Plusnet Hub One

[#1]

When I spent about an hour trying to set-up a Hub One, virtually everything seemed to be read-only.

This might have been due to it not receiving the final setup from Plusnet.

I still don't like it though.

About the only good thing is the inclusion of a Gigabit router.

[#2]

Whatever your reason it doesn't mean you're correct. You'd be wise to remember that.

As for not liking it, it's better than expensive commercial offerings. I did mention my cisco adsl router didn't I? The only thing that had going for it was the guest wifi which the hubone doesn't have but it's not really needed anyway.

[#3]

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@VileReynard wrote:

About the only good thing is the inclusion of a Gigabit router.

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You forgot about it's WiFi - Wireless 802.11b/g/n/ac (Dual band – 2.4GHz and 5GHz)

[#4]

I'm not so sure that the dual channel (or more specifically 5GHz) is a good thing.

According to the manual the max output for the channels is:

2.4GHz 100mW

5GHz (5350MHz) 200mW

5GHz (5725MHz) 1W 

As if doubling the 2.4GHz on the lower 5GHz channel wasn't enough, it's effectively 10x that for the upper 5GHz channel.

I was utterly shocked!

As @bobpullen still hasn't replied to my other thread about the device faults on the other, I'm now just assuming it was a duff device and that this one is ok to turn off the 5GHz on (and that it will turn on again if needed) and so I'm turning that frequency off. I'm not happy to have that sort of power being emitted round my son.

[#5]

wifi power output is normally expressed in dBm.

So it is not really comparable with other access points.

However, since 1mw is the reference power, or 0 dBm

2.4GHz 100mW = 20 dBm

5GHz (5350MHz) 200mW = 23 dBm

5GHz (5725MHz) 1W = 30 dBm

[#6]

Normally expressed doesn't mean it can't be expressed in another form.

Besides if you're out in the garden, you're going to see a worse dbm than you would being right next to the router hence the router can still be outputting its signal at full power but you'd be seeing a weak signal in the garden. The result is the same, the router has pumped up the power to the max. Would you want that next to a sleeping baby? - I certainly wouldn't.

What i'm saying is that even if you used netstumbler or similar to measure the signal strength, it doesn't mean its correct for the routers output power, it just means that is the strength at your current location using that piece of hardware and thus it is unreliable.