on 04-03-2021 01:29
So I'm totally new to virgin and i'm getting gig1 installed on the 12th March and I'm just wondering how good the wifi coverage of the hub 4 is, I've watched a few reviews but not much is mentioned about the actual wifi coverage
I live in a 3 storey new build house and with me the wife and 4 kids and the massive amount of wifi devices we have plus all my smart home tech, just wondering how the hub is going to cope with all my devices
I was currently using bt whole home and had 3 discs on each floor, only had one downstairs as the ring doorbell which is outside wasn't really getting a strong signal but this setup has provided really strong wifi around the whole house
So wondering how the hub 4 will cope with saying reaching the top floor on it's own, it's not a massive house or anything but i'm already thinking about will I need wifi boosters or thinking of getting a wifi mesh system, seen a post actually about using the bt whole home wifi with a virgin hub?
So should I already start thinking about getting wifi extenders from virgin after my install or maybe getting a mesh system like tp link deco or orbi, my site visit engineer said they don't carry the wifi extenders on them anymore so I know I won't get one on my install date
Thank in advance
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04-03-2021 02:03 - edited 04-03-2021 02:12
The "pod" will be free to you - once they get them back in stock !
TBH - I would say in your situation you should be looking for a good quality Mesh sytem - preferably a triband and wifi6 one with one unit by the Hub (in modem mode) and one each on the other floors.
on 04-03-2021 02:10
on 04-03-2021 23:47
on 05-03-2021 01:13
on 05-03-2021 01:52
on 05-03-2021 15:45
on 05-03-2021 19:32
@Neil2021 wrote:Thought so, maybe I'd need 2 then and put one on the second floor for upstairs, sorry if this is a daft question, csn you still use the ethernet ports on the back of the virgin hub when it's in modem mode
No. Only one will work which needs the mesh connection made to it
on 05-03-2021 20:15
So usually the mesh disks all connect back to the primary node (and to each other) wirelessly.
However some mesh systems allow you to use Ethernet cables to “backhaul” them back to the primary node.
This prevents any drops in speed that would naturally occur with Wifi and forms a more “stable” connection between the nodes.
See here as an example on how some TP-Link mesh system utilise this: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1794/
04-03-2021 02:03 - edited 04-03-2021 02:12
The "pod" will be free to you - once they get them back in stock !
TBH - I would say in your situation you should be looking for a good quality Mesh sytem - preferably a triband and wifi6 one with one unit by the Hub (in modem mode) and one each on the other floors.
on 04-03-2021 02:10
04-03-2021 12:50 - edited 04-03-2021 13:05
@jbrennand
awesome thank, was thinking of doing this
04-03-2021 12:50 - edited 04-03-2021 13:06
@SonarUK
Thank you, I'll start looking for one then
on 04-03-2021 23:47
05-03-2021 00:15 - edited 05-03-2021 00:16
Looks like this might a good one to go for then
Is it right using a mesh system will reduce your overall speed, watched a video that said using one can take around 100/200mbp/s off your speed on virgin but dunno if there's any truth in that
on 05-03-2021 01:13
on 05-03-2021 01:48
Thanks, makes sense
I think with this speed even if the whole house is hitting 500mbp/s, I'd be happy with that
With this ASUS mesh system, don't know whether to go with 1 pack (4 bedrooms) or 2 pack (6 bedrooms) we've got 4 but it is a 3 storey house and I need the WIFI to be strong outside aswell for my ring camera and doorbell and it's not that great at the minute using the bt smart hub 2 and wifi discs
on 05-03-2021 01:52