Hello all, following on from my previous thread about setting up wireless in my local pub, see here
http://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Broadband-and-internet/Using-a-Homehub-in-place-of-BT2701HGV/td-p/3...
We have now got a new business hub in place of the faulty 2701 which seems to be working fine. It sits upstairs where the main phone line comes in and I have set up a Homehub3 as a WAP downstairs. It's connected through a homeplug and after a bit of fiddling it works very well.
I have a couple of problems.The business hub came with the pre-installed username and password for business but refuses to connect to the net using these. It says it's connected but any devices connected to it cannot access the net. Changing the username to the one used by homehubs (bthomehub@btbroadband.com) and the password to 0000 corrects the problem immediately so that is how I have left it. Am I safe to do this or should I contact BT?
My second problem concerns the SSID. I would have liked to give the WAP downstairs the same SSID as the business hub upstairs but on trying this it refuses to take the name saying that there is already the same name on the network. I suppose this is obvious in itself but I remember reading somewhere that this is possible. At the moment we have two networks with two different SSIDs which causes a little confusion. If someone is logged onto the downstairs network and then moves upstairs then they have to switch networks to get a good signal. I know that once they do this and if they have "Connect automatically to this network" enabled in their wireless settings their device should in future do this automatically but as this is a bar with a rapidly changing clientel the bar staff are finding having to explain this a bit of a nuisance. Additionally some of the bar staff themselves don't understand it!
I am also a little concerned with the lack of filtering available on the business hub. There seems to be only filtering for specific devices (obviously impossible in a rapidly changing wireless environment) and the option to turn off the wireless at certain times. So I have had a look at OPENDNS as a possible solution. I know there are options within the OPENDNS management page to set up restrictions but for the life of me I can't work out whether the basic version is available free for business or if it is only for home use? It would seem to be ideal if used along with the access time feature but would like some advice on the legality?
In summary I have three questions.
Can I continue to use the homehub username (bthomehub@btbroadband.com) on a business hub without a problem or is BT going to have a problem with this?
Can a business hub3 used as the router and homehub3 used as the access point use the same SSID and therefore present only one network to the customers?
How advisable and useful is OPENDNS in a business environment?
