Internet service Providers

[Chippiewill]

The HomeHub updates automatically during the night when a new firmware is released.

Don't care, he should still do a manual update and try resetting it.

[Recursion]

Don't care, he should still do a manual update and try resetting it.

You can't do a manual update on the HomeHub, what would be the point in that? All he could do is a factory reset.

My MacBook had this problem with our HomeHub 2.0, I turned off Wireless N on the HomeHub and then turned it back on again and it was fine.

[Jammazzz]

My family are with TalkTalk, they're not that bad. It's actually quite quick.

[Chippiewill]

You can't do a manual update on the HomeHub, what would be the point in that? All he could do is a factory reset.

My MacBook had this problem with our HomeHub 2.0, I turned off Wireless N on the HomeHub and then turned it back on again and it was fine.

If the firmware is damaged and it cannot auto download the firmware update properly :rolleyes:

[Recursion]

If the firmware was damaged the device would probably be bricked, the likelyhood of it corrupting the firmware peice that just so happen to control the downloading and installation of firmware is minimal.

[Chippiewill]

In case you didn't notice, routers are basic computers. Computers do not need to 'brick' to have errors.

[Agnostic Bear]

In case you didn't notice, routers are basic computers. Computers do not need to 'brick' to have errors.

Routers will brick themselves if you throw a hair at it the wrong way, nearly all errors with routers lead to bricking everywhere.

[Recursion]

In case you didn't notice, routers are basic computers. Computers do not need to 'brick' to have errors.

And incase you didn't notice, an OS, for e.g. Windows, will throw a BSOD if it tries to write to some corrupt RAM.

[Black_Apalachi]

This may/will sound so silly but I recently had a similar problem and it wasn't until I accidently knocked my router onto the floor and the ariel came off, that I realsied the ariel had been loose all along . So basically, (assuming your ariel is detachable like mine), make sure that it is screwed in completely. This sorted my problem and was great!

Be* www.bethere.co.uk or o2 Broadband. Great service.

Although if you still end up switching ISPs, I also reccomend O2. I found them to be the cheapest so I signed up with them at my student house. Don't think I had any problems with them .

[Recursion]

The HomeHub does not have an external aerial.

Why do people think switching ISP is the solution? A freakin' £20 router may fix his problem if a hard reset doesn't!