Home Hubs

aardvaak

I have a Home Hub 6 connected in my house.


I have a Mobile Home on my property connected to the main telephone line as an extension though some distance from the Home Hub 6.


What would happen if I connected my old Home Hub 5 in the Mobile Home and both were connected to the same line but not close?

DoaM

You can't have 2 "modem" devices connected to the same line.

googler

Homehubs are BT devices. Assuming you're a BT customer, you could ask BT if you can use them both. However, I suspect the answer will begin with N and end with O ...

Heedtheadvice

You might be able to use them one at a time (with the other disconnected) but it is not recommended at !east because:
1. The mobile home being on a long extension will reduce the performance
2. Broadband communications get optimised automatically for best speed consistent with reliability. One router would get optmised (after being connected for a while) the other not - until it had been connected again for while (sometimes days). The 'exchange' end would probably have the wrong settings at any changeover. At best that might be a speed degradation issue or could be a failed or unreliable connection till the optimisation is updated again.
If you have power to your mobile home best to use a powerline extender or if working on wifi a wifi extender or run in a cat5e ethernet extension cable if less than 100m run.

aardvaak

DoaM wrote: »

You can't have 2 "modem" devices connected to the same line.

Ok but what would happen if I did?

The_Fat_Controller

Ok but what would happen if I did?

The second modem would not connect to the broadband signal.

It may cause the first modem to disconnect too.

The system is not designed for two modems, full stop.

The Dynamic Line Management (DLM) may see any disconnects as a fault and when you try to reconnect with just one modem your speed may be reduced.

Don't even try it !

aardvaak

The_Fat_Controller wrote: »

The second modem would not connect to the broadband signal.

It may cause the first modem to disconnect too.

The system is not designed for two modems, full stop.

The Dynamic Line Management (DLM) may see any disconnects as a fault and when you try to reconnect with just one modem your speed may be reduced.

Don't even try it !

No I won't

aardvaak

Heedtheadvice wrote: »

You might be able to use them one at a time (with the other disconnected) but it is not recommended at !east because:
1. The mobile home being on a long extension will reduce the performance
2. Broadband communications get optimised automatically for best speed consistent with reliability. One router would get optmised (after being connected for a while) the other not - until it had been connected again for while (sometimes days). The 'exchange' end would probably have the wrong settings at any changeover. At best that might be a speed degradation issue or could be a failed or unreliable connection till the optimisation is updated again.
If you have power to your mobile home best to use a powerline extender or if working on wifi a wifi extender or run in a cat5e ethernet extension cable if less than 100m run.

If you have power to your mobile home best to use a powerline extender or if working on wifi a wifi extender or run in a cat5e ethernet extension cable if less than 100m run


I do have a wifi extender.


I do have power in the Mobile Home connected via the house does the wifi extender have to be connected to the same ring in the house or is just connected to the house power supply ok?

hollie.weimeraner

aardvaak wrote: »

If you have power to your mobile home best to use a powerline extender or if working on wifi a wifi extender or run in a cat5e ethernet extension cable if less than 100m run


I do have a wifi extender.


I do have power in the Mobile Home connected via the house does the wifi extender have to be connected to the same ring in the house or is just connected to the house power supply ok?

It just has to be the same consumer unit I believe as I use them in my house on different rings.

The wifi extender may or may not work depending how far away you're using it. Best option is try it and see

Personally I would favour the powerline

Heedtheadvice

Are you confusing wifi extender and powerline extender?
Two separate things but either might work. Just depends upon what you need , distances, interference, electrical rings/phases/filters.........


I would still be tempted to run out an ethernet cable even as a temporary solution!