I'm sure like many people, you want to be able to use your BT Home Hub with the free VOIP calls and still get a good wireless signal around the house. This can be a problem if you live in an old house with thick walls, a house with a lot of walls, or just a very big house!
I was recently given a free Home Hub by BT as compensation for problems I had with one of their VOIP routers. Anyway . . . . to cut a long story short, I wanted to be able to get a decent signal over a 200m area for 3 houses. With the conventional aerial ( 2db I believe ), this was going to prove impossible . . . . so, I decided the only way was to take apart the Home Hub and see if I could add an external aerial in some way.
After taking apart the hub, I quickly discovered that it would be relatively easy for me convert the unit to a single external aerial, which was exactly what I wanted
So, I ordered the bits from the States ( which only took a week to get here via normal snail mail ), carried out the conversion and did some testing.
BINGO : We now have a wide(ish) area wireless network via a BT Home Hub with a 12dbi external aerial attached.
All in all, a reasonably easy conversion to carry out and very effective.
I have also tried the unit with an indoor 5dbi, 7dbi and 9dbi aerial attached, and made great gains on signal quality and distance.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT UNLESS YOU BUY YOUR BT HOME HUB, YOU DO NOT OWN IT AND THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISMANTLE/MODIFY OR UPGRADE IT IN ANY WAY. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR CONTRACT WITH BT.
Pictures and more details to follow later.
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I was recently given a free Home Hub by BT as compensation for problems I had with one of their VOIP routers. Anyway . . . . to cut a long story short, I wanted to be able to get a decent signal over a 200m area for 3 houses. With the conventional aerial ( 2db I believe ), this was going to prove impossible . . . . so, I decided the only way was to take apart the Home Hub and see if I could add an external aerial in some way.
After taking apart the hub, I quickly discovered that it would be relatively easy for me convert the unit to a single external aerial, which was exactly what I wanted
So, I ordered the bits from the States ( which only took a week to get here via normal snail mail ), carried out the conversion and did some testing.
BINGO : We now have a wide(ish) area wireless network via a BT Home Hub with a 12dbi external aerial attached.
All in all, a reasonably easy conversion to carry out and very effective.
I have also tried the unit with an indoor 5dbi, 7dbi and 9dbi aerial attached, and made great gains on signal quality and distance.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT UNLESS YOU BUY YOUR BT HOME HUB, YOU DO NOT OWN IT AND THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISMANTLE/MODIFY OR UPGRADE IT IN ANY WAY. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR CONTRACT WITH BT.
Pictures and more details to follow later.
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