Networking and WiFi
For queries with home networking and all things WiFi
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Forum Posts

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...

WiFi House Attenuation.png
Sephiroth by Alessandro Volta
  • 36750 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 59 kudos

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...

Wifi Spectrum Bad.png Wifi Spectrum Good.png

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
  • 32801 Views
  • 17 replies
  • 42 kudos

Guest network and parental safety

HiI want to have my main WiFi network with parental filtering and my guest network totally open. This is so my kids don’t watch YouTube all the time, but I can let them on the guest network with “that day’s password” which may or may not involve a br...

TED209 by On our wavelength
  • 246 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos

Ongoing dropouts and quality issues

At the end of my tether - had a tech around today who diagnosed line quality and signal strength issues as the reason my entire broadband drops the signal. He fitted something to the line in at the router, but this hasn't fixed the problem.During a T...

billkilv by Up to speed
  • 367 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 kudos

Upgrade for Wi-Fi pods, but already allowed in my package

I  have tested my connections on the Connect app and the results indicate I need a Wi-Fi booster. However when I follow the links to change my package , the webpage shows that Wi-Fi boosters are in my package but I have never ordered one. So, how do ...

Gavlar6 by On our wavelength
  • 451 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 kudos

Hub 5 upgrade request.

So as far as I can work out my speeds should be 1130Mbps But I am only getting 950Mbps, I have now narrowed it down to the hub4 only capable of 1Gbps speeds. My pc is X670 AORUS Elite AX with 2.5Gbps port and other pc's in the house some are wired an...

Buffering

When watching YouTube, cannot watch a single video normally because of buffering, sometimes freezes for a few seconds or slows down. Do I need a new box?

JRyan1 by Joining in
  • 329 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 kudos

2Gb and WiFi Pods

Getting VM fitted tomorrow (first time to this property as it's a new build area and recently finally XGS-PON enabled, but no actual other form of VM round here), and I've gone for the symmetric 2Gb Up/Down service.Currently my existing home setup is...

qedded by Joining in
  • 545 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 kudos

Replacement Dolly

My outdoor cable dolly has been kicked and has broken so I am looking to get a replacement to ensure the cable isn’t damaged.

HUB 4 Packet Loss - Rebooting Issues

Hi All,Having issues with Hub 4 connection and speed (when it's on)I received an email on the 7th September from VM that said "We've spotted an issue with your broadband connection" and went on to say that their smart support uses clever tech to chec...

ads_uk by Tuning in
  • 670 Views
  • 10 replies
  • 0 kudos

WiFi 6 Need Help

Last year I was diagnosed with a life changing illness, MS. It affects my mobility and to help with this I bought a Meta Quest 3 to help put a bit of fun into exercise. Unfortunately the hub I have (sh4) doesn't keep up with my computer to quest as i...

keasy by Superfast
  • 975 Views
  • 11 replies
  • 0 kudos