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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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No internet on MacBook

Hi, we moved over to virgin fibre three weeks ago and the wifi has been shockingly bad. I’ve been calling them and their customer service is awful (whole different story) but my MacBook has suddenly stopped working on the internet at all. Whether I u...

Hub 4 no longer allowing certain wired connections?

Hello, I have a Hub 4 and the wifi signal isn't great so I bought a TP-Link router/access point about a year ago. I put the Hub in modem mode and used the TP-Link as a router to some of those powerline ethernet adaptors (so I could hardwire my cctv b...

WiFi black box issues

I have the VM black box router, made by sagecomm. I am having a peculiar problem. All of a sudden, devices were not connecting to the internet. When I checked on my iPhone, it showed a an IP address starting with 169 which seems like the DHCP is not ...

Resolved! VPN capable router to replace Hub 3?

Pretty much as the title says. I'm looking to replace the hub 3 as I'm tired of the terrible connection. So want to put it in modem mode and get my own. I use a VPN (windscribe) on my laptop but like the idea of putting it on my router to provide umb...

Malawi89 by Tuning in
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Resolved! Superhub 5 Rebooting again

After posting a message about my Hub5 rebooting following a software update and everything appearing to settle down my Hub5 is rebooting with some frequency. Since the 16 October my Hub5 has rebooted because - Cable Modem Reboot because of - kernel-p...

Callinder by Up to speed
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Resolved! Hub 4 not working with Toshiba Fire TV

Hello,We previously had Hub 3 with no issues connecting to our Fire TV. However, due to problems with the signal dropping off, we were told we’d need a new Hub and was consequently sent Hub 4. Since receiving this we’ve had multiple issues with our c...

Jufc84 by Tuning in
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Resolved! Wi-Fi pods won’t connect

Hi,Wifi pods are not connecting to WiFi. Flashing light but any device attached to the pod is not connecting. Devices connected to the hub are connecting. Please can anyone advise? 

Lynne20 by Joining in
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