Bt Home Hub 6 Custom Firmware

I m by no means pro at soldering but a little patience and a 15 jobby from maplins did the trick.

Bt home hub 6 custom firmware. I m away so can t check the router but the ip address changed unexpectedly on 30th may and again on 2nd june. Unlock bt smart hub 6 re. Ian72 link to this post there is a way i ve seen them for sale tagged unlocked and when querying with the vendor i have received a response that they hub can be set to work on any vdsl connection using one s own isp credentials. Ppp authentication is.

I know the password that i set is correct because i can telnet in with it but for some reason i can t access the hub using the same password with explorer. Last year when the firmware updated it went through a dlm reset and 10 day learning period i m hopin. You can skip the scalpel if you don t care about the label on the back just rip. Bt infinity hub extract from bt web pages 2010 the bt infinity hub has been designed specially for use with the fibre network and is the only router that you can use.

Hi has there been a firmware update on the smart hub 6 type a in the last few days. To complete this procedure you ll need a philips screwdriver a flat screwdriver and a scalpel. Version of the hub abused here is 1 5. It connects your online equipment such as computers and games consoles to the openreach modem either by wires or wi fi.

Yeah at least at the moment the only differences between the hub one and the home hub 5a are the case and the firmware is referred to as hh5a in the boot loader etc. Change the address to something that isn t going to invade the dhcp scope check this on your main router mine is from 192 168 1 64 253 so i set my hub as 192 168 1 10 you can also set it to 192 168 2 1 however you ll need to manually change settings to point to 192 168 2 1 as default gateway to gain access to this hub. 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 11ac it uses the bcm4360 which has no open drivers so it s a far less attractive target. But getting into the darn thing is not trivial and i decided to make it easier to access the uart port in the future.

This is identical to the custom shell used in the speedtouch range of routers and provides an almost identical software feature set with a few notable exceptions e g. The bt homehub 5a is a pretty decent router once you crack it open wire into the uart interface and reflash the firmware with something like openwrt lede. Random information about bt home hub.