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Smart Hub USB

by pip11 in Archive Staging
‎05-05-2021 21h42
‎05-05-2021 21h42
I have a BT Smart Hub v1 and would like to add a 500Gb hard drive to the router port to enable a networked drive. My questions: 1. Can I use a USB hard drive which would I need to be powered or w...
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  • ....254\usb1 I power a 2Tb hard drive from the USB port ok. Yes, you could use a flash drive. B...

Smart Hub 2 & USB Connection via Linux

by chris7272 in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎23-05-2022 15h57
‎23-05-2022 15h57
Can anyone help? I have a USB connected hard drive on my Smart Hub 2 which I have mapped and accessed successfully with Windows 7&11. However, I'm having no success mapping the same USB hard d...
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  • Must be finger trouble here - solved. Many thanks.

Files disappearing from USB HDD attached to Smart ...

by Corvus69 in Archive Staging
‎07-04-2021 20h46
‎07-04-2021 20h46
I have a perplexing problem - I have a BT Smart Hub 2 at home that I have an external USB HDD attached to for general file access and streaming movies from etc. Hundreds of Gigs of files keep d...
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  • I suggest you check for a virus or malware, ain't nothing to do with the router.

TP Link Router USB

by Soylent in BT Fibre broadband
‎13-02-2025 19h00
‎13-02-2025 19h00
I would like to replace my smart hub 2 with a TP -Link 9300 (BE550) router to take advantage of the USB 3.0 port on the TP - Link. The smart hub 2 only has USB 2 and is locked to SMB 1. I have b...

Smart Hub 2 USB Device Server Issues

by profgriswald in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎03-02-2023 20h16
‎03-02-2023 20h16
Hi all, I am trying to setup my own little cloud storage system using my BT router and an external hard drive. I have plugged it in an attempted to connect to the server on my laptop (Mac). I can e...

Smart Hub 2 USB SSD password

by meditek in Archive Staging
‎25-04-2021 11h10
‎25-04-2021 11h10
I have BT Smart Hub 2 with an SSD attached to the USB port and mapped as Drive Z: I can access Z: without a password, however when my backup software (Acronis) tries to access Z: then a username+p...

Networking two usb drives

by Thirdprize in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎10-03-2024 19h24
‎10-03-2024 19h24
I have a smart hub 2 with two usb drives plugged into a usb hub.  They show as usb1 and usb2.  I have mapped these to windows drives but over the weekend the router restarted and usb1 is n...

Working dual-band on a Smart Hub 2

by Nemo2000 in Archive Staging
‎12-02-2021 20h01
‎12-02-2021 20h01
I’m new to using dual-band WiFi, so apologies if these questions are common... My old laptop has an inbuilt 802.11n 2.4GHz WiFi adaptor. It will only talk to my Smart Hub2 at 144/72Mbps even when r...

Using hub usb port external drive for ftp

by Stain3567 in Archive Staging
‎12-02-2021 16h10
‎12-02-2021 16h10
I realise similar questions have been posted but I am somewhat confused by some answers. So here is my attempt at the question. I have a BT smart hub 2. Attached to the usb port is a Seagate 2Tb e...

Ethernet speed not right - FTTP

by PAISLEY1903 in Archive Staging
‎11-02-2021 21h20
‎11-02-2021 21h20
I recently upgraded to 900 FTTP with Smart Hub 2. My wifi speeds are fine at 400 but my ethernet speeds are wrong and I can't work out why. At first I thought it was maybe old devices but on t...
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  • You've effectivly prooved it is an issue with the Dell. If the ONT is only supplying 300mb you woul...
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