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Block people from BT Homehub?
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I received the Hub from BT on Friday. It's been having some problems and doesn't seem to work when there is any sort of security on it, so I've had to disable the security. I will be calling them later this week for a fix...(spoken to them on Friday with no luck)
Anyway, going on the routers main (192.168...) I found that theres a quite a few unauthorised people using my router, I can see their MAC addresses...Is there anyway of blocking them off the hub so it goes at full speed?
Thanks
Anyway, going on the routers main (192.168...) I found that theres a quite a few unauthorised people using my router, I can see their MAC addresses...Is there anyway of blocking them off the hub so it goes at full speed?
Thanks
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Then just allow your own macs
I have never come across a Home Hub with any kind of security bug and and if one had a problem then they all would have it because they all run the same firmware. I suggest that you post what goes wrong in more detail as I reckon that the problem is with something that you are doing.
I guess that some people are sharing your wireless network. One can have quite a lot of people sharing an ADSL line before they affect performance but more to the point they are using your monthly allowance. What they are doing is also illegal.
Are you ujsing Ethernet or Wireless. If the former then I suggest that you go to 192.168.1.254/cgi/b/_wli_/cfg/?ce=1&be=1&l0=5&l1=0 and uncheck Interface Enabled. That will kill your wireless connection and thus any unauthorised access. You can reenable wireless later when things are sorted. If you use wireless i suggest that you still do this and connect via Ethernet while you sort it out.
As for MAC address filtering - I had a belkin router so I know what you mean but theres nothing like that on the homehub except a very complex firewall I'm unsure on how to use.
And ethernet is out of the question because my phoneline is near the front door and I will be ending up sitting on the hard floor if I were to use it there.
I have been wary not going on sites like Paypal etc because of the risk of hackers but these people are seriously killing my download speeds from 500KB down to just 20KB which is really annoying. Also I have option 3 so my usage is unlimited.
Any further help would be appreciated and thanks for your input.
2nd BTW. Are any/all devices Macs? Because they require a $ sign in front of the WEP key.
I second doing a double check on your WEP key on the back of the HH.
3rd BTW, the Home Hub does support MAC filtering.