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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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Router

Just been on phone nearly a hour to try and get a WiFi pod for bedroom , our connection keeps dropping as router is upstairs and bedroom down.And they say they can't supply one Not very good as WiFi drops

Resolved! Red light on Hub 3 & Amber/Red on Tivio! Patchy internet

Hihope somebody can help please. I have tried to reboot, etc but the red light on Router bene there for a few days and some of the house items like mobiles, streaming Tv etc don't connect, others OK? The Hub is in the same place been for years, not h...

Papjim45 by Tuning in
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Cannot connect to hub4 - WIFI still works though

Hi there,I have exactly same issue as Grumps reported over here:https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Networking-and-WiFi/Hub4-amp-Connect-app/m-p/5490761I have a hub4. I cannot connect to it via IP. Well, thats not quite true. I can connect, I get fo...

randm71 by Tuning in
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Resolved! Set up Fee

I’m already a customer with M250 fibre broadband, looking to upgrade to 1 Gig but says I need to pay £35 to activate, whereas new customers don’t need to pay the fee. Appreciate I need a new hub, but don’t see why I pay and newbies don’t . 

VM connect app can't find Hub 5

Recently had virgin media technician out as same issue as subject. He has installed a Hub 5 but we are facing same issue with the app.I would like to control the WiFi remotely by pausing individual devices and use the WiFi pods. However the  VM conne...

AKM9 by Joining in
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Loosing the will to live - packet loss / t3 timeouts

Hub 3 in modem mode.We've had ongoing issues since November with intermittent loss of service. I've had countless calls with Customer Support, who are all very pleasant but aside from endless hollow reassurances have proved unable to identify or reso...

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Impudent by Tuning in
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Virgin Hub 5 won't work in Modem Mode

Hi everyone - I need your help before I lose my sanity.Upgraded from M500 to 1Gig broadband with Virgin when I recontracted a couple of weeks ago. I previous had a Hub 3, running in modem mode with my own Linksys mesh wifi hardware. All worked perfec...

Hub 3 box

My Hub 3 box has a constant red light on it, having reset the box twice still same issue, Wifi seems ok ....having read other posts all seem to require a new box ...Virgin chat line is hopeless ....how do I get a new Hub ???

feciko by Tuning in
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