A 2Wire 2700 HGV BT Business Hub Router Wireless

[David]

Hi Les havnt connected mine yet just waiting to ensure the issues with Bt are sorted then I will try it,but my speeds are good since leaving Tiscali (phone) been buzzing along 5.4 today so I doubt if I can improve on this but it will be interesting......fun this 

[kinmel]

I am surprised to still see any reference to green-light@service.btclick.com.

What does the collective expertise make of this one?

The Provisioning Information for the various ISPs is hard coded into the firmware and the Activation Key Code then sets up the router for a particular ISP.

All BT firmwares come with a default username green-light@service.btclick.com, which is in fact a test logon name.

The listings in Advanced – Provisioning Information: are not the data currently being used by the router, but the data that would be used after a Factory Reset and as such cannot be altered.

All users have to input their personal logon details,  by using the Setup Wizard or the unofficial  Javascript routine.

[LesD]

The Provisioning Information for the various ISPs is hard coded into the firmware and the Activation Key Code then sets up the router for a particular ISP.

All BT firmwares come with a default username green-light@service.btclick.com, which is in fact a test logon name.

Ah thanks for the explanation. I first saw green-light@service.btclick.com after the factory reset I did before getting my credentials in while getting the setting in.

The listings in Advanced – Provisioning Information: are not the data currently being used by the router, but the data that would be used after a Factory Reset and as such cannot be altered.

The credentials I entered namely my idnet username is futher down the page under Advanced – Provisioning Information and this would be lost by a Factory Reset for sure so not everything is data that is not currently being used from what I can see.

All users have to input their personal logon details,  by using the Setup Wizard or the unofficial  Javascript routine.

I did the latter because I did not encounter the Wizard the way I set mine up but I guess this makes no difference to what you end up with under Advanced – Provisioning Information. Is this correct?

[LesD]

Hi Les havnt connected mine yet just waiting to ensure the issues with Bt are sorted then I will try it,but my speeds are good since leaving Tiscali (phone) been buzzing along 5.4 today so I doubt if I can improve on this but it will be interesting......fun this 

Come on quit stalling  and give it a go. 

If you recall my generous ebay seller gave me two for the price of one and having got one working fine in my over confidence I did something wrong in the second one and ended up with a "Stale Connection". 

With the BT 2700 this is what looks like web page saying you can't connect to the web.

I had read about this and left it half an hour, time I spent going over my settings and discovering that I had not submitted one set of entries despite believing I had! 

As soon as I tried it again away it went and this is the one I have been using ever since.

Just power the Netgear down by switching of at the mains wall socket. I have been told by Rik that this way it does not look like a fault. Move the ADSL connection from the Netgear to the 2700 and power it up. Wait for it to boot-up and negotiate the line and you will be away. If not repeat the process and put the Netgear back.

Come on it will take you five minutes at the most. Then you will be able to relax and enjoy. 

[Lance]

Just power the Netgear down by switching of at the mains wall socket. I have been told by Rik that this way it does not look like a fault.

That is certainly correct! The remaining voltage in the cable and router circuts is just enough for the router to send a dying gasp to the exchange!

[David]

Hi Les havnt connected mine yet just waiting to ensure the issues with Bt are sorted then I will try it,but my speeds are good since leaving Tiscali (phone) been buzzing along 5.4 today so I doubt if I can improve on this but it will be interesting......fun this 

Just tried connecting but it wouldnt connect to the internet red light on,had a look,(for what do I know) shows 5312 down  448 upetc....it shows on the page "interleaved" any thoughts...
I think I set it right earlier

[kinmel]

Just tried connecting but it wouldnt connect to the internet red light on,had a look,(for what do I know) shows 5312 down  448 upetc....it shows on the page "interleaved" any thoughts...
I think I set it right earlier

If the bottom light is red, you are failing the login process; this may be the BT problem referred to yesterday, but it is more likely that your setup data contains an error.

If the red light is still showing this morning got to the resets page and select RESET ISP Connection and see if you get a green light, if not try a few more times.

If that failed, then the router is set up wrong.

In you browser enter HOME in the address line and on that page select RUN SYSTEM SETUP WIZARD,

  Enter the Key Code 528Y 27G4 A222 22BJ B22V  and then select ADVANCED not NEXT.

  On the next page Select Time Zone,  (GMT) and select Next

  In Select Connection Type select PPPoA from the drop-down choices and then as follows
  VPI = 0
  VCI = 38
  ATM Encapsulation = Routed VC -Mux

Enter your IDNet user name and password then select Next

Your router will then connect to IDNet
 
 

[Sebby]

It is probably a username/password problem. Double check those first!

[Rik]

AAMOI, if Windows is set to use either the IDNet or OpenDNS servers, would home etc be resolved correctly?

[kinmel]

AAMOI, if Windows is set to use either the IDNet or OpenDNS servers, would home etc be resolved correctly?

Unless the Windows Hosts file has been altered to re-direct Home to elsewhere then it resolves to the router home page, I have no idea how !   

[Lance]

There must be an entry built into the routers own private DNS table. If Windows doesn't know better, it'll pass the request to the router, which knows what to do with it.

[Rik]

Interesting. So, effectively, Windows uses the router as a tertiary DNS server even if you don't tell it to. That could have security implications.

[Lance]

That would be my guess, anyway. I'm not sure how real the security implications are. I would imagine that the routers private DNS entries are built into firmware and non editable.

[Sebby]

If you do not pass DNS requests to the router, i.e. you define DNSs in Windows, home and gateway.2wire.net do not work.

[Rik]

That would be my guess, anyway. I'm not sure how real the security implications are. I would imagine that the routers private DNS entries are built into firmware and non editable.

I was thinking of the issue with the 2700 being hijacked, Lance. We thought that could be overcome by using Windows to handle DNS, but perhaps that method is not as robust as it appeared.

[Rik]

If you do not pass DNS requests to the router, i.e. you define DNSs in Windows, home and gateway.2wire.net do not work.

That's what I thought should be happening. Thanks, Sebby.

[Lance]

What Sebby said! 

[Sebby]

NP. Therefore, defining the DNSs in Windows does improve security a lot on this router (I've also changed the IP range used).

[Lance]

I haven't and I haven't! I like living dangerously!

[Sebby]

You rebel.

[Lance]

[David]

I havnt a clue what all that was about.now,and bear with me when I follow the instructions above I will assume it will be online,whilst I type in the details ie connected to the phone line unlike yesterday.
I will try and boot it up first jusy in case it was yesterdays prblem with Bt.

Now if I do this and it wont work,will I still be alright to just replug the Netgear back in wihout fear of losing my connection.......

Or I can just blow it up 

[Rik]

The login problems are over, afaik, David, so yes you should be OK.

[David]

The login problems are over, afaik, David, so yes you should be OK.

Thats ok then

[David]

The login problems are over, afaik, David, so yes you should be OK.

Getting somewhere passed a few now it wont accept password and username so will just check this out,but some progress,and its still raining 

pppoa settings......now which password is for this is it  Email or my account details....