Description
Apart from a sleek new design, the BT Total Broadband Home Hub 2.0 is packed with extra features:
Wireless 'N' Technology
BT Home Hub 2.0 uses "802.11n", or "11n" wireless technology. This wireless 'N' technology is the latest available and gives you the best wireless range and connection. The previous versions of the BT Home Hub use "802.11g" or "11g" wireless technology.
'N' technology makes better use of wireless signals by reflecting them more around a room, improving your home's coverage and giving you a better connection. With Hub 2.0 you will get up to twice the wireless range compared to routers provided by any other Internet Service Provider. However, the range you'll get does vary, depending on the layout of your home.
Secure
To help stop unauthorised users accessing your wireless network, your BT Home Hub 2.0 uses WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) wireless security, which replaces the older WEP (Wired Equivalent Protocol) security.
Access Control
BT Access Control lets you set times when certain devices on the home network can't connect to the Internet.
This can be handy, for example, if you'd like to cut down on the amount of time your children are online. BT Access Control will block all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic to specific devices at the times you choose.
Power Saving
BT Power Save lets you choose a time period every day when the wireless signal on your BT Home Hub 2.0 is switched off to save power.
Specifications
Customer reviews
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Quite good actually
Reviewed by GN. Review Posted 09/10/2008
Well it runs ok, looks good and I got it free with the new hub phone when I renewed my bt broadband contract. You should get one. Much better than the old one and seems faster too. Only had it working 20 minutes so time will tell.
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Useless
Reviewed by Niall. Review Posted 13/10/2010
This product is fine if all you do is surf and check mail. As soon as you try to work with other devices on the network it becomes impossible. itunes sharing is out of the question and my NAS next to useless, my wireless printer would disappear. I have spent may hours trying to adjust the settings but the control panel is very limited. Works fine if you have a basic set up with no attached network devices. I have since gone back to netgear and all my devices are now functioning properly.
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OK for a freebee but what else are BT doing with your network connection
Reviewed by David. Review Posted 31/03/2010
Free with new BT contract and setup was very esay, but didn't work well with 'g' devices; they kept loosing the connections. There appeared to better range than my old router. After a couple of days BTFON and BT Open zone networks appeared the being piggy backed on the service without any obvious notification probably something in the small print. I have reverted to my old router to get a more consistent connection.
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BT Home Hub 2
Reviewed by Martin Deakin. Review Posted 23/04/2009
This looks great but doesn't perform as well as it looks. It seems not to work well with vista computer as it keeps losing internet conection on my 3 Vista laptops works OK on the 2 XP ones. The only way to reconect is to reset the router. I have now gone back to my old router
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