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UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi

UNDERSTANDING KEY ASPECTS OF WiFi WiFi is a somewhat notorious, though essential commodity. In many cases, when its behaviour does not meet the user’s perception of the claims made by the ISP (e.g. Virgin Media), the blame is quickly heaped on the IS...

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Sephiroth by Alessandro Volta
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Getting a better Wireless Network Signal

Seeing so many posts about Good, Bad & ugly Wifi, I thought I would post some suggestions for people out there.   There are definitely good, midrange & poor routers with quite variable performance wifi.  Never expect a mass market product to be the b...

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Hub status data - understanding network log messages

N Warning: Long, dull, a bit technical. NHaving needed to repeat myself a few times, I thought I'd share my understanding of what you might find in a Hub 3's network log when things go wrong, and what it means.  First of all, this post is based on my...

Andrew-G by Alessandro Volta
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Ethernet Dropping out.

For the last couple of months my ethernet keeps dropping out for about 30 secs. Disables all wired devices for this time. Have tried hard reset on the router with no success. WiFi seems to be fine.  Today's router logs below. Sat Sep14 6 CM-STATUS me...

Red light on Hub 3

HiMy wife has been complaining about slow internet and constant drop outs for a while now , just got around to checking and we have a red light on the hub , I have tried to reset and power on / off but the red light is still on.How do I go  about get...

gethro by Joining in
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FRUSTRATED AND NEED HELP

Good Morning I am having major issues with my internet over the past few weeks. My Hub 5 router itself stays on the solid white light, then the cabled and wireless connections all drop off at random times. After about 5-10 minutes(ish), the Hub 5 fla...

Resolved! Converting 5 GwH to 2.4 Gwh on Virgin Media router

I spoke to a technical man at Virgin Media.  Because I need to use my home security camera when visiting another country. And 2.4 has a longer range than 5. And because my security camera simply says it doesn't work off 5 GhZ.   He advised that I con...

New Hub 4

Hi.In short our hub 4 failed on Sunday. Customer services tested and confirmed and said they'd now order a new one which should be delivered within 4 days. I know it's only Tuesday when I posted this but I've not received any confirmation that any eq...

daznflo by On our wavelength
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Resolved! Hub 5 Needs rebooting daily

Had a Hub 5 for about 3-4 months, and over the past month I’m needing to switch my hub off and on again at least once a day. It just loses connection for some reason, and this seems to sort it.virgin seemed to notice when it first started, and appare...

Packet loss every day between 4pm and 12am exactly

Every day for the last week I've been experiencing packet loss that starts at almost exactly 4pm and finishes at exactly midnight. Have tried pin hole reset of router as advised. Have had a monitor set up but it's saying that my network is fine when ...

gsb1 by On our wavelength
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Update for 5X hub

VM has just been installed in parts of West Lancashire over the last few months. I had TV and broadband installed a couple of weeks ago. I want to install Eero 6 units but I know that the 5x hub doesn't currently have Modem mode available.  I underst...

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Hub 3.0 - Flashing Green Arrows

Hi,My hub 3.0 has the green WiFi logo solid, the light at the bottom is solid green but the arrows are flashing green.I have tried all the troubleshooting steps and nothing is working, so have booked a tech in.Question I have: based on the symbols, w...

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