BT Home Hub 3 review

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Verdict:

Caters well for novice users, but advanced features are conspicuously absent and wireless performance is pedestrian.

Review Date: 16 Mar 2011

Price when reviewed: £92

Supplier: http://www.bt.com

Reviewed By: Barry de la Rosa

Our Rating 3 stars out of 5

Basic Specifications
Part Code	058720
Review Date	16 Mar 2011
Rating
Modem type	ADSL2+
802.11b support
802.11g support
Draft 802.11n support
Draft 802.11n 5GHz support
MIMO
Stated speed	300Mbit/s

Security
128-bit WEP
WPA	PSK
WPA2
Firewall
MAC address filtering
DMZ

Physical
Size	107x185x62mm
Antennas	2
Internal/external antennas	internal
Upgradeable antenna
Number of WAN ports	2
Ethernet ports	4
Ethernet connection speed	10/100/1000Mbit/s
Other ports	USB
Wall mountable
Power consumption on	5W

Other Features
Dynamic DNS
Universal Plug and Play support
DHCP server
MAC spoofing
Port forwarding
WDS Support
USB device support
QoS

Buying Information
Price	£92
Warranty	one year RTB
Supplier	http://www.bt.com
Details	www.productsandservices.bt.com

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User comments

Flawed

One problem with every Homehub 3 routers is port 161 which is both open and resonsive to external scans. The router firmware supplies no way to close port 161.

By CLUNK1234567 on 24 Sep 2011

Flawed

One problem with every Homehub 3 routers is port 161 which is both open and resonsive to external scans. The router firmware supplies no way to close port 161.

By CLUNK1234567 on 24 Sep 2011

Port Forwarding

Port forwarding only works externally. If you need services to loop back to your network, ie you have a server/NAS on your network, you can't talk to it from within your network.

By Comms_Engineer on 22 Nov 2012

Cerrulla

This really is the Austin Allegro of wireless routers. BT supplies it with their broadband package, but it is very expensive for what it is, with indifferent performance at best and is generally poor quality. The one they sent me was defective and unreliable.

By Cerrulla on 13 Feb 2013

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