WiFi Pods

You cannot measure signal strength this way. The only way is via an app to measure signal  strength.

Below -50 dBm - excellent

-50 to -75 dBm - reasonable 

Above -75 dBm - bad.

But, remember this is a two way process, the above is signal received by a smart phone device, you are unable to measure the signal received by the VM hub.

This is for iOS - 

https://github.com/intuitibits/shortcuts

Here's mexperience with pods.

2 pods both ethernet connected to Hub5.

We are hghly dependent on WiFi as we have minimal 4g and no 5g, so require good WiFi calling on our mobiles. With the pods it was absolutely unusable. I sent them back and invested in a 3 pack of Tapo BE65 and have had no issues at all.

I received a wifi pod today and it has improved the signal from 10mb to 20mb 

This is a very small improvement almost as if a very robust floor has absorbed most / all of the 5GHz band and some of the 2.4GHz band too.

If you live in a town house with reinforced concrete floors, Wi-Fi Repeater / VM Pods may not be an ideal solution & you may need to consider cabled Wi-Fi Access Points or Power Line Adaptors. 

Hi Simba1, 

Thanks for taking the time to contact us via the Community. It's lovely having you on board with us in the Forums. ⭐

We're sorry to hear that with the pod, the connection still isn't wide enough to cover everywhere. A second/third pod can only be ordered after diagnostics have been completed and we determine that a Pod is the correct fix for the connection issue. 

I've run most of the checks at this end but to complete them, I need you to complete some checks at your end now. 

If you haven't already, please download and open the Virgin Media Connect App.

Once the App is open select the Broadband option from the bottom menu. This will display the My Devices page. Tap the WiFi symbol in the center of the screen to change to the My Network screen. This screen will show you how many devices are connected to the Hub/each Pod. Tap on a Pod for more information and then tap Connection from this list. 

If fair is showing, this indicates that the Pod may not be in the optimum place for performance. It is advised that you choose another location in the home, allow 2-3 minutes for the Pod to reconnect (wait for the light on the Pod to stop flashing) and then re-open the app and try again. 

The app can be refreshed from the My Network or My Devices page by dragging downwards from the center of the screen. Tap Let's improve it to progress to the Refresh WiFi screen. (Note: Refreshing the WiFi can take up to 15 minutes.) Placement Tips can be used to help you decide where to try placing the Pod within your home. 

Once all this has been done, it should advise whether a 2nd/3rd pod will help. If so, please screenshot this and post here and we'll be able to order the next pod for you. 

Many thanks,