Red or Yellow outputs for BT home Hub to Airport?

[Lugs]

Hello,

I have BT home Hub and was given an airport extreme to improve my wi-fi?

I dont have an openreach modem just the 1 box and don't understand the written instructions although it's supposedly very simple for teenagers.

So do I connect the Airport extreme to a yellow outlet or the red outlet?

I have read the manual and WAN, LAN, DHCP means absolutely nothing to me.

The Genius in the APPLE store was worse than the manual.

BT India was not much better.

Thanks & regards

 

[bigboss]

Connect it to the yellow port. Red WAN port is to connect to your Openreach modem.

Also, you'll be using your BT Home Hub as a modem only, so turn its wireless off.

 

[chebby]

I've just done the same thing with a Virgin Media Superhub 2 that I got sent because they were upping my speed from 20meg to 50meg.

I got it all connected then disabled it's wireless by enabling 'modem only' mode. (So I can continue to use my AirPort Extreme for wireless.)

 

[Andy Clough]

I've done the same with my Virgin hub, running it as a modem only, using the AirPort Extreme for wireless. Works a treat. Don't know about the BT one I'm afraid.

 

[Dave_]

Also, you'll be using your BT Home Hub as a modem only, so turn its wireless off.

Not quite.

Older Homehubs don't support bridge/modem only modes, and as far as i'm aware neither does the current HH5, so you'd still be using the HH as a router and then need to configure the extreme as an AP.

Configuring an AP usually entails disabling DHCP, then giving it an IP addy within the same subnet, but outside the main routers DHCP pool.

 

[michael hoy]

Which version of Home Hub is it?

 

[jamesrfisher]

I have the same with my Virgin Superhub. Already had the Extreme as originally only had a Virgin modem (no wifi). The engineer came to install it, saw I had the extreme and said 'you'll be wanting to keep that then' and set it up for me with the Superhub in modem mode! Shows what the Virgin engineers think

 

[Lugs]

Hi big boss, you sound exactly the same as the genius in the apple store! Lol could you extrapolate a bit further in laymans terms

 

[Lugs]

It is the 5. One in TV advert. I don't think it's very well made as already had to change power supply and constantly turn it off and on.

 

[chebby]

Get the Openreach modem instead ...

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/bt/4287552-bt-home-hub-5-modem-mode.html?fpart=all

... lots of threads like that one. All say get Openreach modem.

 

[Dave_]

And get an unlocked one.

You can get an unlocked Huawei HG612 on eBay cheap enough (or unlock it yourself, not that difficult)

You'll then have access to line stats which are handy for diagnostics if you ever have a fault etc

 

[michael hoy]

Hi big boss, you sound exactly the same as the genius in the apple store! Lol could you extrapolate a bit further in laymans terms

Hope this helps.

Choose one of the Yellow ports.

Firstly though:

From your PC / Laptop using your browser connect using the address you will have been provided with or if you changed the default settings use that address.

When connected:

Click advanced settings

Login

Select wireless then 2.4 GHz and click No to disable your wireless

repeat for the 5 GHz.

Turn on your Airport and then connect to it and set it up.

I do not have one so cannot follow that through for you.

Maybe someone else can add the rest.

 

[Lugs]

Your very kind, thank you very much. I am at work for a few days but will sign on when home and give it a go. Cheers