Can you link 2 BT Home Hubs together?

You can’t have two BT Home Hubs directly connected to a broadband-enabled phone line at the same time – you can only have one Broadband Advice modem in use on any one line. The best option is to site your Home Hub close to your TV (for Vision), then use a USB wi-fi adapter for your PC upstairs.

How do I separate 2.4 and 5GHz BT hub 2?

If you do want to split your SSID, here’s what to do:

1. Open a new web browser on a device connected to your Hub and type 192.168.
2. Click Advanced Settings.
3. Click Wireless.
4. Enter the admin password.
5. Set the “Separate bands” switch to “ON”
6. Your new SSID for the 5GHz band will be created by default.

Can you have 2/bt routers?

No you can not have two routers set up on the same line. If your wireless signal does not reach your office you could either run an Ethernet cable from your Homehub to the office or use a wireless repeater which would boost the wireless signal.

Is BT Home Hub 3 Dual Band?

The wireless on the home hub 3 is single band 2.4Ghz with a connection rate of 144Mbps out of the box. The smart hub is dual band, so it broadcasts on 2.4 and 5Ghz.

How do I use my old BT router as a WiFi extender?

Re: Re-purposing an old Home-Hub 2.0 router as a wi-fi extender. Just give the hub you are going to use an extender an IP address outside of the DHCP range of the main hub, disable DHCP on it and connect it to the main hub via Ethernet cable LAN port to LAN port.

Does BT Smart Hub 2 have 5GHz?

BT Smart Hub 2 users are complaining of connection issues between their wifi-enabled devices. The telecom giant’s router operates using two different wireless frequencies: 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.

How do I use my old BT router as a wifi extender?

How many devices can a BT Home Hub support?

This was described as the “BT Wireless Hub 1800HG”, or in some documentation as the “BT Wireless Home Hub 1800”. This provided one USB connection, four ethernet ports and Wi-Fi 802.11b or 802.11g wireless connection. A total of ten devices in any combination of these was supported.

How many devices can BT Home Hub 6 support?

Theoretically, a home router could have 254 devices connected to it. This is because of the limit in IP addresses it can assign to devices, from 192.168. 1.0 to 192.168. 1.255.

Why have BT sent me a Smart Hub 2?

Could be that you are being moved to fibre broadband from standard broadband. BT are trying to get rid of ADSL and move customers to VDSL. If so, it will be a free upgrade.

How to use the BT Home Hub as a router?

Using the BT Home Hub as the main router 1 Connect from one of the Home Hub’s Ethernet ports to the main port on your other router/switch 2 Disable wi-fi on the Home Hub – details 3 Log in to the Home Hub interface and turn off DHCP. On the Hub v1, go to ‘Advanced > Configuration > IP Addresses’. On… More

How do I Disconnect from my BT Hub?

Step 2: Disconnect from your main BT Hub and connect either by Wi-Fi or ethernet to your old BT Hub, you should not have internet access, otherwise you’re connected to your current hub. Step 3: Go to the hub manager, type: 192.168.1.254 in your browser, you should reach a screen like this, depending on the hub you’re using.

Is there a user guide for Home Hub 3?

No installation guide / CD etc with the package though. I’ve readily found simple instal guides on BT.com but they all refer to using the CD – which I wasn’t sent – or if no CD refer to Page 13 of the User Guide. All links on BT.com for User Guide refer back to the simple setup guide which, naturally, has no Page 13.

How can I link two home hubs together?

Apply the change. You’ll immediately have lost contact with the Hub, as its address has just changed. Doesn’t matter. Close the browser, switch off the Hub, then switch it back on. Wait for it to do its start-up things.