BT Home Hub

There are one or two of these on offer in my local Freecycle/Freegle at the
moment.

Anyone know whether this is a 'normal' wireless router which can be
configured for use with any ADSL ISP, or is it locked to BT in some way?

TIA.
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"Roger Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> There are one or two of these on offer in my local Freecycle/Freegle at
> the moment.
>
> Anyone know whether this is a 'normal' wireless router which can be
> configured for use with any ADSL ISP, or is it locked to BT in some way?
>

I use a BT 2 Wire one here at home think these are for business use
originally. I Googled and got the procedure to make it work on my ISP.
Now I do think it is a complete different thing with that and no
modification can be done to the Home Hub, I suggest you Google to see.
Regards
David

David wrote:
> "Roger Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> There are one or two of these on offer in my local Freecycle/Freegle
>> at the moment.
>>
>> Anyone know whether this is a 'normal' wireless router which can be
>> configured for use with any ADSL ISP, or is it locked to BT in some
>> way?
>
> I use a BT 2 Wire one here at home think these are for business use
> originally. I Googled and got the procedure to make it work on my
> ISP. Now I do think it is a complete different thing with that and no
> modification can be done to the Home Hub, I suggest you Google to see.
> Regards
> David

Have a look at http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/ir1002700HGV.htm
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"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°10 +" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
>> "Roger Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> There are one or two of these on offer in my local Freecycle/Freegle
>>> at the moment.
>>>
>>> Anyone know whether this is a 'normal' wireless router which can be
>>> configured for use with any ADSL ISP, or is it locked to BT in some
>>> way?
>>
>> I use a BT 2 Wire one here at home think these are for business use
>> originally. I Googled and got the procedure to make it work on my
>> ISP. Now I do think it is a complete different thing with that and no
>> modification can be done to the Home Hub, I suggest you Google to see.
>> Regards
>> David
>
> Have a look at http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/ir1002700HGV.htm
> --

Yes that is the sort of thing I got and did for the BT Business 2 Wire, but
Roger needs something like that for the Home Hub should it be possible to
get it off BT BB.
Regards
David

Roger Mills wrote:
> There are one or two of these on offer in my local Freecycle/Freegle at the
> moment.
>
> Anyone know whether this is a 'normal' wireless router which can be
> configured for use with any ADSL ISP, or is it locked to BT in some way?
>
> TIA.

I have found the following sites useful for Home Hub hacking:

http://www.homehubhacks.co.uk/
http://www.jarviser.co.uk/jarviser/homehubindex.html

I've used bt home hubs v1 for wireless extenders, SIP telephone adapters
and ADSL2+ modems with bt firmware locked at v6.2.2.6 and I have
successfully installed firmware for the speedtouch 7g on the home hub to
login to other ISPs.

I've no experience with v1.5 or v2 hubs.

K