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Resolved! Wifi no longer visible on London underground

Hi all,  I noticed for the first time today that the usual virgin media WiFi network isn't there on the tube. Is this being phased out?     [MOD EDIT: Please see update on post 111 here]      

ruswit by On our wavelength
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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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is F-secure included in Home Works contract?

Virgin Media customer service people seem to be confused with Home Works and F-secure.My  anti-virus F-secure from VM is expired and when I asked them to renew my subscription,I got the answer as don't worry about it, home works protect the broadband...

Resolved! internet

To add to my dissatisfaction with VM, I have just experienced an ongoing issue with my internet connection. I keep getting cut off from the internet and VM say there aren't any problems in my area. I have unplugged and plugged in my router numerous t...

Bryzza by Dialled in
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Hub 5 Keeps Restarting - Log Included

Hi all, my Wi-Fi has started to randomly reboot very hour or so, and is causing a nightmare for home working Teams Video Calls etc. any idea how to fix? Log entry showing reboot is below. Many Thanks!Time Priority Description03-11-2023 13:03:33notice...

gphome by Joining in
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Orange Light on Hub3. Dropping Teams Meetings

Hi,We had a Hub3 delivered a week or so ago. It has a constant Orange Light showing but the WiFi does work as expected most of the time. However it regularly drops MS Teams meetings/ calls (4times today). We had no issues in the past with a previous ...

Dwatkins by Tuning in
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Network issues after engineer visit

I had an engineer come out today. He changed all of my cables and connectors, as I did had some really bad readings. He fixed those and put an attenuator on the box at the front of my house as he said I was having too high of a signal coming through....

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Aedrothica by On our wavelength
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Issues with hub4

Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it. My hub 4 keeps stopping and rebooting itself, ive tried all the usual fixes but it’s still doing it. Help. 

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Al23 by Joining in
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Help hub 5

Please can someone help me.    For some reason a friend told me to buy a router and use it with my hub 5in modem mode.   Which we did for about a week.  We had nothing but problems and have no taken the router away. We have pressed the rest button un...

Sare by Joining in
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Resolved! Can you have two access points?

Hi, just run a CAT 6 Ethernet cable from modem to garage (about 50 meters) and just wondering what is the best way to create a second access point so I have wireless broadband in house and garage?