[Chester LUG] BT WiFi routers

[Michael Crilly]

They sound like terrible devices that should be banned from production. It clearly shows that BT want to maximise their customer based instead of trying to offer a secure, sane service out-of-the-box.


On 25 Jul 2011, at 11:45, Sebastian Arcus wrote:

> 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.
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> Sebastian
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> 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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