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...
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...
POWER LEVELS & SNR: TECHNICAL PRIMER (Updated October 2016) PART A - APPLICABLE DOCSIS STANDARDS INTRODUCTION There are no precise numbers for power levels although you can be sure that the numbers offered as optimal here will not be the c...
Hi how do I order the Wi-Fi pods as can’t get the connect app to work?
I have been on holiday but on returning found that the Wi-fi is not working properly. The Amazon fire stick right next to it works but any thing outside seems very poor. No connection to my computer next door. The Ethernet does not seem to work eithe...
Hey folks,So at the back of the (small) house we hardly get a Wi-Fi signal at all. For example the laptop next to me has been unable to connect to the Hub3 for an hour despite multiple resets of both devices. This is normal and has been for a year or...
Hi, this is the image I get when running a check on my router. My connection is working but I feel it could be better.When I ran this network diagnostic tool. I got the errors but no idea how to resolve them.Thanks In advance
I cannot connect my ring doorbell, I have renamed the 2 bands _2 & _5 but still not working, I've tried connecting when 5 is enabled and disabled, I tried auto & manually picking the channel its using.Ive removed the doorbell so it is next to the rou...
I have posted before about how to order Wi-Fi pods , had a private message stating I would receive a text message but still waiting for this to happen. All I want is to have the Wi-Fi range in every room as promised.
I am a relatively new Virgin Media broadband only subscriber. Have Hub 3, however despite super fast speeds, Wi-Fi is shocking! Tv is less than 3m from router and regularly get message saying No connection! iPhones won’t connect around the home. Kid...
I’m having the same problem for some reason the hub5 has switched to using the sun net of 255.255.0.0 instead of 255.255.255.0 and now refuses to issue IP addresses and the virgin middleware has completely messed the factory reset not rectifying any...
Area 30/DL14. Happened a few times now, with the same outcome. Speed and reliability fine, then:The telltale sign of WiFi disconnecting from the internet on a device I happen to be usingHub 4's normally steady white band is now pulsating slowlyI try ...
HiI've had a constant red light on my hub 3 for a few weeks now. Have been in contact with Virgin Media support and I have followed their instructions to reboot etc but it hasn't resolved the issue.I'm concerned it could be a fire hazard (overheating...
For the last 2/3 months I've noticed a significant drop off on speed and reliability. I pay for the 350mbs package but last few speed tests have been around 130mbs. This is on WiFi but as a fibre engineer I have an exfo speed tester that connects to ...
