Fibre fault - Connecting 3rd party mobile router to WAN port on Smarthub2

wenklaw — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:47:56 GMT

Hyperthetical question, if i had a fibre fault could i connect a 3rd party mobile router (4g sim) to the WAN port of the smarthub and the Smarthub to use the mobile routers 4g connection? I want the Smarthub2 to still provide the same range of ips to my network etc.

For reasons i shall not go into, unplugging the SH2 and using the mobile router instead doesnt fit my requirements.

Re: Fibre fault - Connecting 3rd party mobile router to WAN port on Smarthub2

licquorice — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:20:26 GMT

No, that won't work because the SH2 WAN port can't be configured and will expect to make a PPPoE connection with fixed credentials rather than get an IP address from another router.

However, Halo3+ from BT will provide a Hybrid Connect device which will perform the task if your fibre fails.

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Fibre fault - Connecting 3rd party mobile router to WAN port on Smarthub2

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