Smart Hub Plus (SH31b) Smart hub Plus USB for Printer

[sfs-from-bt-24]

Hi everybody

I have been forced to move to EE from BT and landed with the Smart Hub SH31B which I think is what everybody calls Plus.

With BT Hub 2 I was using USB port with fixed IP for label printer - SII 450. It worked brilliantly. However, it does not work with this new EE invention.

Does anybody know how to make it working as a printer port?

Will be most grateful for help.

Regards - Stash

[XRaySpeX]

The USB port of the SH+ is non-effective. It is intended for developers'/engineers' use or perhaps may be used as a power source. 

[Duke-Box]

Hi, so about to upgrade to FFTP and have received my SmartHub +.

Got mixed feelings about this router.

1. At last after several routers from EE, this one supports a LAN address range of 10.0.0.x -praise be!
2. But you say I can't use the USB port for my Hard drive.
   Tested this with  usb thumb drive and the router didn't see it and no networks shares
   This is ludicrous since all my EE routers have been able to do this and it makes the smart hub + useless for me. Just like all the other EE routers which didn't support my internal IP network.
3. The wifi password rules make it impossible for me to replace my old router as I have 15 plus devices that connect to my old router wifi with a password which is 14 characters and I cannot easily change their wifi SSID and password. Easier to set up a new access point than change the devices config. But can't because of the unreasonable password rules. Bearing in mind that these devices are already connected to an existing EE router!

Any way round this?

[XRaySpeX]

@Duke-Box :

1. As far as I remember most EE routers support LAN address range of 10.0.0.x. You need to 1st change the Gateway IP to 10.0.0.X.

[Duke-Box]

Really? I haven't ever seen that on the forums/google. The one I use at the moment only supports 10.0.0.x if DHCP is off.
This router is a Smart hub "+EEH001+2041016402"

Routers I have had sent by EE after this one don't even allow that! But maybe if I'd have known about the gateway address then .........

The smart hub+ is the first in years that allows this out of the box.
However it is still useless if it doesn't support USB and WiFi password compatibility with previous versions of the router it is replacing. If so migration would be seamless.

[peterjpt]

Is this problem not related to Windows setting for SMB 1.0 which needs to be disabled to allow the use of the USB by a windows computer.  Search in windows for Turn Windows features on / off.

This applies to my EE Smart Hub which has a hard disc plugged into it and is available to all computer on the WiFi.

[XRaySpeX]

@peterjpt : No, it doesn't apply for the EE Smart Hub Plus. It's the router itself that's preventing it. The USB port of the SH+ is non-effective. It is intended for developers'/engineers' use or perhaps may be used as a power source. 

It was the original Smart Hub that needed SMB 1.0 to be enabled