Smart Hub 2 Interface Bonding

[Cornish_Network]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there would be any way to bond two of the interfaces on the Smart Hub 2? Or will I have to get a managed switch to get this capability.  I like the smart hub with the wireless but I want to get my HP micro server up and running with a few VMs with potential to have high throughput. And always happier to have the redundancy there too.

Does anyone know if this is at all possible? 

Thanks in advance,

Cornish_Network

[Keith_Beddoe · Accepted solution]

@Cornish_Network 

No, you would have to use a managed switch like this.

NETGEAR GS108E-300UKS ProSAFE 8 Port Web Managed (Plus) Gigabit Ethernet Switch

There is also a 5 port version.

You can then setup port based VLANS to group together your interfaces.

[Cornish_Network]

@Keith_Beddoe 

Thanks for that. Really think they should start including that as a feature of their Hubs. Obviously hidden from standard users.  I'll look in to that. 

Again, thanks 

[Keith_Beddoe]

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@Cornish_Network wrote:

@Keith_Beddoe 

Thanks for that. Really think they should start including that as a feature of their Hubs. Obviously hidden from standard users.  I'll look in to that. 

Again, thanks 

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As the home hub is simply a consumer grade device, advanced features would be pointless. I am not sure even if the BT Business hub is any better.

[licquorice]

Home hubs are cheap ISP devices intended for the mass market, why would an ISP spend money on something of use to 0.001% of the customer base?