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Broadband Related => Broadband Hardware => Topic started by: William Grimsley on March 07, 2016, 12:12:54 PM
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Hi guys,
I have 2 questions. First things first, will the BT Home Hub 3 be able to receive a VDSL signal from either the BT Home Hub 5 or my Billion BiPAC 8800NL router? The 2nd question is, there seems to be a small scratch on the motherboard in the BT Home Hub 3 meaning that for some reason the device won't power up.
Will I be able to get it working with Infinity and be able to remove the scatch with something like nail varnish?
Thanks!
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Answering the first query. If you take a look at the RJ45 sockets, you will see one marked as EWAN (or something similar) and coloured red. It is to that socket that you would connect either a VDSL2 capable modem or a modem/router configured as a pure bridge . . . such as your Billion BiPAC 8800NL, for example.
As for the second query, if the scratch has cut (or otherwise damaged) the printed wiring tracks than you might as well just consider that device as dead and only fit for the electronics recycling pile.
My neighbour used to use a Huawei HG612 as the VDSL2 modem and a BT HH3 as the router/firewall/DNS server/DHCP server/WiFi access point. So yes, what you would like to do is feasible . . . but maybe not with your damaged BT HH3.
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Answering the first query. If you take a look at the RJ45 sockets, you will see one marked as EWAN (or something similar) and coloured red. It is to that socket that you would connect either a VDSL2 capable modem or a modem/router configured as a pure bridge . . . such as your Billion BiPAC 8800NL, for example.
As for the second query, if the scratch has cut (or otherwise damaged) the printed wiring tracks than you might as well just consider that device as dead and only fit for the electronics recycling pile.
My neighbour used to use a Huawei HG612 as the VDSL2 modem and a BT HH3 as the router/firewall/DNS server/DHCP server/WiFi access point. So yes, what you would like to do is feasible . . . but maybe not with your damaged BT HH3.
Thanks, burakkucat.
Unfortunately, the device is dead so I won't be able to do what I wanted. Ah well.
However, just another question. If I did get a new BT Home Hub 3, would I be able to see the line stats in the UI or would it still be only accessible via the Billion BiPAC 8800NL?
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The Hub3 won't be connected to your VDSL line, there will only be an Ethernet connection to the BiPAC, so there will be no line stats to see.