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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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Atom Self Healing errors and WiFi disconnection.

Hi there, Like a few other posters, I'm getting multiple WiFi outages a day coinciding with this error:NOTICE ATOM is restarted due to Kernel/oops panic as part of Self Healing Mechanism ;CM-MAC=xxx;CMTS-MAC=xxx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;What's the best ...

JeremyW1 by Joining in
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Wi-Fi what do I do

I just got Wi-Fi with virgin this week the router is in one room and it works fine when in that room but if I go into the room next door (I’m in a flat not a mansion) i get bad signal it’s the room right next door to the router? Is this virgin taking...

e1rson by Joining in
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Booster sparked and smoked and now cannot get a replacement

This has also happened to me, the booster sent a huge spark and then an acrid burning smell, luckily I was there and plugged it out, very real fire hazard, I cannot get Virgin to send me a replacement, I reported this to them when it happened a coupl...

mn5 by Settling in
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Resolved! Wi-Fi - More than one channel?

Hello,We have a new Hub 3.0 (that's what it says on the base) and I'm experiencing occasional problems with network printing which didn't occur with the old hub. We have a very old house with thick stone walls so we use three TP-Link Deco units throu...

MHH2772 by Tuning in
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Resolved! Relocating Router

Our router has been in our living room and we’d like it moved as if you go near it you get a really bad headache come on. We need it moved to a cupboard asap please. 

bfjim by Joining in
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Wi-Fi what do I do

I just got Wi-Fi with virgin this week the router is in one room and it works fine when in that room but if I go into the room next door (I’m in a flat not a mansion) i get bad signal it’s the room right next door to the router? Is this virgin taking...

tiateng1 by Joining in
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V connect cannot find hub 4

I cannot get the app to find the hub. Virhin have done settings there side.. replaced hub even and it's still not finding it. So it's either an app bug or hub 4 fault !! It's annoying because I cannot limit Internet usage for kids

Hub 4 with 1Gig

Hi, so I have just upgraded to the 1gig option that virgin media provided we’re having issues currently with our hub 4 dropping out on certain devices but not all devices. Does anyone have any ideas on a fix for this? doesn’t depend on distance as so...

goudd by Joining in
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Wifi dropping out on one phone but no

We had a service outage a few weeks ago. Since then my wife’s IPhone keeps dropping the wifi connection where as my iPhone remains connected. We are sat side by side.  We have updated the operating software for the phones but she still has a problem....

PSR2 by Just joined
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Hub 3 solid red light and warm to touch

Our Hub 3 has been showing a red light for quite a while now (3 weeks)and is warm to touch. I’ve tried factory resetting the hub, but the red light still remains. your help will be greatly appreciated regardsMark

Smudgy43 by Tuning in
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