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ajo's avatar
ajo
On our wavelength
8 hours ago

Old router location, options for moving or improving wifi coverage.

I have a superhub 3. This is placed on the loft landing as back in Telewest days this was where the computer was. It is an open space by the staircase so central to the house... just at the very top. 

Downstairs where the V6 box is the connection seems to be getting worse. There is a bit of a dead spot downstairs too.

2 WiFi Pods don't seem to make much difference, plus there are limited plug location options in this older house. 1 WiFi Pod is plugged in on the landing pretty much directly below the router on the landing above which I thought would be a great place for it.

For a while an extra V6 box was installed on the middle floor, the cable is still there, would I be able to move the Superhub to this, or would that cable now be dead. Although this location is on the middle floor, it is less central and in a room surrounded by brick walls and a closed door. I would also need a way to run a very long ethernet to it as the solar inverter is currently plugged into the Superhub (it has not got WiFi)

On M500, would a Superhub 5 have better coverage if Virgin give this on M500.

Any tips would be great! Thanks.

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6 Replies

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta
    6 hours ago

    A simple thing to try, change the orientation of the Hub. The internal aerials may have a null directly underneath, so try standing it on its side or end. Are there pipes under the landing floor? 

  • Tudor's avatar
    Tudor
    Very Insightful Person
    6 hours ago

    WiFi is black art! Just a few tips. 1) pods are always better if Ethernet wired back to the hub. 2) if not they should be equal distance between the hub and the target device. 3) cannot really answer on whether a Hub5 has better WiFi, I use modem mode and ceiling mounted Wireless Access Points in my 95 year old house. Some posters say it’s better others worse. It’s a very much ‘suck it and see’ situation.

    I see you are paying monthly for pods, your money would be better spent on getting some Wireless Access Points, even if you do not get your own router.

    Another point is VM only guarantee a ridiculously low speeds for WiFi with their pods. With my WAPs I get over 2Gb on my internal LAN in most rooms.

    • ajo's avatar
      ajo
      On our wavelength
      3 hours ago

      On a Volt deal so no charge for the pods. The guaranteed speeds are low yeah. Really not great.