Summary of versions of Hubs and Firmware

Updated July 19th 2008.
BT Home Hub versions.

Three hubs from the past few years. Most V1's (pictured Right) were white, some V1.5 (Centre) were black, but they were the same inside! Phones were interchangeable between V1 and V1.5, though 1010 phones came out with the V1 and 1020 phones came out with the V1.5. These hubs are all designed by Thomson and made for BT in China, the V1 and V1.5 being based on the Thomson Speedtouch.

There was also an earlier hub, grey in colour, labelled as "Inventel DV4212-BT" and with "BT Hub" on the front but I have no useful information about that hub, except that it was introduced to service the Fusion phones. It was designed by Thomson and made by Inventel until Thomson took them over.

Summary of firmwares over the last couple of years

Version 1 and 1.5 hubs: 6.1.1.M - V1 hubs only, some 0800 numbers don't work, not IE7 compatible.
6.1.1.R - V1 hubs only, IE7 compatible but supports one hub phone only.
6.2.2.6 - V1 hubs only - the last version to allow telnet access. Can be hacked easily.
It is also possible to Lock into 6.2.2.6 and prevent any further upgrades.
6.2.6.B - V1 or V1.5 hubs and needed for FON to work. First commercial version on V1.5 hubs. Rather buggy.
6.2.6.C - V1 or V1.5 debugged B version
6.2.6.E - V1 or V1.5 More debugging but wi-fi was inherently unstable. FON and Broadband Anywhere.
6.2.6.H - V1 or V1.5 - Most of the E bugs removed, and can be scheduled to load in BT's new Upgrade Manager It's not known if this version will auto upgrade like the previous versions for non-FON users, but will auto upgrade if you have FON enabled.
Wi-fi seems to be much better on 6.2.6.H i.e. it allows all laptops to connect without having to fiddle with wifi channels.

Version 2.0 Hub :

8.1.A.D (Type A) - V2 only - First commercial firmware on V2 July 08.
8.1.A.E (Type A) - V2 only- First revision two minor corrections Aug 08.
Known bugs on 8.1.A.E:-
CRC Errors (Down/Up) 1 / 2147480001 as start off
Upload and Download counters cannot get past 2047.102 MBytes each .
Fails to display some connected devices properly, or at all, in the devices list - most likely ones with fixed IP addresses.
Echo on receipt of landline calls.