A 2Wire 2700 HGV BT Business Hub Router Wireless

[Sebby]

Yep, no need for a new connection. It should just work.

[LesD]

Thanks les he will be over the moon with this 

No problem David.

My three are a bit old to appreciate Chuffer but my grandson's 4 so I will have to see what he thinks of it! 


I see that my train does not please everybody: ...............................

Wonder if i could do one with the train crashing  I hate trains (most people on this board know why)

Hi Dean,

I guess I don't feature in the "most people" you refer to so if you feel inclined please enlighten me. 

EMI/RFI from an electrified line came to mind but mine's a little steam chuffer so I guess that can't be it. 


Well just for the record my 2 day cyclic event was right on cue at 9-o-clock this morning: 

INF  2008-05-11T09:01:42+01:00  sys:  dsl0: connection lost, reconnecting...
INF  2008-05-11T09:02:18+01:00  sys:  ppp0: connection lost, reconnecting...
INF  2008-05-11T09:04:33+01:00  sys:  ppp0: Up with ipv4 service on pppoa0
INF  2008-05-11T19:15:19+01:00  sys:  Successfully logged into a password protected page
INF  2008-05-11T20:03:14+01:00  sys:  Successfully logged into a password protected page
INF  2008-05-11T21:16:57+01:00  sys:  Successfully logged into a password protected page
INF  2008-05-11T22:42:38+01:00  sys:  Successfully logged into a password protected page
INF  2008-05-12T18:44:30+01:00  sys:  Successfully logged into a password protected page
INF  2008-05-13T08:59:53+01:00  sys:  dsl0: connection lost, reconnecting...
INF  2008-05-13T09:00:29+01:00  sys:  ppp0: connection lost, reconnecting...
INF  2008-05-13T09:09:46+01:00  sys:  ppp0: Up with ipv4 service on pppoa0
INF  2008-05-13T20:12:02+01:00  sys:  Successfully logged into a password protected page


BTW way David is your 2Wire up and running OK? By now I guess it is. 

[David]

Can all this above be achieved without the CD ?

[LesD]

Can all this above be achieved without the CD ?

If you are referring to setting up the 2700 it has to be because I for one do not have a CD.

I read in one thread that you may need a CD to get the USB interface working but I have no interest in doing that at the moment. There will be others more genned up on this aspect than me I am sure so hang in there. 

[kinmel]

There is no CD included with the BT version of the 2700 and none is needed unless you intend to use the USB connection.

The universal 2wire USB driver can be obtained from HERE

[David]

If you are referring to setting up the 2700 it has to be because I for one do not have a CD.

I read in one thread that you may need a CD to get the USB interface working but I have no interest in doing that at the moment. There will be others more genned up on this aspect than me I am sure so hang in there. 

Thanks Les answered it for me as there isn't one so all is as it should be......time for some fun 

[David]

There is no CD included with the BT version of the 2700 and none is needed unless you intend to use the USB connection.

The universal 2wire USB driver can be obtained from HERE

Thanks for this appreciated.....why Im apprehensive I do not know 

[Sebby]

Don't be, David, it'll go fine, I'm sure.

[David]

  Thanks Sebby 

[David]

My son woke up late last night so didn't get to do this little job.
Managed to keep my eyes open enough to read the thread again and took a look at the manual for this hub.

Now will my netgaer adapters recognize the signal ?
I see by the manual that the filters need to be used but as I have the filtered faceplate do I need to use them......nothing else is connected to my only Bt socket.

My adapters are 54mps are they good enough.
And finally this would not apply to my laptop as this is Wi FI so should be ok ?

I did manage to reset the router last night to factory settings and reboot before Matt awoke.
If I mess this up,it will not have an effect on my current Netgear would it?
In other words I could just plug this back in should I need to.
As my desktop is connected at the moment by Ethernet cable I will disconnect this and carry out the settings on it but not connect to phone line until all is working..going to keep my eye on things via my laptop so I can read the threads.....just being careful 

Have I got it all covered ?

[Rik]

Now will my netgaer adapters recognize the signal ?

Yes.

I see by the manual that the filters need to be used but as I have the filtered faceplate do I need to use them......nothing else is connected to my only Bt socket.

No. It's a like for like swap, David, the 2700 simply replaces the Netgear.

My adapters are 54mps are they good enough.
And finally this would not apply to my laptop as this is Wi FI so should be ok ?

Yes, they'll all be 11g standard.

I did manage to reset the router last night to factory settings and reboot before Matt awoke.
If I mess this up,it will not have an effect on my current Netgear would it?

None whatsoever.

In other words I could just plug this back in should I need to.

Indeed you could.

As my desktop is connected at the moment by Ethernet cable I will disconnect this and carry out the settings on it but not connect to phone line until all is working..going to keep my eye on things via my laptop so I can read the threads.....just being careful 

Have I got it all covered ?

Yes.  

[Lance]

Now will my netgaer adapters recognize the signal ?

They should be fine.

I see by the manual that the filters need to be used but as I have the filtered faceplate do I need to use them......nothing else is connected to my only Bt socket.

If your faceplate is filtered (and you don't use a filter now) there will be no need for one with the 2wire.

My adapters are 54mps are they good enough.
And finally this would not apply to my laptop as this is Wi FI so should be ok ?

54mb is the current standand, and fine for the 2wire. The laptop should also be fine. One thing to note is that the 2wire will be a new wireless network which you will need to connect to.

I did manage to reset the router last night to factory settings and reboot before Matt awoke.
If I mess this up,it will not have an effect on my current Netgear would it?
In other words I could just plug this back in should I need to.

Yep, no effect on the netgear. Just unplug and put it to one side. Should anything not work, just plug it back in and it will reconnect.

Have I got it all covered ?

I think so!


edit: or what Rik said 

[Gary]

There is no CD included with the BT version of the 2700 and none is needed unless you intend to use the USB connection.

The universal 2wire USB driver can be obtained from HERE

I had a CD with my BT 2700, had a massive scratch on it though, but its not needed as said 

[David]

Thanks for answering these final points..........little things which were niggling me.....

[Gary]

little things which were niggling me

Size is not everything

[David]

Size is not everything

Is that what she told you 

[David]

I am carrying this out now on my desk top when it is stated add this to address bar,does this refer to ip address or hardware address,I would guess IP but Im more often wrong ?

[Gary]

Is that what she told you 

I was more wondering about you there  8) since you were having issue with little things One thing, the 2700 does not support UPNP, so if you use p2p applications that use the UPNP format you may have to do bit of port forwarding, this can cause issue with things like live messnger dropping file transfer, but I never had any real issues there

[David]

We all haved our crosses to bear and it cheers the wife up....

[Gary]

I am carrying this out now on my desk top when it is stated add this to address bar,does this refer to ip address or hardware address,I would guess IP but Im more often wrong ?

Carrying out what exactly? not quite sure what you mean, I need more 

[Gary]

We all haved our crosses to bear and it cheers the wife up....

You use a cross on your wife! Or is that for the second coming

[David]

Carrying out what exactly? not quite sure what you mean, I need more 

Im on the Advanced settings page of the router and reading from th ethread to put in address bar?is this referring to IP address and do I need uncheck the automatic obtain IP address ?

[David]

I am carrying this out now on my desk top when it is stated add this to address bar,does this refer to ip address or hardware address,I would guess IP but Im more often wrong ?

[Gary]

Im on the Advanced settings page of the router and reading from th ethread to put in address bar?is this referring to IP address and do I need uncheck the automatic obtain IP address ?

Hardware address I would imagine (trying to remember back to owning mine), on my one I had obtain ip address automatically, from what I remember along with dns servers set the same but it's a while ago and I'm two routers later on, can you post a screen shot? 

[Rik]

Are you talking about the javascript, David?