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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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Delay in page opening

Hi I’ve just recently had my M350 fibre broadband installed and all speed tests are coming in at 384Mbps so I can’t complain with that but there is a long delay when opening any web pages with some not fully loading at all. Settings have not been cha...

Gazlof by Joining in
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Field Sales Survey Team - No Response

Hi all,I'm moving to a new home shortly and I'm trying to get Virgin Media set up before I move. The area is serviced by Virgin Media, however my particular house number doesn't appear on the Postcode checker.I completed the form for the Field Sales ...

GammaRay by Joining in
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Poor network performance

My hub 3.0 is displaying a red light constantly and the WiFi performance is very poor, we have tried rebooting the router multiple times, however this has had no effect. The router is in a well ventilated area and is not hot to the touch so I don’t t...

Hub 5 Upgrade

SpoilerHub 5 UpgradeHub 5 UpgradeI have Gig1 Fibre Broadband and lots of devices connected to the Hub 4. I am constantly having to reboot the Hub because of slow speeds, devices losing connection and having a bit of a poor signal upstairs. I contacte...

Resolved! Hub 3 / Ethernet to PC./ Which CAT cable ?.

Been having lots of unsolvd probs with Wifi and ethernet//or Hub,  so have decided to start again from scratch.( One prob being,, iooking in the router settings, it has been showing the PC to Hub3..  is conneccting mostly at 100 mpbs,  I have been to...

JohnUK777 by On our wavelength
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Hub 4 restarts when casting

I've had this issue ever since I got upgraded from the Hub 3 to Hub 4, but it's now so frustrating that I need to do something about it.Basically, whenever I cast my phone screen onto my TV, it works for a couple of minutes, then my Hub 4 restarts. T...

moonie-m by Tuning in
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Constant network drop outs

Hi, Past 3 months or so i have been having hourly if not every 30 minutes network drop outs.I have been through all the steps, resetting, changing adapters, making sure everything is tight and secure.I have a graph to show my dropped packages, just w...

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LiamH11 by Joining in
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Resolved! Super Hub 3 "Update in Progress" and slow/unreliable WiFi

Hi,For the last couple of days I've been experiencing issues with my WiFi but can't trace the source of the problem.I have a laptop connected via an ethernet cable and the Internet is working fine through the wired connection, but when using any mobi...

Chipps by On our wavelength
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Adding another Powerline adapter?

Hi, I have my Hub in the front living room, where I have set up a powerline booster; which takes the signal to the back of the house (the other powerline booster is in the upstairs back room) it works great. My pc is connected to it via ethernet cabl...