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Internet keeps going slow untill I restart my router

Stevoo1981
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Hi, for the last month my internet keeps going slow I notice this because I get bufferering when streaming Netflix I do a speed test and the speeds are really slow if I reboot the router the speeds are back to 100mb I have to keep doing this regularly now it's very annoying I think there is an issue with my hub 3.

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jbrennand
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See this...
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Firstly... can we check… are the 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 to help diagnose whether it is just a wifi issue or it could be network connection/Hub related? Only as a temporary measure you can just trail the cable over the floor and put it away when done.

What are the various Hub lights showing/doing when this happens?


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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.

Hi, thanks for the reply, I'm connected via ethernet and wireless on different devices the drop in speeds effects both WiFi and ethernet. The lights on the hub are all out apart from the white light at the bottom of the hub 3.

jbrennand
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Ok - if the base light stays a steady white it suggests that the network connection is fine - but its affecting speeds on ethernet connections as well - which is odd. Have you tried a change to new Cat6a cables? To look deeper can we look at your Hub stats
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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. On the first page up dont login (unless you have the Hub4/5 - when you do login) just click on the “router status” icon/text at bottom-middle (Hub3/4) or top/right (SH’s) of the Login page and then Navigate to these “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 page. 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

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.

Hayley_S
Forum Team (Retired)
Forum Team (Retired)

Hello @Stevoo1981,

Welcome, thanks for posting.

I am sorry to see that you are having issues with your internet.

Can you please let us know if this is now resolved or not? If not we can see what more we can do to help.

Many thanks,

Hayley
Forum Team



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Hi, it's still going slow happened about 5 minutes ago I was watching YouTube and it buffered I did a speed test and it came back as 0mbps I rebooted my router again and it's back to 100mbps again it keeps happening.

Hi @Steveoo1981 thanks for your reply although I'm sorry you're still having issues.

I've ran further checks and there aren't any issues with power levels, upstream or downstream levels that could be causing this unfortunately.

Out of curiosity, have you replaced the ethernet cable as previously advised please? Can you also confirm what device is connected by ethernet that you stream Netflix on?

Many thanks

Tom_W

Hi thanks for the reply, I use the Amazon cube and I've used my laptop  that uses ethernet I also use ethernet for my Xbox. The drop in connection happens on all of them randomly so pretty sure it's not the ethernet cable.

I just did a service test on the virgin media website and I get this error saying there is an intermittent signal in my area I'll upload a picture of it.Screenshot_20220526-184000_Brave.jpg

Good Morning @Stevoo1981, thanks for the update.

I've looked into the local area and cannot see any issues being flagged currently.

Can you please advise me how the services are currently looking?

Does the Service Status Page still offer the same message?

Kindest regards,

David_Bn