Home Hub - Not with BT

Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am with an
ISP other than BT?

Also I would to use the DMT tool to tweak the SNR margin; could somebody
tell me which firmware the home hub will need in order to work with the DMT
tool and where to download the firmware from.

Thanks in advance,
Andy

"Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am with an
> ISP other than BT?

NO.

"Motion" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am
>> with an ISP other than BT?
>
> NO.

But with hacking yes......The real question is why would you want
to???

>>> Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am with
>>> an ISP other than BT?
>>
>> NO.
>
> But with hacking yes......The real question is why would you want to???
>

Because I have got one very cheap and want to try to force a higher sync
speed by using DMT tool to reduce the target SNR. What hack is required to
unlock the BT Home Hub?

Thanks,

Andy

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 08:51:19 -0000, "Andrew"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>>>> Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am with
>>>> an ISP other than BT?
>>>
>>> NO.
>>
>> But with hacking yes......The real question is why would you want to???
>>
>
>Because I have got one very cheap and want to try to force a higher sync
>speed by using DMT tool to reduce the target SNR. What hack is required to
>unlock the BT Home Hub?
>
Yes, I'd be interested in this too. AFAICT, no-one has managed to
unlock one yet. I have found numerous hacks, but no unlocking.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

What hack is required to
> unlock the BT Home Hub?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
>
>

Some kind of miracle.
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"James Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What hack is required to
>> unlock the BT Home Hub?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andy
>
> Some kind of miracle.
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> | James Bailey Broadband Solutions for
> | Comms Team Home &Business @
> | PlusNet Plc www.plus.net
> + ------ PlusNet - The smarter way to broadband ------------

Blow me down with a feather if it ain't Metronet James. Come on James when
I was with Metronet you could sort anything!

Andy

> > Blow me down with a feather if it ain't Metronet James. Come on James when
> I was with Metronet you could sort anything!
>
> Andy
>
>


Blimey, that's a name from the past

From what I know, various attempts have been made to unlock the Home
Hub, none of which have yet been successful....
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Kind regards,

| James Bailey Broadband Solutions for
| Comms Team Home &Business @
| PlusNet Plc www.plus.net
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Andrew wrote:
> Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am with an
> ISP other than BT?
>
> Also I would to use the DMT tool to tweak the SNR margin; could somebody
> tell me which firmware the home hub will need in order to work with the DMT
> tool and where to download the firmware from.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Andy
>
>

Andy,

Yes you can use another ISP with the HH. Underneath the BT
customizations is a Thomson Speedtouch and it can be configured to any
lan/wan setup, just like the others. Do this:

1. Download a copy of the CLI Reference Guide for any similar Thomson
ADSL Gateway. Read it!

2. Through the normal web GUI "Backup Configuration", save the
configuration. It will put a copy of "user.ini" on your browsing computer.

3. Edit this file for your particular ISP. The important sections are:
[phone.ini] - Check the vpi/vci is correct for your ISP.
[atm.ini] - "encaps" & "ulp" must be correct.
[eth.ini] - only if you have bridged ethernet ATM, else blank.
[ppp.ini] - only if you have PPPoE or PPPoA, else blank.
[ip.ini] - if you have static IP, set up the interface here.
[dnsc.ini] & [dnss.ini] - if you have static DNS servers, add them
[nat.ini] - if your IP address is static, add it.

4. Use the web GUI "Restore Configuration" to restore this edited file.

The HH will restart & if you got it all correct, you will be on the
internet with your ISP. Use both the GUI ("Check Connectivity" is very
useful) & the CLI to check if you configurations have been set. The HH
will silently bounce things it cannot understand or are not valid & will
even revert to factory defaults if it gets it knickers in a twist.
Re-edit the file & re-Restore as many times as it takes. Patience is
required!

For the record, I have sucessfully reconfigured the HH. I have the
bruises to prove it!

Happy hacking!
Malcolm

"Malcolm Herring" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Andrew wrote:
>> Is it possible to use the BT home Hub as a modem / router if I am with an
>> ISP other than BT?
>>
>> Also I would to use the DMT tool to tweak the SNR margin; could somebody
>> tell me which firmware the home hub will need in order to work with the
>> DMT tool and where to download the firmware from.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Andy
>
> Andy,
>
> Yes you can use another ISP with the HH. Underneath the BT customizations
> is a Thomson Speedtouch and it can be configured to any lan/wan setup,
> just like the others. Do this:
> > required!
>
> For the record, I have sucessfully reconfigured the HH. I have the bruises
> to prove it!
>
> Happy hacking!
> Malcolm

Malcolm,

Many thanks for this. I shoudl get the HH next week so will give this a try
and confirm ny success (or otherwise) in here.

Thanks again,

Andy