Hello all, this is probably a silly question, but ive just bought a bt smart hub and noted the firmware is pretty old. Reverse engineering and exploiting the bt homehub 3. The bt smart hub and bt home hub 5 include wpa2 protection for both 2. Learn how to tune your bt smart hub to get the best performance from your wireless.
Rightclick to extract the zip folder and click next when it launches. Bt home hub software free download bt home hub page 3. Has there been a firmware update on the smart hub 6 type a in the last few days. J type a it seems im going to have to change the clients router, as the homehub has builtin voip and probably has been set up in such a way as to prevent competing voip services. Since then ive needed to reboot it a few times and then today it developed even more serious problems. The second one fails, so the router doesnt fully bootup. Flash openwrt lede to a bt homehub 5 with a chopstick. Ive searched and searched but cannot find firmware files anywhere. Find help for all the recent models of the bt hub including the bt smart hub, 4g mini hub and the bt home hub 5, hub 4 and hub 3. This post is all about the hardware inside the hub, who makes it, how future proof is it and how technically robust it is. Updates are dished out automatically by bt, but is this only to bt customers, or does t.
The smart hub 2 provides 7 antennas uniquely positioned to maximise power, the latest wifi technology, smart channel selection, smart scan and clever appbased services to. The bt smart hub formerly bt home hub is a family of wireless residential gateway router modems distributed by bt for use with their own products and services and those of wholesale resellers i. So now i want to hack the bthomehubs admin password which was changed by my father from the original to put my phone in the whitelist. Design out the box the bt home hub 4 makes a very positive impression.
The hub 4 is the router youll get with standard adsl broadband from bt, while you can buy the hub 5 from various retailers. What is the latest firmware which my bt hub3 should be using. Links to user manuals and other documents for bt hubs for broadband. The recovery tool will take a few moments to search for your bt hub. The problem is that the router is impossible to brute force as it. The home hub 3 is a stylish, compact router that comes free with all bt broadband services but its also available to buy. Because on mine it says bt home hub 5 type b software version v0.
Abstract thispaperdetailstheprocessbywhichireverseengineeredthefirmwareforthe britishtelecom. Bts clearly been listening to the feedback from their home hub 1. As above bt have just updated the home hub 5 bt home hub 5 type a software version 4. Home hub 2 type b nonofficial all singing and dancing improved firmware now plus home hub 3 type home hub 2 type b nonofficial all singing and dancing improved firmware now plus home hub 3 type a file name. Alternative to the bt home hub 3 microsoft community. There is no socket to directly connect either a hub phone or standard telephone to this hub so you will not be able to continue using your broadband talk service. Just wondering what is the latest firmware for the bt home hub 5 type b. Change to this mode if your wireless devices dont perform well. Bt home hub 5 type a routers are generally well supported by openwrt. Wpa2 stands for wifi protected access 2 and is an encryption technology used to keep wireless networks. Bt software download list bt toolbar the bt toolbar is the perfect companion to your web browsing, letting you get to all your favourite places online quickly and easily.
Please note, the bt home hub 3 does not support the broadband talk service. Since v 5 homesmart hubs support the faster wifi 802. Bt home hub 5 settings guide how to make it faster and. To complete this procedure youll need a philips screwdriver, a flat screwdriver and a scalpel.
Basically, i have the samsung omnia 7, and have trouble getting the phone to connect to my bt home hub 3. Bt home hub 5 type a firmware modification scripts included scripts can be used to download and modify stock bt home hub 5 type a firmware. Nice article, when bt gets round to doing a proper job with my new fibre connection and its working properly ill be doing something similar, ive now got a redundant adsl router tdw8970 which actually has a vdsl modem disabled, already done serial interface now waiting for usbttl dongle to be delivered, if everything works out on the tplink router ill be giving this a go, might take. Alternative to the bt home hub 3 sorry if this is a repeat as i cannot find the other post i put up regarding this, basically i have 2 360s in the house and at one time both had an open nat, somewhere along the line possibly a firmware update something has happened and now only one 360 has an open nat and the other has a moderate nat. Three hub shapes from the past few years up to 2010.
After we redown graded our hub software to version 6. Hi, have seen other people with similar problems with bt hardware and windows phone 7, but havent seen any solutions anywhere. Also, does anyone know if updating this will provide support for smbv2. Theres a full comparison on our home hub versions page. To start, the bottom of the device is screwed together under the sticky feet. If you can, buy a router with the features you want or that you can flash a custom firmware too and box the bt home hub for when you have a problem with your line or connection it will almost certainly happen at some point.
We regularly release software upgrades for our hubs. Since v 5 home smart hubs support the faster wifi 802. Today, im disassembling the new home hub 3 from bt, read about its specification and its aesthetics and web interface here. A picture of the rear of the circuit board from a bt home hub 3. You can find user manuals for other bt products at.
The wan to lan wifi performance is degraded for all xrx200 devices since february 2018 due to a bug affecting. But beauty isnt skin deep or plastic deep if you want to be a. If bt are reserving the right to update the home hub automatically then the least they can do is provide info on when an update will be available and what it addresses. The smart hub 2 is the most advanced router available from a broadband provider and comes with a combination of unique features to deliver fast speeds throughout the home. This hasnt been updated since april 2018 so i was wondering if there was a way to manually update the firmware. So, recently my father has decided to block my internet access by setting a complete internet block for all mac addresses after 19. Run the bt recovery firmware that comes with the bt hub. Bt home hub manager download software free download bt. Works with fibre lines from router software version 4. Hub one firmware update now no 5ghz connection plusnet.
I dont use bt at home, but when i am working away i do. Ive managed to flash the speedtouch 7g firmware in the bt home hub. Bt home hub versions and firmware notes a collection of handy bits of. Wait for the firmware to install to your bt home hub and click finish. So the wifi and dect not working yet on it, but all rest working ok adsl non bt too, ethernet. Click on the title and picture of your hub to see links to all our help. Information on this page also applies to the plusnet hub one and bt business hub 5 there is also a type b based on bcm63268, but for 802. These will connect the usb serial adapter to your three crocodile clips, and the. The bt home hub 5 and the plusnet hub one are twins, though not identical. Please screen shot all of this info so you can refer to it while your offline setting up the router. It seems to be quite a long time since any update, so im trying to find out if there is a problem with updating or wh. So you can omit these arguments if you want to and just specify the password.
After some digging there appears to have been a few updates since mine, dated 12may2016. Learn about your bt hubs inbuilt security system, which protects your home wifi from unauthorised access. Last year, when the firmware updated, it went through a dlm reset and 10 day learning period, im hoping thats all. The bt homehub 5 type a is a very capable wireless router with an integrated. Theres also the much older home hub 3 still knocking around in a few homes, though bt hasnt offered it with its packages in a while. The design is a subtle advancement of the home home 3. That way you can plug it back in to diagnose the problem without having to jump. The huburl and username arguments are defaulted to the standard home hub ip address and admin user name. What is the wireless mode feature on my bt smart hub. Check the table to see what type of wireless security your model of hub uses. Random information about the bt hub phone can be found on this page. Could you please roll my router back to the previous firmware as i had no. Do you have the latest firmware, i found its version is bt home hub 3 software version 4.
Unfortunately there is no hardware offload support in openwrt and throughput is a bit limited. Flashing a bt home hub 5 hi, i live in london and have been teaching myself about networking for a while now, and i think im at the stage where i want to try changing my routers firmware to a 3rd party. Im away so cant check the router, but the ip address changed unexpectedly on 30th may and again on 2nd june. I have constantly reset the hub and done a master reset with the same problem. In summary, whilst the bt home hub is not the worlds most advanced home broadband router, its usable, functional and free. I very rarely reboot my hub 3, so the latest firmware usually takes a. It was pushed to my hub just over a week ago, but i believe it was released a few weeks before. Plusnet appear to be downgrading the software to 4. Hi all, i am currently using the hh5 type b, with software version v0. Ive found that if i am connected to the internet and there is then an incoming or outgoing call, it cuts the internet connection every time and takes about 23 minutes to reconnect. You can skip the scalpel if you dont care about the label on the back just rip.
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