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

Forum Posts

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
  • 31505 Views
  • 141 replies
  • 1 kudos

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
  • 34423 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 58 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
  • 27655 Views
  • 15 replies
  • 38 kudos

Resolved! Media Connect App fails SIM check

Actually this is about the Virgin Media Connect App but that doesn't seem to have an entry in the board selection (of the 5 Virgin apps in Play Store only one is listed under Apps in this forum).In 'Media Connect' I am trying to login using my SIM de...

Resolved! Wifi pods and hub 5

Apologies in advance as I know this has been posted previously. had hub 5 installed to day and now no pods work, they have been flashing white for the past 6 hours and not showing in connect app. Worked fine with hub 3. Engineer stated they’ll work i...

abb_z96 by Joining in
  • 276 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 kudos

Have I done a bad thing? 1GB New Customer

I signed up for to Virgin last week and expecting the install next week. I was talking to the engineer that came around yesterday and he thinks I will be the first person in my town that has taken up the new FTTP offering. We are a small ish town and...

skibi by Joining in
  • 351 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 kudos

Resolved! Red light

Hi,my WiFi hub has a solid red light showing all the time. What does this mean and how can I fix it?

Engineer visit

I need an engineer to come out and take a look at the white box they installed on the inside of my property when they installed my services - it’s come away from my living room wall and is hanging off and it needs to be re attached which I can’t do m...

JamieA27 by Joining in
  • 379 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 kudos

Hub 5 Unstable after Speed Increase

Hi,I’ve had a Virgin Hub 5 for around 6 months now. It always seemed a bit less stable than my old hub 3, but recently it has been a mess. Speed has been increased to 500 after purchasing an O2 mobile and it has been unstable ever since. Followed the...

be11aml by On our wavelength
  • 984 Views
  • 21 replies
  • 0 kudos

Resolved! intermittent signal for weeks

I've been with virgin for years probably close to 8 years I'd say and I've never had issues, but recently I've had intermittent signal problems, I do alot of online gaming and my ping is normally 30 ish but recently it's over a hundred, also never ex...

Thomas83 by Tuning in
  • 666 Views
  • 9 replies
  • 0 kudos