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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
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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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Intermittent connection issues

As per the title, for the last few weeks I've been having intermittent connection issues and its starting to take it's toll.My hub says generally says that there is nothing wrong, I reset the hub and its fine for a while, sometimes a day or two, some...

Resolved! Hub 3 dropping connection

Hi, long term VM customer, first time poster.I used to run our Hub 2 in modem mode over the WFH period for some comms kit. Last year we had an upgrade to a new Tivo box and Hub 3, I replicated the swicthing into modem mode, and we would get occasiona...

MikeA3 by Tuning in
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Using a surface pro and mobile phone away from home

Hi all.I use a work surface pro and having have no internet at the office for a while. I sometimes tether either my personal or work mobile but this can be quite a bit unreliable. Is there a way where I can use my home internet for my pro without ins...

Very Slow and intermittent connection

It's been a month our connections are very bad, sometimes 2.5Ghz works fine which we have turned on but its a huge pain, can someone please look into this.The connections keep droppping and sometimes there is no internet access at all.Thanks

Router resetting and ssid error

My router has reset itself 4 times today and it now shows 2 ssid’s one is the normal one and the other one is suffixed by 2.4ghz. When looking at the router settings it show ms the same ssid for both 2.4 and 5 ghz which is the normal one, where’s thi...

swivel by Tuning in
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Wired ethernet on PCs sometimes show no internet

I have a hub 5, and have 2 PCs, one that connects via a netgear switch which then plugs into the Hub 5, and another Draytek router which I am using as a switch to have better Wifi, and another PC plugs into that.What I have noticed that on the PC con...

mda99das by Up to speed
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Superhub connection keeps dropping

Hi, my Superhub loses connection every 5 minutes for a few hours at time. Some days it's fine.  The double arrow LED goes to flashing green, then back to blue and then 5 mins later it drops again. WiFi is fine (I have external mesh WiFi). The hub is ...

Resolved! Wifi speeds

hi ..new to gig1 and how do i order a wifi pod.. will it help ..im only getting 300 mbps??..in my living room but a disappointing 9 mbps in my conservatory..  should i be hitting 1 gig everywhere?? ..many thanks for your info