You do know that BT has full access to your router.
They use this to 'tune' your internet connection and connect when you're having problems.
They could have been running diagnostics or something.

And the router is a little computer itself, presumably it's like a mobile phone, constantly send little yoo hoo! messages to remind them it's still there and that...

Quote from: NeilWhite on February 24, 2014, 08:06:33 AM
If you are still concerned about this you should be able to enter a list of MAC (Media Access Control) numbers for your own computer(s) into your modem/router

Anyone with technical clue can set the MAC address of their wireless. You'd be amazed how many open wireless network logs are full of entries like

C0:FF:EE:C0:FF:EE

For those interested in updates?

SWMBO was left high and dry by the hub and since she pays the bills (I merely contribute) she has ordered another new hub!

And so it continues!

I only hope it comes with FULL instructions because according to SWMBO I "am the one who knows all about these things!" 

regards, Peter.

Peter, for what it's worth, it's perfectly safe to leave your home-hub/router left on.  There are on occasion, useful updates that are applied by your ISP for security & performance reasons.

I notice that most home broadband routers these days have at least some encryption set on the WiFi Access by default.  It is of course technically possible to access your router admin portal from the internet side, but unlikely, as it'll be protected by the firewall.  All the same, it would be in your interest to log on to the device as an admin and change the default password, which will of course be well documented on the big bad internet!  (usually 'admin' or some such).

Hope this enables you to sleep easier in your bed?

Andy

P.S  It's also a good idea to turn it off/on every now and then to clear out the cache, and apply updates!

Our WiFi has been running 24/7 for two years without probs.

Quote from: Bealman on March 01, 2014, 09:21:42 AM
Our WiFi has been running 24/7 for two years without probs.

Ooh, that'll curse it!

Quote from: Only Me on March 01, 2014, 11:50:38 PM
Enable 64bit wpa encryption if you are worried, very easy to do.. I also recommend to my comrades on this forum that you dont keep turning your routers/adsl boxes on and off all the time.  We design them to be on at all times to accept updates and perform line checks... A problem is more likely to occur if you keep turning them on or off as matey above rightly says... BT and SKY also advise in their Ts and Cs not to turn them off...

OK, thankyou.  BUT why provide an on/off switch?

Peter.

I'm pretty sure our BT Homehub doesn't have an on/off switch.

Our gas boiler does - but I don't power it down every night just because it has one. A work colleague of years ago bought a music centre from a sister company through a work scheme. He kept blowing the speakers listening to Black Sabbath. The sister company kept changing the speakers but eventually got fed up and stopped. We used to listen fascinated to his complaining phone calls in the office. His best high volume rant was "Playing it too loud? What do you mean Playing it Too Loud? If it wasn't meant to be be played that loud the knob wouldn't go round that far would it".

If you have managed to talk to a real person at BT or even email them you will easily install a new hub. Anyone who can beat their automated phone system and pre-programmed limited range of reasons for contact options without getting an automated response to what your call might have been about is already a genius.

Quote:- If you have managed to talk to a real person at BT or even email them you will easily install a new hub. Anyone who can beat their automated phone system and pre-programmed limited range of reasons for contact options without getting an automated response to what your call might have been about is already a genius.

My wife is consistent in getting someone to talk to and has now got unlimited broadband usage for our old tariff!  She also finds parking spaces that are just where she needs them and Red traffic lights seem to take fright as she approaches.

I keep my mouth shut!

Peter.

Oh folks get a life, funny as all this is. 

Quote from: Bealman on March 02, 2014, 09:15:39 AM
Oh folks get a life, funny as all this is. 

I get all my information about real Australian life from trusted sources - Neighbours and Home and Away. And hanging onto your life seems to be the real challenge of the day - let alone getting a life.