Use Bt business smart hub at home

[rizla13]

I have a spare bt business smart hub from work. Can i use this at my home on bt residential broadband and take advantage of the bridge mode option that only business hubs have?

[licquorice · Accepted solution]

Yes

[rizla13]

thank you

will i just have to use the same username login details from my current homehub and put that in the business hub? 
currently on the business hub it set to : btbusinesshub@business.btclick.com

also will the hub still receive future updates and won’t write over the business hub modem mode settings?

[imjolly]

yes you need to use the normal residential login  bthomehub@btbroadband.com   and any password

updates should be ok and automatic

[Keith_Beddoe]

Surely if you are using it in the modem only mode, then PPPoE authentication would be done on your own separate router?

[rizla13]

I have fibre 1 service which is fttc (max 80mb)

will i need PPPoA or PPPoE settings for my new router?

and where would i get these settings from?

[rizla13]

Im not sure. Hence why I’m asking on here for advice.

[licquorice]

PPPoE, not sure what you mean by 'where would I get those settings from'

[rizla13]

Ok so this is what im trying to do

use bt busines hub in modem modem and connect my linksys velop and use that as the router

so on the bt hub i change the username to the residential one and on the velop i use PPPoE?

[licquorice]

No, the PPPoE username and password are entered on the Linksys. No credentials are required on the hub as a modem. If there is a setting on the hub for VLANid, set it to 101