Computer wizards?

[keniff]

Do we have anyone good with computers on board? I have bt infinity and they supply a seperate modem and homehub, what I want to do is buy a wireless modem router like a netgear or belkin and have all in one unit, so do we know if this is possible and any recommendation? Cheers and merry Xmas!

 

[telectrix]

surely the bt infinity modem is wireless, ain't it?

 

[keniff]

Yeah but it's seperate modem and then the homehub 3. Which is crap!

 

[Octopus]

I've looked into this and its seemingly not feasible. I have the BT box connected to Infinity and a Belkin Wifi unit as the BT ones are crxp!

Should BT bring out one box for both I'd like to hear from lots of satisfied clients before I consolidated the two I have.

 

[telectrix]

trust bt to get it wrong again.

 

[Robotstar5]

If it's anything like Homehub 3 there is a security issue with port 161 I've got a netgear wifi router downstream to stop any problems.

 

[keniff]

Iv looked up and found the netgear n600 people have seemed to get that to work but I'm still not convinced!

 

[Octopus]

Iv looked up and found the netgear n600 people have seemed to get that to work but I'm still not convinced!

I think that unit still needs to plug into the Infinity box!

 

[Lewiiss]

If you want to eliminate having 2 piece of equipment the new router has have a VDSL2 Modem built in. The draytek 2850N is an example of one.

 

[Simlec]

As above it's a VDSL2 Modem/router you need to be looking for.

 

[Octopus]

If you want to eliminate having 2 piece of equipment the new router has have a VDSL2 Modem built in. The draytek 2850N is an example of one.

At £185.00 I'll stick with the 2 boxes I have!

 

[keniff]

https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/p...UKW0FOrK0QXkjYHQDg&ved=0CGUQ8wIwBg#hsec:specs would this one work?

 

[Lewiiss]

https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/p...UKW0FOrK0QXkjYHQDg&ved=0CGUQ8wIwBg#hsec:specs would this one work?

Yes it would.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Isn't BT infinity their fiber optic service, a bit like Virgin Media cable?
Will a VDSL/ADSL router work with fiber optic?

 

[Lewiiss]

BT infinity is FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) not the the Home they use your existing copper lines then to run it into your home.