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Hub 5 Upgrade

Sparky1982
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Hub 5 Upgrade

I have Gig1 Fibre Broadband and lots of devices connected to the Hub 4. I am constantly having to reboot the Hub because of slow speeds, devices losing connection and having a bit of a poor signal upstairs. I contacted Virgin Media via Live Chat and they want to charge me £40 for upgrading to the Hub 5 when they have acknowledged that there is an issue and I will be plugging the new hub in and setting it up myself! Is this right? I am paying for a service that isn’t working properly and they want to charge me to fix it?!! Can anyone please help me with this? I’ve been with Virgin Media for around 25 years and this is how they repay loyalty!

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jbrennand
Very Insightful Person
Very Insightful Person

Why do you think changing to a Hub5 will solve your issues?  What data do you have that supports that idea ?

What did VM actually tell you was responsible for the issue?  Is  it the Hub or the network connection  that is the  cause?  Are your issues only evident on wifi connections or do you see them at the same times on devices connected on ethernet cables? If you don't know, can you check on one to help diagnose whether it is just a wifi issue or it could be network connection/Hub related?

In the meantime can we see the connection data and do this...

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Post up your Hub/network connection details and someone will check to see if there is a problem there.  In your browser’s URL box type in http://192.168.0.1 (or http://192.168.100.1 - if in modem mode) (DONT click these links) - and hit return. No need to log in - just click on the “Router Status” icon/text at bottom-middle (Hub3/4/5) or top/right (SH’s) - of the Login page.

Then… Navigate to these “data pages” and just copy/paste the normal “Formatted Text” (not images) 3 FULL sets of data onto here – 2 tables from the Downstream, 2 from the Upstream, & the Network Logs pages. Don't worry too much about the formatting it can be easily read & DON’T include personal data or MAC addresses - blank them out - if you copy/paste the data, the board software will do this for you (you may need to click the "submit" button again). If character limits are “exceeded” - just do two posts

Also, If you haven’t already, set up a free, secure and “offlsite” - “Broadband Quality Monitor” to continually monitor the state of your connection and record any true network dropouts , latency issues, packet drops, etc - it will thus allow you to differentiate between those and simple wifi dropouts. It does it 24/7/365 and it keeps a visual record of any/all of your network disconnections, useful data to have to match to the Network logs (in your Hub settings) and also in discussions with VM - note it will take a few hours to start seeing a sensible picture - post up the “link” to the “share live graph”. Click the lower link (Share Live Graph) then, click generate. Copy the text in the Direct Link box, beware, there may be more text than you can see. On here click the Link icon (2 links chain to the left of the camera icon) In the URL box paste the link you copied and then click OK
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality


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John
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I do not work for VM. My services: HD TV on VIP (+ Sky Sports & Movies & BT sport), x3 V6 boxes (1 wired, 2 on WiFi) Hub5 in modem mode with Apple Airport Extreme Router +2 Airport Express's & TP-Link Archer C64 WAP. On Volt 350Mbps, Talk Anytime Phone, x2 Mobile SIM only iPhones.

Researching online such as reviews and advice from other people with the same issues. Apparently the Hub 5 has a stronger signal and reaches devices more easily and can cope with a lot of devices being connected? VM asked me to do a diagnostic check thing but it wouldn’t work.

legacy1
Alessandro Volta

VM would rather send you pods that I don't recommend.

Being that you have a hub4 its not really a priority to have a new hub when others need a new hub more.

So its down to you to get the best wifi take a look at some routers with 1Gb ports and wifi6 then put hub in modem mode.

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Hi legacy 

Why don’t you recommend the pods?

 Have been experiencing a drop/cut out of signal upstairs for a couple of months…..pod was working fine until then.

Have been advised that codes were changed a few months ago and that might have caused the issue. Codes have been updated and another pod is on its way. 
TIA

The pods, other than the latest 'black' ones, are Wi-Fi 5, so don't make the best use of Gig1.

I’ve got a white Pod so are you saying that it’s probably not working with my Gig1?

It will work, just not at the fastest possible speeds.

No wonder I’ve not had much improvement then and the devices that are supposed to be connecting to the Pod still keep losing connection!

Hi Sparky1982,

Thank you for your post. I'm sorry for any issues you've had with your hub/wifi pods. 

I have taken a look on our side and can see you have spoken with the team regarding this. 

If you do need any further assistance please do let us know. 

^Martin