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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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HUB 5 - DS Scanning

For the past five days my router HUB 5 has been working intermittently.  It continually stops and comes up with the message "DS Scanning" or "Partial Service (US only)".  I also get message below, even though I am the one that had logged in earlier. ...

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Pat7 by Joining in
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Will Wifi Pods show split signals

Hi Apologies if this is a duplicate post. I have jsut ordered WiFi Pods. At the moment I split my 2.4 and 5gz signal as I have a number of smart devices that only use 2.4Will the WiFi Pods also broadcast the 2 seperate wifi signals (2.4 and 5) or doe...

Resolved! Permanent bright red light on hub3 router.

Had a permanent red light on front of hub3 router. Been like it for prob 3 months or more. Tried rebooting, resetting, switching off many many times. Even left off overnight. It just comes straight back on red. No other lights show. It's where its al...

tpg123 by Tuning in
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Resolved! Powerline adaptors with hub 3

Hi, I just moved over to Virgin, already regretting the move. My powerline adaptors no longer work since switched from plusnet ADSL. Do I need to buy new adaptors or turn the virgin hub3 into a modem and connect it to my old to link router to get pow...

Resolved! Superhub 5 Problems

Hi. We upgraded to a Superhub 5 from a 3 and have had constant problems. We also have a pod which was previously connected to the hub 3.1) The VM connect app reports conflicting settings but is unable to correct them. The Hub 5 reports ethernet and W...

apwebb by Tuning in
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Cant order Wifi Pods

Could someone advise me how I speak to an actual human to get my WiFi pod ordered?  I've done the connect app scan but all it does it put me through to a chatbot and I never hear back from anyone. I just want to order a wifi pod and I'm fed up with v...

FTTP reliablity?

I am seriously starting to think of switching to BT FTTP instead of my Virgin FTTC just for reliabltity especially when it comes to Latency. I PC game a lot and use my HUB3 in modem mode with a edgerouter x and have decent ping/latency but sometimes ...

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Hub 5 WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE selection

I selected the WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE option in my HUB5 WIFI security setup but noticed that nothing connected to it. My household mostly have iPhones on ios15 or ios16, and also modern laptops.I then selected just the WPA2-PSK setting and everything conn...

dcbrown by On our wavelength
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Resolved! Hub 5, what Cat cable is best

Hi after my Hub 4 bricked the engineer has replaced with the Hub 5. I am looking to wire up 2 pc's in the furthest point in the house an upstairs bedroom. On wifi both pc's get average 400 mbps on the 1 gig package and would like some guidence on wha...