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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! Red light on hub

I have just spent 35 minutes on the phone to vm and they have told me not to worry about the coloured light on my hub. I have had a constant red light for about 3 months now and although the internet is working, it is very slow. After checking speeds...

Resolved! Superhub 2 (not the AC) on its last legs

Hi all. Been using this antique for the best part of 10 years, the wifi has been iffy for at least half of that (a known fault apparently). For all that time I've been successfully using a wired dedicated access point for wifi which just recently has...

daveeb by Up to speed
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Thank You

 I would like to update my very negative blog regarding the appalling service I received as a new Virginmedia new customer wrong hub installed, receiving warless boosters, two failed home visits and other technical issues over 4 weeks. I can now repo...

Macme by On our wavelength
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Connected, No Internet

Frustratingly keep getting wifi hangups, devices not connecting to apps or the net.  When looking closer, connected to hub, but no internet. Tried MyVM and VM Connect apps, but funnily enough, with no internet, they cannot see a problem- and when int...

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Nemosam1 by Joining in
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hub 4 network logs.

Engineer came yesterday and swapped out my Hub 5 for a Hub 4, as I was having re-booting issues.I noticed this morning when checking the Network logs, that the date and time stamps are all messed up.  the power levels and SNR levels are also showing ...

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Resolved! Cannot access Hub 4 Ui with 192.168.0.1

Hub 4 UI access with ethernet connected desktop is broken I have tried all suggested fixes from various forums and it seems to get access needs a reset or reboot to get initial access then after this it just goes back to webpage not responding at nex...

dhairbus by Dialled in
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Resolved! Disney plus error code 73

So I am a little annoyedafter returning home on Saturday with my autistic child I went to use the Disney plus app on his tv to be greeted with error code 73 contact Disney plus.i then spent the best part of an hour going through all there checks incl...

Reddave by Joining in
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Re: Permanent red light on router

Hi Daniel,I too have been having the same issue, tried all the suggestions and when I called I got the same response as Morag above.Could you please help resolve this. I think I need a new router.Regards

Red light on hub

My virgin media hub has had a red light constantly on for over 6 months. I called the help desk a few weeks back who advised there was nothing they could do as we still had internet. Although we do have internet it is very temperamental and is consta...