Yes, but you need to enter the broadband network login details for your BT Business Broadband line into your Hub for it to connect.
For support purposes we have to treat your BT Home Hub the same as a 3rd party router.
Can I use a BT Business Hub 6 at home
Re: Can I use my bt hub 6 at a different house? Yes you can use it.
Can I use my BT mini hub away from home
Can I use my Mini Hub abroad? You can use your data allowance in 48 European destinations at no extra cost.
If you’re travelling outside of these destinations, your BT Mini Hub and SIM won’t be able to connect to a network to use data.
What is the difference between BT home hub and business hub
Only really difference is the Business Smart Hub allows you to use your own DNS servers instead of BT/Plusnet’s.
Can I get a new BT Home Hub for free
BT will give you a Smart Hub for free if you contract, or re-contract, for a minimum of 18 months.
How do I connect to BT Business hub?
- Unplug all your old kit
- Connect your new Hub to the phone socket
- Plug it in and turn it on
- You’re online
- Finish setting up online with Smart Setup
Does BT charge to replace Home Hub
BT don’t lend you the Home Hub. They sell it to you. But so long as you stay with BT, they don’t charge you and after 12 months they write off the cost.
That means that once it’s out of warranty, then it’s your problem if it goes wrong.
What can I do with an old BT Home Hub
If its an old hub which was issued to you as part of a contract, before 13 December 2019, then you can simply take it to your local recycling centre.
After that date, it must be returned to BT, to avoid being charged for it.
Can I have 2 BT Home Hubs in one house
Re: One house – Two Hubs? Opinions over the quality of the product aside, then yes it is entirely possible. – Before the second hub is connected, change the Ip address on it from 192.168.
Can I use an old BT Hub as a router
Yes, as has been explained countless times on the forum. Just turn off DHCP and give the secondary hub an IP address outside of the DHCP range of the main hub and connect the hubs together Lan port to LAN port.
Is BT Home Hub a router or modem
The BT Smart Hub (formerly BT Home Hub) is a family of wireless residential gateway router modems distributed by BT for use with their own products and services and those of wholesale resellers (i.e. LLUs) but not with other Internet services.
Can I use 2/bt smart hubs
You can’t have two BT Home Hubs directly connected to a broadband-enabled phone line at the same time – you can only have one Broadband Advice modem in use on any one line.
The best option is to site your Home Hub close to your TV (for Vision), then use a USB wi-fi adapter for your PC upstairs.
How much electricity does a BT Home Hub use
It is the devices that receives or transmits the wireless signal that uses electricity to power them.
The Smarthub will use very little electricity, about 4 watts per day.
Is the BT Home Hub a router or modem
BT’s next generation Smart Hub 2 is our most advanced router and comes with a combination of unique features to deliver fast speeds throughout the home.
Can I connect another router to my BT hub
Re: Using another router with BT smarthub. Is it possible. No need to turn off smarthub wifi, you can use both, best to have different SSID for each so you know which you are connected to.
Connect the 2 routers LAN port to LAN port.
Can I get Bt tv with business broadband
Note that unlike with getting BT Broadband for your home, you cannot bundle TV options such as Bt sport with BT Business broadband.
Can I get Bt fibre to the home
It’s delivered to your home via fibre or copper cables. You can see what broadband you can get with us on our broadband deals page.
With broadband, you can get online with a wired connection (by plugging in to your router with an Ethernet cable), and a wireless connection (your wi-fi).
Why are BT sending me a new hub
We are sending new hubs out to customers as part of free of charges switch overs to fibre.
How does BT Broadband connect to my house
With Full Fibre installation, we’ll upgrade the master phone socket (the white box on the wall) and install an Openreach modem (ONT), which connects to the fibre optical cable that comes into your house.
The ONT enables you to get our fibre broadband and phone services, and connects to your BT Smart Hub.
Do I get a new hub with BT Halo
If you’re a BT Halo customer and have reported an eligible broadband fault, we’ll send you a new Mini Hub, unless you already have one that we asked you to keep safe.
Which is the newest BT Hub
BT has a few routers – the Smart Hub 2 is the newest – and is up there with the very best routers offered by broadband providers.
What is the newest BT Hub
Various sources have informed ISPreview.co.uk that broadband ISP BT is currently expected, barring any further delays, to launch their new Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) supporting Smart Hub 3 (SH3) router around July 2022.
The new kit will also be accompanied by an updated Complete Wi-Fi 2 (CWF2) mesh system.
How long does it take for a BT Hub to be delivered
Your BT Hub will be delivered by Royal Mail either the day before your services go live, or on the day itself.
It will arrive between 7am and 6pm, and Royal Mail will text you beforehand.
If you’ve taken BT TV along with BT Broadband, your parcel will be sent via Parcel Force rather than Royal Mail.
Does BT Business broadband have BT Sport
With BT Broadband BT Broadband customers (without a fibre connection) won’t be able to access BT Sport on their BT TV box.
However you’ll be able to get the BT Sport App on all supported devices, through the BT Sport App only package.
Does BT own my router
“As of 13 December 2019, we own all BT Broadband Hubs (Hub 4, Smart Hub, Ultrafast Smart Hub and Smart Hub 2) and TV Boxes (Z4, G4 and G5) sent out to customers,” the BT terms state.
“When you replace hubs or boxes, or leave BT, please return those items to us.
Can you have two BT routers one house
You can’t have two routers connected to the same internet connection, as Liquorice points out.
However, you can have the ISP router connected to the internet and then it’s LAN providing the feed into the EWAN port on your own router, so you can effectively continue to use your own router.
Can you have 2 home hubs in 1 house
You can have as many HomeKit hubs as you want, and they will all work together.
For example, I have Bluetooth temperature sensors throughout my home.
How does BT broadband work without a landline
If you don’t use your landline phone, Broadband only lets you have the broadband you want without the landline you don’t.
However, you won’t be able to make or receive any incoming calls on your landline phone.
This includes calls to the emergency services.
How many devices can you have on BT Smart Hub 2
1.249 IP addresses with the rest available for static IP addresses, but up to 10 in use currently.
The total maximum number of IP addresses in use including the Smart Hub and Discs is 45, but that has never happened, but 30-35 is highly likely.
Can I use a non BT router with BT broadband
No, the Hub needs to be specially designed to work with Fibre so you can only use the BT Smart Hub or the BT Home Hub 5, Hub 4, Hub 3 or the earlier BT Infinity Hub.
The Hub 3 and Hub 4 also need to have an Openreach modem that was fitted by an engineer.
Can I plug a phone into my BT router
If you plug your phone into a telephone socket that’s not near to your Smart Hub 2, that’s ok.
You can either use an adapter to connect them, or get a Digital Voice home phone and remotely connect it to your smart hub.
References
https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Fibre-broadband/High-electric-consumption-since-fibre-upgrade/td-p/1863544
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495798/EE-BT-team-to-redefine-home-broadband-with-BT-Halo-3
https://www.bt.com/help/landline/digital-voice-migration
https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/One-house-Two-Hubs/td-p/1694691
