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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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Resolved! Security Certificate issue accessing Github

I am currently unable to access github.com, due to a claimed security certificate issue, however if I jump on a VPN or if I use mobile data I am able to access Github perfectly fine. This has happened with other sites in the last couple months, for e...

phvm by Hanging out
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Hub 3 red light and intermittent speed and connection

Hi, My Hub 3 has had a red light for the last few weeks and in the last week I've had much worse signal  around my house, the speed has been really intermittent and I've has several dropped connections in the last few days. I've restarted the hub via...

GemmaC4 by Joining in
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Is it possible to have broadband without TV or phone?

On the VM website when ordering a new package it's possible to order JUST broadband without phone or TV and it confirms that the price for the whole 18 month contract is £41.My contract is coming to and end and I'm currently paying £74 a month. For t...

l1undy by Just joined
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Hub 5x Modem Mode

As a new full-fibre customer, I've recently encountered an issue that I'd like to address. I've realised that I'm unable to utilise my own, expensive, wireless mesh system because the Virgin Media hub provided does not support modem mode. In my opini...

lancsdw by Tuning in
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Re: Moving router

Hi, I would like to move my tv from one side of the living room to the other side. I was wondering how much it would cost and how to book a engineer to come out and do it for meThanks

Access denied WiFi

Currently have hub 3 and on the router settings it’s saying access denied? I’ve just currently moved house and virgin media have text saying my previous kit can be used straight away but it’s not working. 

Jw8394 by Joining in
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Synology thru Hub3 via Draytek 2927

My Synology NAS (latest fixes on DSM 7.2.1) reports 2 routers in my network and that prevents certain functions from working.  An example being getting a Certificate from Let's Encrypt - it fails whilst doing a network check.Synology suggest set one ...

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