and after one little landing on a comet bounce and disconnect, I reconnected and it has been stable since. 300 MBPS rock solid. Signal strength a little variable, Noise more variable, Ratio up and down btw 35 - 40
I cannot pretend to understand much of what I am reporting but I hope it makes sense to someone and I hope I am not in breach of my NDA...this seems to me to be mostly a BT issue not Yos.
Happy connections!

Hi all
Since our last update we’ve been busy rolling out configuration changes to the affected BT Home Hub 5As. We really sorry if you’ve continued to experience performance issues
The reason some people may be still seeing issues is that we have had to make some extra changes to the fix we’re sending out based on feedback from our customer test group. This means it is taking a little longer to deploy the fix and for you to see the improved performance.
We are working around the clock to ensure it is done asap, please leave your BT Home Hub on to ensure it receives the fix.
Nigel
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