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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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6Mbps Wifi and No Sign of Wifi Pod

I have been through the VM connect process twice and both times been told my Wifi pod would be delivered. This has been around 6 weeks now and I am having continuous problems using the wifi in my office. Is there another route to be provided with a w...

Boblet19 by Joining in
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45 times in 11 months

This is how bad virgin media is getting. In 11 months virgin media has switched my broadband off 45 times. Im convinced they are maliciously doing this on purpose. Been with this dreadful company for over 10 years, and this is how horrible it treats ...

Replacement Exterior Brown Box Cover

Hi,I've seen similar posts about this so hopefully this will work to get a replacement!My neighbours exterior cable box cover blew off during the night and wedged underneath my car’s front wheel. I drove off without knowing it was there and now it’s ...

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Hub 3 red light

My hub 3 has a constant red light I have tried resetting it , unplugging it everything you're told to do and it's still a red light . It's not over heated and is in an open area . Please can someone help me ! Thanks 

Jodielou by Joining in
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Service Disconnecting Regularly - No Ranging Response

Unfortunately I am constantly losing connection often during important meetings whether on ethernet or wifi. I do use my router in modem mode but have tried it as standalone and the problem persists. It's been going on for months now and as I work fr...

MattBW by On our wavelength
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Wi-Fi speed

So, this might be a bit longwinded.I have a Hub 5 on a 1 Gig package. 1 Gig is coming into the router but on wi-fi I am getting at the most 450 Mbps in the same room. Upstairs I struggle to get 50 Mbps.I have 3 pods, if I connect 1 of the pods to the...

bakhshi84 by On our wavelength
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Issues with connectivity - wifi & ethernet

Hi,I am having issues of wifi speeds slow/dropping connectivity and randomly losing connection via ethernet on my PC. i have ran the diagnostics tool on the hub 5 and i get this :Your home network has a few problems. Checking Broadband Service  Check...

Work VPN connection issues

Hi, this morning I am struggling to use my works VPN connection over Virgin Media. I have done the usual steps to power off everything, wait and then boot up the router, wait, then boot up laptops etc.My internet is working fine, streaming 4K YouTube...

Hub 3 - WiFi boosters not connecting

VM media customer for many years with a hub 3. Had WiFi boosters which we disconnected when decorating. Plugged the large one in again and it started smoking and sparked! Got them replaced - 1 large and one small plug. Reading multiple posts that say...

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