I get decent BB speeds with PN (via John Lewis) where I live in the sticks - upgrading the router for £35 to get dual band, better wifi and better connections was a no brainer for me.     ... View more

@Officejet - as @Baldrick1 and @RealAleMadrid have pointed out, you are overthinking it too much. The Plusnet Hub One router is bacically a BT router. The HH6 is a BT router. They just work. If you look at the instructions and posts by others on here, they are very clear. @LifeonMars wrote a very good guide. It takes literally 2 mins to set up - it really is that easy. Enter username and password and away you go. You're turning something relatively simple into .....  :-)     ... View more

@Officejet - ditto what has been said.   I'm on ADSL and changed to the HH6 Business edition - no drama at all. Better wifi, dual band and just a better router.   With PlusNet ADSL you'll get the Hub Zero (Sagecom 2704N) - it's single band and not very good.    See this:   https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/hardware/plusnet-hub-zero   The HH6 can do both ADSL and fibre, so if you do upgrade it can do double duty. I do think that if you a new customer that you should possibly wait a couple of weeks for everything to settle down. Then check your stats and go from there. Check your hard wired speed and wifi.   The HH6 is a great piece of kit and for c.£30 you can't go wrong. Moderator's note by Mike (Mav): Post released from Spam Filter. ... View more

@shadamehr  - I think you've successfully answered your own questions!   On the HH6 Business edition, you can deffo split the bands and turn on/off the guest log in option.   Hopefully you've sorted it all out by now. ... View more

@expresscarpark - I can't be sure but have a look at the BT HH6 Business Edition - you can port forward but not sure about source IP - I just don't know enough about it. Can get them brand new for about £30 on eBay.    @Baldrick1 might be able to shed some light on that. ... View more

@danwilko89 are you ADSL or fibre?   If you're on ADSL then the BTBH will give you dual band which is a bonus. Not sure if actual BB speed will be any better/worse but I've just switched to a BTBH 6 and it's so much better than the generic 2704N (single band) router you get with ADSL.   ... View more

I know this is an older thread but I just wanted to post and say thank you to everyone who contributed to this, particularly Life on Mars. It really helped me make the decision and set-up a HH6.   I'm a John Lewis ADSL BB customer, but the service comes via Plusnet. The Sagecom 2704N router is not very good and only single band. We have some newer (5ghz) gadgets in the house and they seemed to be struggling with everything on 2.4ghz. It's not like we have a lot, 1x hard wired PC, 1 wireless MAC, 2 phones and 2 tablets, but it was not working very well. We are very rural, with only 4mb and recently got FTTC (whoop) and now we get 17mb (double whoop).   Sadly, the router (or BB) was up and down and really poor. Got JL to check it all out. Turns out they were digging up the road and BT OR were doing some `stuff`. After that it settled down. Sort of. Then it went wonky again but this time seemed to be the router and not external (hardwired speedcheck was all good). Asked for a new router. We'd been with them 3 years and were well out of contract - so we signed up for another 12 months and got a price reduction.    They sent me another 2704N. (sad face). So - I thought about Powerline wifi option - I have 2 already for hardwired PC and better wifi. They are only 2.4ghz so decided to attack the router first. If that was rubbish then dual band Powerline wifi might make no difference.   Lots (and lots) of Googling saw me come up with either buy a router (TP-Link or something) on Amazon or get a 2nd hand/new router. Enter HH6 stage left. Lots of reading on this forum (and then some). Took the plunge. Got a Business HH6 for £33 delivered and brand new in the wrapper.  Followed the delightful instructions on here (no need to hard reset as it was brand new). Plug in power Turn on router Wait (it starts green, then flashing orange and then solid orange) Plug in cat5/ethernet cable Get into control panel Follow the other instructions  I was on-line in 2 minutes   Bleedin' brilliant. I now have a very constant 17mb DUAL BAND (double smiley face) and more importantly SWMBO is very happy (if she's happy, I'm happy - it's a simple arrangement).   So - the HH6 Business edition works fine with FTTC and is a MASSIVE improvement on the 2704N. If you're a John Lewis ADSL customer - just do it. For £35 you can have a dual band router with greater wifi range and MIMO (or is it Nemo?). My devices love it.   Sorry about the essay - I only signed up to say a MASSIVE thank you to the contributors, as I love it when forums like this can help people overcome issues that can really grind you down. Vive la forum!     ... View more