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Resolved! Wifi no longer visible on London underground

Hi all,  I noticed for the first time today that the usual virgin media WiFi network isn't there on the tube. Is this being phased out?     [MOD EDIT: Please see update on post 111 here]      

ruswit by On our wavelength
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UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi

UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi WiFi is a somewhat notorious, though essential commodity. In many cases, when its behaviour does not meet the user’s perception of the claims made by the ISP (e.g. Virgin Media), the blame is quickly heaped on the IS...

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Sephiroth by Alessandro Volta
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Getting a better Wireless Network Signal

Seeing so many posts about Good, Bad & ugly Wifi, I thought I would post some suggestions for people out there.   There are definitely good, midrange & poor routers with quite variable performance wifi.  Never expect a mass market product to be the b...

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Hub status data - understanding network log messages

N Warning: Long, dull, a bit technical. NHaving needed to repeat myself a few times, I thought I'd share my understanding of what you might find in a Hub 3's network log when things go wrong, and what it means.  First of all, this post is based on my...

Andrew-G by Alessandro Volta
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Stand Alone ONT

With the advent of FTTP on Virgin's network I was wondering if there's any chance we can nominate to have a stand alone ONT installed rather than a Hub5x. I realise the hub 5X has the ONT built in (sort of). But it would be great not to have to put t...

slow wifi under 5M

I just changed to G1 (up to 1000M) in the past few days, and found that the network speed is often lower than 5M. Run the network diagnostic tool to check, and the display is as follows:please help:Your home network has a few problems.   Checking Bro...

iabboy by Joining in
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Hub 5 on modem mode

Set up Hub 5 as modem in order to use my ASUS router to provide better WiFi. On checking the speed, it's reduced everything to under 100mb. Any ideas?

ccscot22 by Joining in
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Internet keeps dropping out

For the last week my Internet has been dropping off for 30 seconds then it comes back on again. I have a hub 5 and keep getting 16 consecutive T3 timeouts plus US profile assignment change. I have had loads of these errors today. Can someone look ont...

Multiple access points for broadband

Hi,I recently moved into a property with two access points already set up, one is in the lounge (presumably for TV previously), and another in a separate office building (for internet). We do not have an internet package but would like to access broa...

Chemmo by Joining in
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hub3 ethernet ports max speed 100Mbps?

hihad my 350Mbs service installed yesterday.Having done some research and reading other posts on here it seems the ethernet ports wont go faster than 100Mbps (im currently getting about 85Mbps)Yes the Wi-Fi is being reported at 350-375, but I'm reall...

xlncuk by On our wavelength
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Label on router has wrong information

I just got a new superhub but can't log into it because the information on the label is wrong compared with the stickers with the wifi details.. The network name it's using is as stated on the included stickers,VM***5741 but the label on the router s...

Resolved! Connecting an Octopus mini hub

I have received a beta version of the new Octopus Energy mini hub.  The guidance suggests that it should be connected to a WiFi of 2.4ghz not 5ghz.   I have no idea what my Virgin WiFi hub is, 2.4 or 5ghz.  I certainly wouldn't want to attempt to con...

MrsM4 by Joining in
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Hub 5x Modem Mode

As a new full-fibre customer, I've recently encountered an issue that I'd like to address. I've realised that I'm unable to utilise my own, expensive, wireless mesh system because the Virgin Media hub provided does not support modem mode. In my opini...

lancsdw by Tuning in
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