Range of Technicolour Wifi router

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After the rave reviews about plusnet I signed up after many years with BT, cast aside my BT homehub2 and installed the new Technicolour TG528 router, and everything seemed fine, speed, dropout etc unaffected. Problem was when I went upstairs I just had no wifi signal and it ended about 15 feet short of where I routinely used BT, so now no wifi upstairs (where my home office is located!). Surprisingly PlusNet have been next to useless and after 1 week merely suggested I reboot the router (which had no effect), use a free channel ( which had no effect) and as a last resort to consult the community! so here I am, after hours of fiddling about trying to restore the level of service enjoyed for years...and a little peeved..........I am directed to ask if anyone in the community can advise what to do as PlusNet don't seem interested now I am signed up. So cn anyone help me? The question is can I reuse the BT router which seemed to have a much better range? or get some sort of signal enhancer to extend the wifi a bit further, even though this will wipe out the savings with plusnet  but hey ho! Many thanks  Chris

[#2]

you should be able to use your BTHH2.

[#3]

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum,
You can use the BTHH2, my sister had an old BTHH2 lying around and I borrowed it to see if it would work with PN. I plugged it in and it worked straight away.

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Yep, Picked a BT HH3 from a car boot sale and using it now, wifi is much better than Technicolor

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Quote from: JamesM

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum, You can use the BTHH2, my sister had an old BTHH2 lying around and I borrowed it to see if it would work with PN. I plugged it in and it worked straight away.

well it won't work "straight away".
you'll need to manually enter your plusnet user name first.

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Set-up instructions for the Homehub 2 & 3 on Plusnet can be found in the Community Support Library article Using a BT Homehub 3 or 2 on Plusnet ADSL or FTTC.

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Quote from: chenks76

Quote from: JamesM Hi Chris, welcome to the forum, You can use the BTHH2, my sister had an old BTHH2 lying around and I borrowed it to see if it would work with PN. I plugged it in and it worked straight away. well it won't work "straight away". you'll need to manually enter your plusnet user name first.

Well if you want to be pedantic, then you should also mention you need to enter your password too.  

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You could do this: