Hands-on with the Bell Home Hub 3000 

I've had the HomeHub 1000 for a couple of years and are still getting 'LCP Echo Request' failures almost daily where I lose the Internet Connection. Checking the Logs, I've had 51 Disconnects in the last 11 days. One of their techs who came did not like the 1000 and did not speak highly of the 2000 either. I'm just wondering if the 3000 could possibly improve the Disconnects that I am getting? Might it have newer and improved Firmware over previous models? Your thoughts Mark would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Mark, I had Bell Fibe 50 installed last Friday, but for some reason they gave me a HH2000 (even though my contract says HH3000)? We are having huge issues with the 2000, sound blips every few minutes over HDMI and the pairing between the receivers and the VAP3400 has dropped 4 times in 5 days, which ruins your recordings. 3 of the 4 times I have had to reboot right back at the 2000, as the repairing procedure did not correct the issue. When I investigated via google, I found I should have had the 3000, but also many comments that the 3000 firmware is unstable and "not street ready". Now I'm not sure whether to push for the 3000 I should have had or not?? (never had any of these issues with my old wired PVR :(.

i have Brother Airprint printers MFC-J497DW and since i installed the Bell 3000 from my apple router trying to print is a day long activity. of course bell says not their problem. unit sees my router then oopps doesn't see it. any ideas?

Thanks for the video. Unreal how large that modem/router is! :)

Thanks for video. I have scheduled Bell to install their FIBE TV since I have FTTH. I'm glad you were able show the box as I was curious how big it was in reality.

We had problems the day after the 3000 was installed. The Bell technician on the phone said to reboot. I pulled the plug, opened the batter door and the battery fell out. I tried all the ways i could think of to put it back in and found one that worked but I don't know if it's in right. How should the battery be positioned to put in back in place correctly?

Hi Marc, Good video. If I still want to hard-wire my Bell 4K PVR to the HH3000, using Cat6 Network cable, will this still be possible? thanks!

Actually i turned off home hub internet in the home setting now now i am trying to again turn on but now I didn't able to reach at that home screen . I try this with my mobile data but I don't know what is the problem linked with that. Can you provide me any tips regarding this. thanks

Can you go through every port the 3000 has? How many ethernet ports are there? I tried to pause but couldn't get a good view of the back when you were holding it.

Can you reset this router wirelessly too or do you need to use the physical reset button??

Hey mark, i live out in the country and I got a bell 3000, it has 4 wired ethernet ports, I'm using 2 and I want to add some wired CCTV ip cams and a couple of cisco wireless access points outside, can I add a POE switch to the 3000?

Hi Marc, I have the home hub 3000 now, and use a Netgear wifi extender because my PC desktop is 2 floors above the location of the 3000 router. I'm going to a hub 4000 soon, and wonder if I'll still need the wifi extender. Note that Bell Fiber optic was recently installed in my home.

Hi Marc, my question is , if i put that router in my Pc room with the door close will the signal get to the 3 tvs because ich tv hás a different room in the house ? the house is just one floor , iam thinking geting 300 fibre plan ,thank you

Hi Marc, great review! I was curious if the Bell Home Hub 3000 uses the VDSL and Adsl 2+ services? Will this unit work with Teksavvy DSL ISP?

Yep, I use to use 2 extenders in my house that only 6000 sqft in total living area. But, it's a bungalow which spread out quite a bit. But with 3000 and 1G network. I don't need any extender now. Very good upgrade :D

Hi Marc, is it possible to set up a NAS with Bell Hub 3000 if yes let me know how.

Hi,PLs is there any way to acces to the firewall in hub 2000 and disactivate sip alg?

Will Bell still not send you a Home Hub 3000 if you're not on the pure fibre optic connection? As opposed to the fibre optic go the node and then the node to your home (on the copper) ? That's the excuse they gave me.. I'm having some issues with IoT devices not being compatible with the Fast 5250 (Home Hub 2000) modem.

When I first heard your voice my ears perked up like "where have I heard him before.".. Then the depressing realization hit me and all those fond memories of techtv came crashing down. Really amazing to see you're still at it. Thanks for the helpful advice.

I just got my battery backup, just wondering how long it needs to charge before it is fully charged? I noticed it was 39% when I plugged it in, and now its 29% and I think it is using/draining the battery instead of charging it.

Hi Marc, do you know if this will work with my Apple Airport Express, which I use to stream music, through my older stereo system?

Does anyone know the square footage covered by Bell Home Hub 3000?

Hi Marc, appreciate your videos. Can you be more specific re how to disable the router portion of the Hub 3000.I switched to Bell yester from Rogers due to sometimes unstable connectivity and very low uploads speeds. I have the eero pro mesh system with gateway eero + 3 beacons. I have tried running the eero in double NAT mode and bridge mode - in either case, i am getting notably lower download speeds than before for my ethernet connected PC (via switch - my connection is Hub 3000 to eero & eero to switch) and eero wifi devices. I've spent hours on the phone with eero support and bell support - with no improvements and inconsistent recommendations. I have bell fibe TV (all receiver connected via wifi). Any suggestions? - i hesitate to throw away the $700 spent on the eero mesh - purchased since the pandemic began. Do i really need to now get the bell whole home with 6 pods? - dont know if that will show significant improvement ....very frustrated...

Sept 2019 how to reset rebook not working retry per or modem?

Can I plug a xr500 netgear in to the 3000 hub?

Can i add a 1Gbps switch from one of the ethernet port and use my devices on wires instead of wifi so i can have full bandwith ? so i keep just my cell on wifi.

I have the 3000, anyone reccomend where to go if I get rid of bell, I need faster down/up speeds. Any advice please??

Can the RJ45 LAN ports support faster speeds above 1 GB/S? You might have to get a new 10 gig NIC (120$ each) and your rj45 cables will need to be at least a CAT6 (30$). Also the Wifi speed will never ever be over 1gig for speed. I wonder if fibe is even needed until the rest catches up?

How do I turn this thing off or does it run 24 7 Thanks for advice

Thanks for the review Marc! Quick question : When you used to use the HomeHub 2000, how did it provide a wireless signal to the TV receivers? Or was it a different hardwired transmitter that provided this signal? And if the latter is true, was this transmitter wired to the HomeHub 2000? Thanks again!!

Does Smart Share work with Bell Home Hub 3000 to watch videos on my LG smart tv

I just had a Bell guy over this morning to replace my Hub 2000 with the Hub 3000. We plugged in the Hub 3000 with nothing connected and tested the wireless network signal. The Hub 3000 failed to have a better range than my Hub 2000 by 1 bar with 2 different devices in different locations around our property. Bottom line is that I kept the Hub 2000 and saved $200. I am now in the process of finding a Netgear modem/router with better range than my Hub 2000.

How can I get my Internet user ID(b1 number)??

could you help me i'm trying to DMZ on linux do you think it will work ??? fedora 35 ( "series 2000 i never got it working") thanks ahead

How can i put bell modem 3000 in bridge mode? I just want it to feed internet to my separate router and do all my wifi from there. Thanks.

I have a new HP printer and it's cannot connect to my Modem hub 3000 via wifi, may be it has MAC filtering ON, how can I turn it OFF?

Hi Marc, Starting a job working from home. I have Bell Fibe with the Home Hub 3000. Can I simply plug into the modem to hard wire as the job doesnt prefer wifi?

Can I install ExpressVPN directly on the router?

Hi Marc ...I have the 2000 modem and I just bought a tv Android box ....programming freezes for a few minutes and resumes .. What can I do ...is it the wifi strength as I’m not techie ....Bell sent me a new 2000 but I doubt I’m able to change it out with the Old one ...should I buy a wifi extender and if so what kind .....Thankyou ....

Does any Wi-Fi extender work with this device ?

OK, so why won't it connect to my printer? Bell help page indicates that there is a WPS button. Is it the one on the left? Why don't they tell you? I've followed all the instructions but it just counts down from 2 mins to zero no matter what I do with my HP laser jet 203dw

Hey there! Would you happen to know how to turn off my 5g so I can connect a wifi cam? I can't seem to find how to anywhere :(

May I have Technical data sheet of Home Hub 3000? Is it compatible for FTTH services?

Im thinking buying a condominiom just one flor, chould work fine, hope so, thank you

Hi Marc are you able to hard wire devices to the bell 3000 hub? Can you also add a switch box so many devices can be hardwired?

The trouble with the HH3000 modem-router is that it is proprietary to Bell and altho their website has some instructions, there is no comprehensive user manual available. If a person bought the HH3000 to save paying a recurring rental fee, owning it would be futile since it may be unusable if one switches to another service provider.

need help got bell wifi and would just want the wifi to be good only on my ps4 and bad on all other devicese

Can DNS be changed on this one? I use smartdnsproxy.

Hey, I recently ordered a Bell bundle here, and noticed something funny on the bill as per below... Home Hub 3000 $0.00 Backup battery for Home Hub 3000 $40.00 Backup battery for Home Hub 3000 credit -$40.00 Is the battery an extra charge with the Home Hub 3000? I thought it was built in and standard.

How do I connect a wireless printer to this? My old router had a button to press

i'm wondering how can i fix error 1101 pls help

HH3000 removes the DLNA coax port. HH2000’s coax port allows the expansion of your network using HPNA adapters and coax cable, which is a lot more stable than WiFi especially with TV boxes.

need more info, and tech specs.

How can I use a third-party router as a Bell Fibe customer?

Old video, Can't even find the battery for it now ?

How do you reset it

But why does it have such a big screen?

Are you sure it has a built in battery? Bell offered to sell me a battery back up for my Homehub 3000.

Is there a way to hide the password on the modem?

What is the red ethernet cable for

whats the point of upgrading your WiFi hardware when Bell only offers lackluster download and upload speeds. This is just another way of deceiving the consumers.

Cok suka bell have me that older one. Imma ask for the hub3000

my xbox crashes all the time with the 2000.WTF!

Just 4 ethernet ports on the back?

How do you access a USB device plugged into one of the USB ports on the HH2000? I can see the drive as one of the devices connected to the modem. It shows Host name:00000000000000000000 USB type: 2.1 USB port: 2 Total space: 953869 Mb Used space: 0 Mb Available space: 953869 Mb I called Bell support, but they are ABSOLUTELY USELESS and said they don't have information on accessing the drive. The web site gives information on connecting a drive to the modem, but NOTHING on accessing it. How DUMB is that !!!

What are the specs of this router? Is it AC1900 or higher?

Where is the hands-on...?

i guess i a lot f 'tech savy' will find this review 'useless' but I really appreaciated the review. Thank you!

Can u see what someone is searching with this device ?

So I have been a bell customer for over 20 years...both business lines and home for internet and all. You're telling me I have to pay $7 a month for a router that will actually work with the setup of my house. Yet if I were to cancle all my longtime subscriptions and sign up for a new package I would get the device free? Please let me know what sense this makes...yea attracting new customers is great but what about the loyal ones?

I'm getting 320.72 Mbps! :)

does it have ethernet

1.5 gb plan and i have less than 1mb real speed when i download something,

My problem isnt speed with the HH3000, the Fibre is really really fast. But the the connection is unstable, routers freeze and must be rebooted. The guy from bell said I could plug in the Fibe receiver directly in the 4K Receiver with an ethernet jack with no additional config, but within 5 minutes it crashed the whole modem. This hardware is garbage, and no amount of firmware seems to fix the issue. But boy, is it fast. 320MBPS wireless. If only i had an internet connection up for it to work long enough.

No help here for directions re: the battery and how to install.

i just signed with Bell what crapy enternet service 2 store house the hubb is in the basement never go faste like the other service before. before the all house no problem. knnow they ask to use pods extra money..why they keep sayng this is a great service???

My home hub 3000 crashes everyday. The firm ware is horrible. The company pushed out these routers to early and they are horrible.

My home hub 3000 works extremely well.

These are not modems/routers. They are routers only. They use VLANs to direct the internet vs TV traffic which is why a regular router does not work unless you have VLAN settings and set the internet to VLAN 35 and the TV to VLAN 36. All of Bell's Home Hubs used for fibre to the home are routers with VLAN setting capabilities. They are not modems combined with a router. Not that it matters, but some might find it interesting.

Thanks for the informed video I was wondering if you have an email address or a WhatsApp number for more questions about a hub 1000 thanks again How to unlock it totally

It's not that much better, but Bell saved a fortune consolidating the UPS unit and having it built-in and charging for it - changing DNS is not support but the option is there ..strange you try it... Hub 2000 not an issue.

That's an interesting thumbnail

You have to buy the battery

This modem sucks. My computer is slower than it has ever been, and videos now buffer for a minute or two before playing. This did not happen before I got this modem, and I had great, fast speed before

just "upgraded" to this and it resets itself at least once a day.

Would rather you showed how to connect phone and cable to ports.

Yea I can't find a way to close Port 22 and I'm not running any SSH server. A big security issue IMO I'm on win 10 x64 check it out yourself www.grc.com the old 2000 didn't have this issue...I reported it to Bell and they don't seem to understand or care.

so far the 3000 has been giving me a huge amount of issues. we still get our download speed. but the speed is slower. when I had the hub 2000 I could download games in hours. I have had my console on for 2 days now to download a game still have to download half the game. the phones get disconnected constantly. I even plug my console to the lan right beside the modem. and it barely helps. so far the home hub 3000 sucks compared to the 2000 for the price you pay you don't get a great improvment, sure I get an extra wifi bar but it's slower.

Can anyone tell me what error code 1000 means? This thing is a nothing but a dumpster fire

This thing sucks. I had it install on Sunday and 3 days later it's broken.

Please stop saying modem. If it doesn't plug into a phone line, it isn't a modem. And yes, I am aware this is a 3.5 year old video as I post this...

Fibre works awesome until it reaches the copper wiring that makes up electronic components. Bell Fibe only has one plus: time-shifting for programs. The interface sucks, the PVR sucks due to no folders structure for dividing episodes by season, etc; channels not subscribed to, and French language and PPV ones, cannot be removed and hidden; inundated with screensaver ads and you cannot just turn on the tv to the last channel watched; the program search function is horrible as is the ON Demand menu. I also no longer receive the local public service station cable services are supposed to provide so now local played hockey games are not history. There are very few plusses to Fibe TV.

There are a lot of software problems with this router. Its so bad the Bell reps are not reccomending it to customers and Bell is no longer making it the default choice for new internet accounts. As well it has a muc higher raiated radio power then the HH2000. If your in a Condo you don't need that much power. Problem is one of the bugs only kicks in when you reduce the power. Do not get this modem sicne it is still in beta testing and should not be trusted for critical environments.

For the rest of the English-speaking world wondering what "Bell" and "Fibe" mean, this is a Canadian product meant for Canadian fiber-optic service.... eh?

1:38 an who doesn't need a fatter pipe

Everyone that is declaring getting 1Mbs is salty about the price because I can get up to 204 Mbps with my bell home hub 2000.

Most of the people complaining about the quality should look at the personnel that’s installing your service. I left Bell when they started hiring 15$/hr people that make the job way harder then it needs to be. Creating multiple call back repairs. The good days of decent telecommunications specialists is over.

Mine is fast af. 100.15 Download Speed

Home hub 3000 is not as good as the R3000 router I used to have. Despite the router being in the exact same location, my Ring doorbell cam and stick cams are having difficulty staying connected to the wireless network. The signal strength is lower than the R3000. So much for it being more powerful with more powerful signal. Absolutely false. My speeds have actually dropped on my PC sitting in the very next room. My speeds have dropped by 60 - 100 mbps(wireless). During installation the tech thought the hub may have been faulty so he replaced it with a another hub, no difference. Quote from the tech "Yes it may technically be more powerful spec wise, but the CRTC controls how strong a signal we are allow to put out, so we can't turn it up to its full strength". Port forwarding no longer works and I no longer have the advanced options I used to have on the R3000. DO NOT BELIEVE THE ADVERTISING OR HYPE. I do not recommend the Hub 3000. I'm getting slower speeds and a weaker wireless signal.

I had a modem from 2005 hooked up with a router from 2010 and it was better then my this router with bell fibe net. Now I can't play Xbox at all. Bell is shit and liars