Superhub 5 & 5x Discussion
As the title suggests, I thought it necessary to start a thread to discuss the x2 versions of the Superhub5 in the wild! Feel free to post pictures, experiences, bugs, improvements, observ...
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The fibre cable from the street chamber is terminated on the outside of your property, the fibre is patched here then passes into your home to a wall socket, then a patch cable from the wall socket to the port on the 5X router. They supplied a 10m one so I could locate the router elsewhere.
An update to this, should you wish to extend the fibre or change it from to face plate to router.
It is simplex fibre OS2, (9/125), with LC to LC connectors, these need to be APC type, usually identified by a green connector, coupling the fibre use LC/APC to LC/APC connectors, again these are usually green to identify them. APC indicates the polish to the end of the fibre is at 8 degrees, mixing with UPC connectors will introduce signal losses, typically these are blue. Took me a while to dig up all of this! Everyday is a school day!
A couple of pics of the connections would be nice if you had any?
This is the connector at both ends of the patch lead, in the standard Virgin Media internal wall box, the coax connector is replaced by a LC-APC to LC-APC coupler. The LC-APC connector is basically used from the underground fibre all the way to the router wherever it needs to be joined/pass through walls etc.https://community.fs.com/article/lc-connector-adapter-and-cable-assemblies.html Has more info, just remember VM is using LC-APC connectors, (green) which can be plugged into LC-UPC connectors, (blue) but these are not polished at an 8 degree angle so won’t line up correctly, resulting in signal losses.
