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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! Re: Red light on Virgin Media Hub

Hi, I have had the same issue for a while. WiFi regularly drops out and devices needs hard reboot to reconnect. I have done factory reset multiple times but still getting solid red light. Thanks

HDH70 by Joining in
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Can't access Github

Suddenly I have lost access to Github. Has this happened for anyone else in recent days/hours?I'm using the hub in modem mode, I don't have any parental controls or anything switched on within my VM account. I can access just fine using my mobile dat...

Cannot connect to Namesco SMTP server

Since Monday morning I have been unable to submit e-mail to Namesco's SMTP server us2.smtp.mailhostbox.com (which my personal domains have aliases for).  This problem affects all device connected via my Virgin Hub3 - I've tried 3 computers with wired...

detrain by Joining in
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WiFi pod not

I’m sorry but this is another post about both my WiFi pods not connecting to my hub 5. We recently had our hub 5 replaced for a hub 5 and since then both WiFi pods not connecting. I also been over this forum previous posts and nothing has helped. One...

No broadband

I've been unable to access the internet since early morning, 11 June 24.There appears to be an area problem in GL2 and wider area. VM status states estimated fix time by 18 June 24, a week later!Can you please confirm:1. there is an area problem2. th...

Paulbid by Settling in
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Broadband stopped working

My broadband band has stopped working. I've run the diagnostics on the website and it says there is no issues in the area but the hub needs resetting (hub3), I've done this several times now and each time I can get a connection for a few minutes befo...

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Intermittent connectivity

I converted my garage into an office and Virgin moved my router in there in Jan 2024 from the living room. Ever since then, my connection upstairs keeps dropping. Above the garage is our main bedroom and we also have a wifi pod in the living room. We...

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High packet loss

Hi, have had an ongoing issue over the last year where I have experienced high amounts of packet loss which can be very frustrating. Have had over 5 technicians out to fix the problem, me and a neighbor were apparently sharing a line running to a hou...

James233 by Tuning in
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Trying to order second wifi pod

I got a free WIFI pod last year, due to having 1gb broadband, the pod worked great, until I had someone move into my back bedroom, I cannot get any signal in that room, not even enough to get the APP to detect low WIFI speeds, meaning I cannot order ...