BT Home Hub Basics
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What is the BT Home Hub?
The BT Home Hub is the device supplied by BT to allow connection to their Broadband network. Here's what the Hub does:
- Broadband router: Connects to BT Broadband and allows connection via networking cables or wi-fi.
- Wireless Access Point: Allows wi-fi enabled devices such as laptops, games consoles, smartphones, etc to get a wireless Internet connection
- Internet calls: Supports voice-over-Internet calls (BT Broadband Talk) - Uses an optional cordless BT Hub Phone (Available from BT Shop)
- Digital TV: To watch BT's home TV service, BT Vision, you'll need to connect your BT Vision box to a Home Hub
Want a BT Home Hub?The BT Home Hub is available directly from BT:
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Different Versions of BT Home Hub:
 Home Hub v3, released in 2011 |
 Home Hub v2.0, released July 2008 |
 Home Hub v1.5, released Oct 2007 |
 The original Home Hub |
Full comparison on the Home Hub models at hubhelp.co.uk
 
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REVIEW: Listen to a review of the Hub 2.0 in our July 2008 update:
AUDIO GUIDE: Got a BT Home Hub and need help or advice?
BT Home Hub Review
We reviewed the original v1 BT Home Hub in Show 9 of our online radio show. You can listen online, or download the show to your MP3 player.
If you want to read our review of the v2 Hub, see our Home Hub v2 Review on the FileSaveAs website.
BT Home Hub 3 Specs:
- Modem: ADSL (Broadband)
- wi-fi: 802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n (Supports WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK)
- Dimensions: 185 x 107 x 62 mm
- Connectors: 3 x 10/100 Mbps and 1 x 1Gbps Ethernet sockets (RJ45), 1 x USB, Broadband In (RJ11), BT Infinity port, telephone socket
BT Home Hub v3 rear connectors
Need Help with a BT Home Hub?
| Listen to our audio guide to the BT Home Hub, where we walk through the Home Hub's software! |
If you're looking for general help with your Home Hub, check out Home Hub Help. You might also like to take a listen to our Unofficial Audio Guide to the BT Home Hub.
If you need technical help with the Home Hub, we recommend you ask in the FileSaveAs Home Hub forum
 Need help with your BT Home Hub? On our sister site, hubhelp.co.uk, you'll find pages of help and advice on how to set-up. configure and use the Hub.Below, you'll find a small sample of what's covered at hubhelp.co.uk |
BT Home Hub FAQ:
Need help with your BT Home Hub? Go to hubhelp.co.uk
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We featured the BT Home Hub in Show 09 of our online radio show, and we've covered accessories, including video phones, DECT cordless phones and the BT Vision TV-over-Internet service, in other shows.
We've also created a special Unofficial Guide to the Home Hub, which walks through some common Home Hub features.
See our Show Listings for details of what we've covered in our podcasts. Also, consider signing to our Mailing list for updates.
Need more help?
- If you need an answer to a Home Hub question, try the BT Home Hub Help site.
- We've created an audio guide on how to complete some of common tasks on the Home Hub, such as how to set up wi-fi, improve reception, set the clock and forward ports. See our Unofficial Home Hub Guide.
- If you have a technical question about setting up the Hub, networking, voice-over-IP calling or wi-fi, ask in the unofficial BT Home Hub forum or our Network forum
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