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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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Broadband down in rg30

I hub 5 blinking red and blue intermittently and I’ve had no connection to the Internet since midnight last night. Postcode checker states no issues in the area. However work was carried out last night on the system between 12 am and 3 am. 

Resolved! Tapo devices not connecting to Virgin router

Hi,I have read a few posts from people asking similar questions but none seem to have a solution, and none seems not match my experience.I have a couple of Tapo bulbs, two sockets and a camera. Until about 10 days ago they were all successfully worki...

Re: Web safe not working when enabled

I too am having and it’s been numerous times I’ve been messaging through WhatsApp, phone calls it works for a month or two and then I have to go through all of this again, no amount of reboots, factory resets make any difference, Its been working for...

Opening ports on hub5

I have got this advise from the the tech guy of a device of mine. Any idea how to set this up on hub5 please? If the device still has no connection to the internet you will need to contact your internet service provider. They should assist you in ens...

Dododo by Joining in
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Resolved! setting up wifi pods

Hi,I've just switched to a Volt package (many thanks to the forum admin who helped me with this) so I can get some wifi pods to help with my wifi coverage in my flat (some new wireless hifi stuff needs better connections). I realise that my router is...

jbraner by Dialled in
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Is a complaint even worth it?

For months now, my Broadband has been dropping packets every day. My internet drops for anything from a few seconds to a few minutes, but it does it regularly.  I had an engineer out who could find nothing wrong.  It was suggested that as I had put m...

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leew1 by On our wavelength
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No RF Signal Detected - afternoon and evening

So... for the past three days the internet connection fails with either an RF signal or internet registration failure.It fine in the morning but fails in the afternoon and remains with an error all evening. I noticed that the TV signal is also disrup...

SYNC Timing Synchronization failure

Hello,For the last couple of weeks, our broadband is regularly dropping, multiple times a day. Router logs show it is a synch failure which from other forum posts looks like it is an issue between the cabinet and our house.I'm assuming this is affect...

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mamwl1 by Joining in
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Hub 3 Solid red light for over a year

Good evening all.I have had the solid red light on my router for over a year. It is warm to the touch and at times gets a little hotter. I have drop outs intermittently, always seems to be around 2pm when working from home.I have called Virgin who te...