[EdLUG] Wifi device limits

[Gábor Majoros]

No worries Keith,

Totally understandable. Usually these routers were on FB marketplace /
gumtree for a couple quids running the OEM firmware.
Not sure if that's still the case since I think BT is now going to change
for unreturned kit if I haven't hallucinated it.

The person could be here, or could be just a tinkerer, who like others have
the space, talent and determination to get a couple routers for a couple
quids each spend 10-15 minutes on them to be able to resell at £20+ savings
you and others the risk and hassle or bricking yours.

Should have mentioned have a couple uncovered boxes, but could have
converted one for you too. Anyhow glad you got that sorted. Hope you'll
enjoy your upgraded router, I'm quite pleased with mine due to the multiple
SSIDs it can handle, or encrypted DNS to name a few. But the options are
limitless given the hardware specs of the router, think very little
packages/services there might be that won't install or run on that box.

Have a good weekend,

Gabor


On Fri, 26 Mar 2021, 22:54 Keith Wyse, <kwyse3436 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for that Gabor.
> As I work from home using the internet I can't risk my current router.
> But I have found the same hub for sale pre-installed with openwrt and I
> think having a second box as a backup is a good idea, so it is on it's way.
>
> Once I have that, set up & working, I may try converting the original.
> My experiments trying to get the RasPi to be a wifi bridge have met with
> failure so far.
>
> Interestingly the seller fansn2004 is from Dalkeith - my home town!
> Maybe they are on this list?
>
> Thanks all
> Keith
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 21:31, Gábor Majoros <mersaint at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> Have not personally experienced this, but the BT HH5A (if that's yours)
>> is quite a beast and would run openwrt quite happily.
>> https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v5a
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Gabor
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021, 21:19 Keith Wyse, <kwyse3436 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all;
>>> Posted to EdLUG and Edinburgh Hacklab; sorry for any duplicates.
>>>
>>> I've been trying to build my smart home for quite a while now.
>>> I have noticed that my standard BT v5 wifi box doesn't always connect to
>>> the remote devices.
>>> Something suggested on the net was to have the hub reset every night and
>>> I have a smart socket do that. Still hit & miss if I get all the devices.
>>>
>>> So I had the idea of using a recently purchased Raspberry Pi 4 as the
>>> wifi hub.
>>> But some of the guides I have found suggest the Pi would only be able to
>>> connect to 10 devices.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else found similar problems and did you find a solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Keith
>>> Scottish Borders
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