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Is it possible to have 2 Smart Hub routers?

colinreidcr — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:37:05 GMT

Hey all.

I live in a flat and my main smart hub is in the living room, but my gaming set up from where I stream from is in my office room which is 2 metres away from the living room. But the thing is I plug in my ethernet cable into the WIFI discs to get a connection as my PC doesn't have a WIFI card, but you need ethernet anyway for gaming.

So, I was wondering if it was possible to get work done in my office room to be able to get a 2nd smart hub connection?

Kind regards

Colin,

Re: Is it possible to have 2 Smart Hub routers?

jac_95 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:51:07 GMT

What you need is either:

Install ethernet port, cables and switches it each room (a local networking or telecoms engineer can do this but may require running cables in walls or trunking)
Use a power line adapter that uses your electrical wiring to transmit the data packets between each adapter
Use mesh WiFi like the BT WiFi discs that support turning the back ethernet port from a backhaul port to a ethernet port that you can plug client devices into

Re: Is it possible to have 2 Smart Hub routers?

colinreidcr — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:08:31 GMT

thanks for your reply! I could try the wall ethernet port route. Sounds like a good idea to me.

Colin,

Re: Is it possible to have 2 Smart Hub routers?

Carlusha — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:58:14 GMT

@colinreidcr

Ensure the Management Company or the Freeholder are aware and give permission if the task requires a lot of drilling and cables throughout the flat.