How to remove/bypass Bell Hub 3000 and use your own router

I have researched and found a way to remove Bell Hub 3000 and use your own router and get the full Fiber internet speed.
You will need to buy an extra piece of equipment - TP-LINK MC220L but I think in the end is worth it.

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[XxTWMLxX]

pro tip: once you do this mod its possible to get free mid tier tv service with your own router providing you can find a bell tv box to register... and know the work around like me to register them... (ebay often has listings) as the tv boxes will get a 10.0.x.x ip address right from bell and not register to your 192 local net and address.

[MichaelJamesWood]

An alternative for those that are wondering; you can use your router through the Home Hub 3000 by turning on DMZ and also checking Advanced DMZ. You will need to add your routers MAC address by typing it in. Note that there is a LAN MAC as well as a WAN MAC. You want the WAN MAC and you may have to look for it by logging into your router. The last digit is usually one digit or letter higher than the LAN MAC. Here's the part where myself and others got stuck; Plug your router into the Home Hub 3000 LAN1 port, not the WAN. After setting up Dynamic IP in the router, it finally obtained an IP address. Good luck.

PS. Thank you for your video. I may go this method at some point to move the radiation out of the room.

[nano]

Thanks Marius, followed your instructions and I'm now free of being stuck using that anchor called the Bell HH 3000. I replaced it with a ASUS Wireless AX5700. The software is great, lots of control and information. Thanks again Marius, great video.

[montecristo]

New to Bell Fibe... replaced the HH3000 twice already, found it to be very unstable at best. Within a month as a new Bell internet customer, had to perform a hard reboot several times as a standard practice so i was NOT impressed. Purchase the TP-Link as recommended, i hope you get rewarded when we do this. Your instructions were very straight forward and worked like a charm. Took a few minutes for the Bell network to connect... I will provide update how stable this new set up is, THANK YOU.

[miatared]

I would like to thank you for this video. I purchased a TP-Link AX-3000 and the media converter. I followed your instructions and with the help of some of the comments, BOOM, I'm now online. A much, much better and snappier connection from all my devices. Again a huge thumbs up.

[cimplicit]

@Marius C
I purchased the same Router (RT-AC68U) and TP link module, everything works great! Thank you for rescuing me from the HH3000.

Much love from Scarborough

[JettScythe]

For those with Bell Aliant (those in the maritime area) - they use DHCP rather than PPPOE. Be sure set it to automatic (rather than PPPOE) & set the authentication under account settings to none.

[Sola_Scriptura_.]

I just did this upgrade the other day, and wow, does it make a difference in space savings and reduced heat dissipation! If you want improved wifi and network performance, this is not for you. If you want better control over your network or just want to get rid of the Hub 3000 and useless hidden networks, this can be a fun project.

Great advice and step-by-step instructions in this video, except for the User ID and Password. User ID typically starts with and you may have to call Bell for the password if you lost or misplaced the original documentation that came with the Hub 3000.

[mikescool]

Thanks for the video, and just another tip: If you change your speed (eg. from 150 to 500 Mbps). You are going to need to plugin it back into your Hub3000 and call tech support to do a reset. Once it's setup for the new speed, you can put it back into the TP Link switch. Cheers.

[AtillaSoylu]

Reporting back, works like a charm. I was missing the VID settings on LAN and having issues, VID setting solved my issue. Thanks Marius!

[bigc]

Damn finally it WORKED!!! I had to buy a crossover cable and I used the same advice has ppl that have comment for tp-link router thank you!

[christopherwereley]

Hi, Im presently on Fibe 300 and don't use the HH2000, but use two Asus 86U in mesh setup connected to the Alcatel Lucent ONT. I inquired about going to the Bell Fibe 1GB/s package. They said they will take away the ONT and provide with HH3000 garbage. SO I'm looking for solution to ditch the HH3000 before I commit. Question - what is the type of SFC module that is inside the HH3000? I heard rumours it is a 2500Base-XX (2.5GB/sec) type. The concern I have is the TPlink MC220L may not properly handle this SFC module and I won't get the 1GB/s speed. Can anyone confirm the bandwidth they are receiving using this TPlink solution on the Gigabit Bell Fibe package. So sense in going to the 1.5 Gigabit package as it's too much for the MC220L.

Additionally, can the SFC module be changed for a 1000Base? Or are these SFC modules programmed in some way? I'm even considering going back to the ONT setup after the Bell tech leaves and ditching the HH3000 that way rather than the solution offered here. Thanx for any additional info anyone can provide.

I also see Asus has a new router (AX type) with a 10 GB/s SFC+ port. I wonder if something like that would work? Have to read more about it but it does seem interesting. I imagine it's big $.

[nkingg]

this is interesting I often wondered if the bell box was giving off radiation disrupting my sleep as ever since it was installed the energy felt different in the home, so now I am happy and will bypass that box and use your beautiful method, thank you good sir

[PSLegend]

Hey, apparently I paid for fiber but they never gave me the SFP module and I've been using it for years. I found out after I already bought the converter. Now what do I do?

[gfk]

WOW worked first try !! The hardest part was to pull the SFP. Thanks so much

[cainweo]

Hey i was just wondering : i have BELL HH2000 ... can i plug fiber cable with SFP adapter on my udm pro ? many thanks

[uncleabe]

Recently had trouble with my HH3000, wifi just stopped working and it lasted all day. If I don't have Fibe or an sfp module in my HH3000, what would I do to setup my own router? From what I've gathered just plug in my second router into the HH3000, then follow the setup on the computer as shown in the video?

[ottawacanadaottawacanada]

I got HH4000. How is its microwave effect, I do have my on router Asus Ax86u, but I don’t know how to disable wifi from HH4000 to work on my own router, thanks .

[nedgarca]

Nice video from a tech POV, but WiFi microwave spectrum is non-ionizing radiation and not known to be harmful. From a power spectrum PoV, it's kind of like being worried about Christmas tree lights causing cancer.

[geoffreyquaile]

Can you make a video for the HH4000. Thus far I believe GSPON ones are blocked for PPPoE.