Does EE Smart Hub offer guest network, VLAN segregation or bridging?
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‎13-01-2024 07:39 PM
Does the EE Smart Hub offer:
- guest network (with client isolation), and/or
- VLAN segregation, and/or
- bridging to a third-party router (not just disabling WiFi)
Some background: I have an Echo device and growing number of IoT devices. To protect against network intrusion (from an IoT device into my home network) it's been suggested I should either put the Echo and IoT devices on a guest network or on a separate VLAN.
A more complex recommendation is three VLANs: home, devices, guest.
I'm currently on BT Broadband using a BT Smart Hub 2 which doesn't support:
- guest network, or
- VLAN, or
- bridging
It seems that I will be encouraged to migrate from BT to EE Broadband sooner or later. So I am trying to find out if the new hub will be better suited to securing my IoT network, before I start shopping for yet another device.
(I'm aware of Advanced Web Protect but that sounds more like a firewall, rather than internal security from a hijacked device. If there are more details on how AWP works I'd love to read them.)
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‎13-01-2024 08:55 PM
The EE Smart Hub Plus does have 1 Guest network & VLAN. It does not support bridge mode/modem only.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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‎13-01-2024 07:44 PM
Well, Setting up Guest WiFi sounds promising! That page says:
Guest’s devices are kept separate from your main WiFi to help keep your home devices safe.
That sounds about right. But are guest devices isolated from each other as well?
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‎13-01-2024 08:55 PM
The EE Smart Hub Plus does have 1 Guest network & VLAN. It does not support bridge mode/modem only.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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‎04-09-2024 01:31 PM - edited ‎04-09-2024 01:32 PM
OK I have set up the Guest network via EE App for Smart Hub Plus
How do I make the Printer visible on Both networks?
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‎04-09-2024 01:44 PM
@Ewan15 : You can't by WiFi! Devices are separated from each other between the 2 networks as they are either connected to 1 SSID or the other at any 1 time. If you want to share a printer it would need to be connected by Ethernet.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
