Bell Is Rolling Out New Firmware To The Gigahub [UPDATED]
You might have been following my coverage of Bell’s rollout of the new Gigahub which is the hardware that they supply to their Bell Fibe customers. Out of the box, it had issues. And I put out a request for help identifying these issues as I was getting a lot of emails asking for help. Ultimately Bell identified these issues via a Bell employee who frequents the DSLReports.com forums called “Bell_Dom”. A firmware update then came out that fixed the initial rollout had. But you had an ask for it.
That seems to have changed in the last few days as according to this thread on DSLReports.com, Bell appears to be rolling this out widely. The firmware is version 1.7.8.1 and it is specific to the Gigahub. One bonus of this new firmware is that it finally fixes the issue of WiFi re-enabling when you reboot the Gigahub. That’s something that I wish that Bell would bring that down to the HH4000 as that bug is annoying.
Have you received this update on your Gigahub? What has your experience been? Please leave a comment below and share your experience.
UPDATE: This firmware is for the HH4000 and not the Gigahub. The Gigahub is apparently getting version 1.6 of its firmware pushed out to it.
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September 7, 2023 at 1:57 pm
Its now Sept. 7, 2023 and I’m thinking of getting Bell service. I live in the GTA. are these giga hub modems still a problem? are they already updated with the new firmware out of the box?
September 7, 2023 at 2:14 pm
That’s hard to say. Bell hasn’t put out release notes with the most recent firmware so nobody has any clue what it fixes. If you’re using the modem standalone, it’s likely fine. But your guess is as good as mine when it comes to using it with PPPoE and ADMZ setups.
August 1, 2024 at 7:52 pm
Hey! I found your blog while searching for answers on how to optimize my new Bell Gigabit Fibe 3.0 Plan. I’m in Hamilton, ON. The tech installed the line in my basement so immediately I’m not getting good coverage. I tried to set up my TP Link Deco M9Plus system to create a mesh wifi situation with the Gigahub but it’s just creating two wifi instances to choose from. Both being not great if you aren’t right beside the Gigahub. I called Bell to speak to a technician who wasn’t allowed to tell me how to set it up with my Decos because in his words: “Bell wants you to use our wifi pods so we’re not allowed to help you setup other gear.”
Anyways! You seem very up on all this, would love to just ask some questions if possible! Thanks!
August 2, 2024 at 9:01 am
My contact info is in my “About” page. Email me your questions and we can take it from there.