[ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
How do I get my wireless connection in Ubuntu? Dad has been trying to set up my BT Home Hub wireless router in order to get a wireless connection on my laptop but he reckons you need the disk to install a wireless connection and the disk needs to be run on every computer and he is getting annoyed with me for saying otherwise as he thinks it is the only way to install wireless. He says the connection I have on my desktop is wired so how will my laptop pick up the wireless? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
Ive a client who has this working fine in Ubuntu , just look on the back of the BT Home hub and look for the WEP key which is listed you need to put this into your network connection for Wireless under ubuntu Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:44:37 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get my wireless connection in Ubuntu? Dad has been trying to set up my BT Home Hub wireless router in order to get a wireless connection on my laptop but he reckons you need the disk to install a wireless connection and the disk needs to be run on every computer and he is getting annoyed with me for saying otherwise as he thinks it is the only way to install wireless. He says the connection I have on my desktop is wired so how will my laptop pick up the wireless? Michael, A few things: 1) As far as I am aware, you only need to install the BT wireless stuff from the CD if you are running windows. 2) On the HomeHub there will be either a WEP or WPA key. If you have network manager installed, right click, then configure a wireless network and choose either WEP or WPA depending on the HomeHub settings. 3) If you have a HomeHub, you do not need to go through the desktop to connect, the HomeHub acts as a router and access point, you connect to the desktop and the internet VIA the HomeHub, not the other way around. If possible, could you confirm exactly which disk your dad is using to install the wireless connections? Thanks, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Lug-Master (http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk), Dad (http://www.helpmeimadad.com/), Ubuntu User( http://www.ubuntu.com/) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
Bah, beaten to it... :o( M. On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:50:33 +0100, Nik Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ive a client who has this working fine in Ubuntu , just look on the back of the BT Home hub and look for the WEP key which is listed you need to put this into your network connection for Wireless under ubuntu Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Lug-Master (http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk), Dad (http://www.helpmeimadad.com/), Ubuntu User( http://www.ubuntu.com/) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
I Think it will be the disk that comes with the Router. i have both a desktop PC and a laptop, the desktop runs Windows on the Internal hard drive but has Ubuntu on an external USB hard drive. The Desktop does not have a network card in it. I have a wireless card for my laptop which I used for connecting at Voxbar in Huddersfield or Jardins in Birstall where I attend a couple of LUGs but there seemed to be a problem connecting at Voxbar the last time I tried and Lindsay thinks there might be a problem with my Ralink card because she said it flashed one time she looked at it and at that time she had to pull out the card as she though it wasn picking up any Network. There seemed to be a problem with the card trying to find the Network even though it had settings for it so I may have to get a new card anyway although my sister says she has a USB device which can recieve wireless that does the same job as my card. On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 15:51 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:44:37 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get my wireless connection in Ubuntu? Dad has been trying to set up my BT Home Hub wireless router in order to get a wireless connection on my laptop but he reckons you need the disk to install a wireless connection and the disk needs to be run on every computer and he is getting annoyed with me for saying otherwise as he thinks it is the only way to install wireless. He says the connection I have on my desktop is wired so how will my laptop pick up the wireless? Michael, A few things: 1) As far as I am aware, you only need to install the BT wireless stuff from the CD if you are running windows. 2) On the HomeHub there will be either a WEP or WPA key. If you have network manager installed, right click, then configure a wireless network and choose either WEP or WPA depending on the HomeHub settings. 3) If you have a HomeHub, you do not need to go through the desktop to connect, the HomeHub acts as a router and access point, you connect to the desktop and the internet VIA the HomeHub, not the other way around. If possible, could you confirm exactly which disk your dad is using to install the wireless connections? Thanks, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Lug-Master (http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk), Dad (http://www.helpmeimadad.com/), Ubuntu User( http://www.ubuntu.com/) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:16:03 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Think it will be the disk that comes with the Router. i have both a desktop PC and a laptop, the desktop runs Windows on the Internal hard drive but has Ubuntu on an external USB hard drive. The Desktop does not have a network card in it. I have a wireless card for my laptop which I used for connecting at Voxbar in Huddersfield or Jardins in Birstall where I attend a couple of LUGs but there seemed to be a problem connecting at Voxbar the last time I tried and Lindsay thinks there might be a problem with my Ralink card because she said it flashed one time she looked at it and at that time she had to pull out the card as she though it wasn picking up any Network. There seemed to be a problem with the card trying to find the Network even though it had settings for it so I may have to get a new card anyway although my sister says she has a USB device which can recieve wireless that does the same job as my card. If the CD is the one with the router, you don't need it to get this to work under Linux. Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Lug-Master (http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk), Dad (http://www.helpmeimadad.com/), Ubuntu User( http://www.ubuntu.com/) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:16:03 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Think it will be the disk that comes with the Router. i have both a desktop PC and a laptop, the desktop runs Windows on the Internal hard drive but has Ubuntu on an external USB hard drive. The Desktop does not have a network card in it. Hello, Michael. Matt is right, you don't need any disk or CD to use the BT Home-hub: It's a self-contained DHCP server running Linux-derived code in ROM. All you need to do is switch it on and connect an ethernet cable to it or read the SSID and WEP key off the back for Wireless. The easiest thing to do if you have Windows on your laptop is connect from there to make sure your WiFi interface is working, then try setting it up from Ubuntu. I use Wifi Radar under Ubuntu to search for wireless networks. You should check that you can connect your laptop to the router with a wired connection if you can't detect a wireless signal. Login to the router using a web browser, and check which devices it detects. This is all very simple to do from Windows without installing *any* software, and is described in the instruction leaflet. The BT Home-hub is a very well thought out router, and I'm quite impressed by its capabilities. What you install from the BT CD's is a truly AWFUL customised version of Micro$oft Internet Explorer and BT's 'help' system. Neither of which you actually need to use the router. I suggest that you first try connecting to the Home hub with a wired connection from Windows using a web browser, and explore it's capabilities. Then try setting Wireless up under Windows first because you might otherwise spend a long time trying to get it to work under Linux without knowing if you have a network hardware problem or not. Best wishes, Tony. I have a wireless card for my laptop which I used for connecting at Voxbar in Huddersfield or Jardins in Birstall where I attend a couple of LUGs but there seemed to be a problem connecting at Voxbar the last time I tried and Lindsay thinks there might be a problem with my Ralink card because she said it flashed one time she looked at it and at that time she had to pull out the card as she though it wasn picking up any Network. There seemed to be a problem with the card trying to find the Network even though it had settings for it so I may have to get a new card anyway although my sister says she has a USB device which can recieve wireless that does the same job as my card. If the CD is the one with the router, you don't need it to get this to work under Linux. Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Lug-Master (http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk), Dad (http://www.helpmeimadad.com/), Ubuntu User( http://www.ubuntu.com/) -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? It is my understanding that wep is well and truly broken-about 53 seconds to be precise, may be even quicker now. I obtained the Bt 2091 off ebay for a friend and that had a little security code wrote on the back. Is it not useless? If so can it be changed at all? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WAP. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WPA. As Alan said the default is WEP, but it does WPA just fine :) As to the 2091 it's fine my mate runs one. By default its locked to BT, so if you leave BT its junk. However, it's been, err, fixed. A quick Google will reveal the new firmware... As for the other poster, the HomeHub is a horrible little box... In itself a cracking idea, wireless router, VOIP, DECT, Fusion, all rolled into one... And then completely ruined by BT rubbish firmware... reboots, lockups, you name it and locked to BT like the 2091... there is firmware to unlock it, but then the VOIP disappears too... All very annoying... esp. so as it runs Linux and BT haven't fully complied with the GPL to release all the source... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu
LeeUKHA wrote: On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WPA. As Alan said the default is WEP, but it does WPA just fine :) As to the 2091 it's fine my mate runs one. By default its locked to BT, so if you leave BT its junk. However, it's been, err, fixed. A quick Google will reveal the new firmware... Thanks for the replies. The 2091 I got on ebay was already unlocked. Thanks again Ged. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
