With reference to the
BTAgent (and I will try to be brief, as I do not wish to hijack
samwise78's thread), if one looks back at the initial post to the thread where
Wolfy (a.k.a.
Howlingwolf)
announced his rebuild of the latest firmware for the
HG612 the following can be seen --
In all builds, BTAgent will remain untouched and still active. However in builds which include the web interface, it will be neutered by disabling it's VLAN.
This can be re-enabled through the web interface by going to Basic --> WAN.
- Select ptm1.301 under Connection Name.
- In the config panel below that, Enable 'WAN connection' and submit.
This will give people the choice. Enable it to receive updates or disable it to prevent them.
The
BTAgent uses the VLAN tagged with 301. If that VLAN is disabled (or deleted), the
BTAgent has no means of communicating with the wider world. It is unable to report back the modem's status, it is unable to pull an updated firmware image and upgrade the device.
Fairly recently, in the
Thinkbroadband fibre forum, I have noticed a "bout of chattering" on the subject of disabling the
BTAgent, the redundant "do-nothing" tab that was in the original GUI interface (which
Wolfy removed in his firmware rebuilds), speculation and guessing. And that is all I shall say on the topic.