Smart Hub 2 USB ports (USB2 or 3)

[MikeLanglois]

Hi there,

Is the USB port on the Smart Hub2 a USB 2 or a USB 3 port? Cant seem to find out the information online.

[licquorice · Accepted solution]

USB 2

[MikeLanglois]

Shame. Ok thanks very much

[licquorice]

Not only that, but if you use the port for a hard drive, it uses smb1

[MikeLanglois]

That is one of the things I was looking to doing. Guessing thats bad?

[licquorice]

It's just very slow. You also need to enable Smb1 in W10 as it is disabled by default.

If you are not worried about speed, the port works ok, I use it to connect an external hard drive for backups.

[MikeLanglois]

How slow are we talking, and is there any hope they will enable SMB2 or anything better?

I was going to use it to connect a hdd to my laptop wirelessly for occasional data transfer / backups, so slow wouldnt be a problem unless its like 50kbps lol

[licquorice]

I guess it depends on the number and size of the files being transferred as much as the total size, but somewhere between about 40Mbs and 64Mbs. A 169GB backup took about 8.5Hrs and a 10.5GB about 20 mins.

[CellBlock]

Pretty sure it is a USB2 port, however as with earlier BT Hubs it will run much faster if you plug in a USB3 drive.

[gg30340]

@CellBlock

Just so that you aware in case you get no replies, you are posting on a two year old thread.