New black pods ?
Are we getting new black pods just seen this on the connect app ?
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I have 2 of these new pods now, paired to my Hub5, and have been told that they support wired backhaul (the two ports on the back of the pod just say "Internet" above each one). There is no way to know for sure from the VM Connect app how they are connecting back to the Hub5, so I am getting a long ethernet cable in the next few days to run one out of wireless range to verify it is indeed using ethernet, and not wireless backhaul.
My WI-FI scanner reports the pods support a/n/ac/ax at 2402 Mbps on 5GHz, and b/g/n at 286.8Mbps on 2.4GHz, so the same as the Hub5 except Hub5 has 430.1Mbps on 2.4GHz.
I like that they look like mini versions of the Hub5 with the cloth trim, and the separate power adapter (with about 2m cable) which personally suits me better, as it allows me better positioning than directly plugged into a socket (on a shelf/desk etc).
Hi Dave_J1,
Thank you for reaching out to us in our community and welcome back, glad to hear your 2 Pods are connected and working for you so far, please let us know your findings once you try an Ethernet cable.
Regards
Paul.
Hi Paul - I can confirm the pods do indeed work when used with ethernet backhaul. My test was to check my internet speed on my phone standing in a blackspot area with no pod present (only about 1-2Mbps), then with a pod placed in that same area, and connected to the hub via ethernet, the phone internet speed is about the same as when I'm connected directly to the Hub5 (around 700Mbps).
It would be nice if the VM Connect App could be updated indicate this, instead of just appearing like it is using wireless connection back to the Hub5. Perhaps you could pass that on to the app dev team?
