[Chester LUG] BT WiFi routers

[Sebastian Arcus]

I think you are right. I vaguely remember talk few years back how BT 
were going to release this hybrid (=fusion, geddit?) system where the 
phone will work as a house phone when home, but then seamlessly switch 
to a mobile when out and about. I think it was during the days when they 
still owned O2 (sorry, BTCellnet). As far as I remember last I've heard 
of it - it was left in a lurch by BT top brass.

Sebastian


On 25/07/11 11:36, Les Pritchard wrote:
> Sounds like a great product to me! I spent a while with one version of
> those routers trying to switch the wifi off completely but it wouldn't
> let me. Probably because of the Fusion phone service you mention. Maybe
> they're working up to having a system where you can take your home phone
> out and about and use it where ever there is a BTFusion spot....Rabbit
> anyone?!
>
> On 25 July 2011 11:28, Sebastian Arcus <shop at open-t.co.uk
> <mailto:shop at open-t.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Back to the topic of BT routers and BTOpenZone. I'm just in the
>     process of reconfiguring a 2Wire (second generation) BT router.
>     First off, it comes preconfigured with WEP for the regular wifi -
>     but WPA-PSK for the BTFusion part (which I think is used by their
>     silly cordless wifi phones - if I'm not mistaken). Go figure. The
>     cordless phones need more security then the regular business users
>     with their laptops etc.
>
>     Secondly, I've changed to WPA-PSK the regular wifi, but when I tried
>     to change the LAN IP ranges - it restarted and jumped back to WEP.
>
>     I've also disabled BTOpenZone on this router (which, by the way, has
>     a tab in the configuration pages showing how many devices are
>     connected at this moment in time) - but after I restarted the router
>     - was enabled again! This router is heading straight for the bin I'm
>     afraid.
>
>     Sebastian
>
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