I am thinking of taking advantage of the recently installed Fibe in my area, and also what sounds like a very good plan offered to me by The Source. But I have a concern.
I have read about the alarming levels of radiation emitted by the HH3000. I am hoping I can eliminate it all together.
Yes radiation. If you google the word radiation with Bell home hub you will see some videos with actual levels measured.
Should i believe it?? Not sure but there are a few stories.
There is also a video of someone eliminating the hub and getting it to work with their own router with the help of the media converter i mentioned. Only problem is that my gaming router has a much more complicated setup than his simple straight forward router.
Radiation? First off, every device that uses radio waves emits radiation, as do light bulbs, the sun and more. The main radiation would be the typical WiFi stuff. If it put out significant radiation anywhere else in the radio spectrum, it wouldn't be permitted by Industry Canada.
Radiation is a natural part of our environment and without it, we wouldn't exist. Now, microwave radiation, at the levels of a microwave oven, is harmful, but the same frequencies as used in WiFi are not.
Wrong the amount of radiationis key here every thing on this planet gives off radiation its the amount of it whitch is key here if you think wifi radiation is not harmful try this take your home wifi router install it in your beedroom beside your bedon you night stand and reply back to me after a week or so and try to say that wifi radiation is not bad for you bet you wont cause you will start by getting head aches then lack of sleep loss of apitite ear blockages and infections blurry vision dissy spells and many more side effects and now with these new wifi 6 routers and wifi 7 routers they are producing much more radiation and the last time the FDA or CRTC has done testing on these routers was back in 2001 the FDAlast time testing wifi routers was 1998 they no longer test these home routers and they allow companies like bell and rogers to test their own if needed so maybe know what your talking about before putting people at risk because you where told by a non doctor a non scientist and a non radio engineer that wifi is safe lol and again you think its so safe take you wifi router and set it up right beside where you sleep for one whole week and then come back and tell me I am wrong
After I saw a few videos and reports on line I guess I got to thinking about it.
Anyway.... back to my original question. If I cant eliminate the HH3000 then i will have to use it.
I was hoping to keep taking advantage of the high end gaming router that I currently have. Not saying that the HH3000 could not handle the HD streaming, but I spent the money for high end router and would like to keep using it. The Wifi range on it is very good and the HD streaming is excellent.
I would only be using Bell Fibe for internet purposes, not for TV. I was hoping there was a solution for eliminating the HH3000.
Bridgemode is the best way to have Total control of your network. Also it kills all antennas only leaving one port working for you to plug into your router
Yes...I was considering that method, although I am not quite sure how to configure it...
Would I be causing more lag in streaming if I had both running? seems sort of redundant to have 2 very capable wifi routers next to each other. The only advantage my router has over the 3000 is 8 LAN ports.
Not sure how the 3000 measures up processor (speed) wise??
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You will not have 2 routers on the circuit. The one in the hub is bypassed. However, if the only advantage you see in using your own router is 8 ports, then why not just use the switch portion of it? Or just get another switch. They're cheap.
You mentioned that your own router has 8 ports. You can use that as an 8 port switch, to expand what you get from the HH. You may want to disable it's DHCP server.
Giovanni:
Yes you can put your HH3000 into pass-through (bridge) mode (disabling its WiFi and DHCP). You'll need your HH3000 admin login and password (may be on back of modem) and your Bell user/password for inputting to your own modem.
Then let your own router do the WiFi and DHCP as you probably already have configured. DSL Reports has useful info.
Only issue will likely be if you have technical issues with the HH3000, as Bell will likely refuse assistance because you're using your own router. You want to make sure your HH3000 service works fine before you bring up your own router. You can check modem diagnostics directly with the HH3000 to ensure you are getting the UL/DL you're paying for.
Good luck.
i have an even easier idea, your third party router, simply go in and turn off the dhcp, it will act as a 8 port switch with wifi, no dhcp, no double natting, THEN connect from your lan port of the home hub to the LAN port of your third party gaming router, be sure NOT to connect to the WAN of your third party gaming router, cus we disabled dhcp, remember? its just acting like a switch, then you now have everything going thru your switch but the dhcp ip addressing is done by bells which it should cus some people may have tv and it needs this to work
Thanks, I did that and everything works great (didn't even have to re-assign network info for devices connected to 3rd party router) but... I cant connect to 3rd party router now.
I went through connected devices on the Bellhh3000, and tried connecting 1 by 1 to each IP address, but none were my 3rd party router which now has DHCP turned off.
Any thoughts?
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You should be able to turn it off. However, you should do some reading. This situation has been covered. It didn't take long for me to find a couple of articles.
Yes, I saw a few myself. Not very clear as to exactly what to do to eliminate the HH3000.... I am no I.T. guy so maybe hard for me to understand the language being used.
you dont eliminate the home hub 3000, your suppose to use it, its not just a router, it also controls your telephone (if applicable) and iptv service (if applicable) your gaming router does not do this.
i dont have home phone or television service right now either, but if I happen to have won lotto max, or daily grand, im going to sign up for a home phone and TV. just because you dont have it now does not mean this is your situation for life, just because it never rained does not mean i never have to use the wipers on my car and i can get rid of them permanently, same analogy. keep them just incase. same with the modem. keep it just in case
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Well, what is it you're looking for then? Whether you have TV & phone or not, the solution is the same. Just put it on PPPoE pass through and use your own router. The instructions are on the 'net and there may be someone here who can help you further.
You need some equipment from Bell to terminate your service. That is the HH. Whether you use it's router or your own, that's entirely your decision. The information is available. All you have to do is do it.
Well when I started this thread i was hoping to find a way to eliminate the 3000 all together with the use of a Media Converter box and my own router. There is a video on line for this but not very helpful, no details on how to setup the router itself.
I apologise but for me even the instructions on using it as a pass through are a bit confusing.
bell will absolutely not help, your trying to bypass their equipment and use your own? a big chunk of their SLA relies on you using the CPE that they provide to you, they offer full technical support on their equipment. if you were to use your own and bypass theirs, there's absolutely NO WAY anyone would provide any sort of technical support to you, your on your own.
bell will absolutely not help, your trying to bypass their equipment and use your own? a big chunk of their SLA relies on you using the CPE that they provide to you, they offer full technical support on their equipment. if you were to use your own and bypass theirs, there's absolutely NO WAY anyone would provide any sort of technical support to you, your on your own.
I did not mean not use the Bell equipment, but rather configure it so a customer can use their own router. With Rogers, whether I have their modem in bridge or gateway mode, I'm still using their modem. The first time I used the modem in bridge mode, I called the help desk and they did it for me. I have also called Bell for help in putting their devices in bridge mode for business customers. In those cases, they provided the info for me to do it.
BTW, putting the Bell gear into bridge mode was nowhere near as easy as with Rogers, which is quite straightforward.
Giovanni: If you're not very technical, strongly recommend to use the HH3K as your front end, disabling WiFi (to reduce the EM) and put your Bell credentials into your own router. It's pretty straightforward. You'll need an occasional wired connection from a computer direct to the HH3K to manage (incl setup) your Bell connection (your router will block access, I'm pretty sure, as it is providing LAN addresses through DHCP ), otherwise it will be AOK.
See post 11 and 12 above.
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