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...
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...
POWER LEVELS & SNR: TECHNICAL PRIMER (Updated October 2016) PART A - APPLICABLE DOCSIS STANDARDS INTRODUCTION There are no precise numbers for power levels although you can be sure that the numbers offered as optimal here will not be the c...
I have been using Devolo 1200 powerline for several years with a Hub 3 and all has been fine. I have just re-contracted and 3 days ago Virgin ‘updated’ the hub to my new 250gb broadband speed. Immediately, the powerline stopped working. I have reboot...
Hi, My broadband/wifi router was installed upstairs years ago in what is now an inconvenient spot. I would like it moved downstairs. What's the easiest way to book an engineer to do this please?
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...
I have recently had issues with my two Wi-Fi pods not working, contact virgin media and they sent replacements out which I have installed.Both have stopped working again, I have again phoned virgin media and there solution is to send some more Wi-Fi...
I too have the same issue. Now reset the router a number of times and disconnected all cables but still have solid red light. Any chance I could also book in someone to come have a look?
Hi everyone,I had a mesh WiFi system which unfortunately malfunctioned so stuck with just using the HUB5. I’m on the Gig1 plan and have tested it on the lounge where the router is and it’s fine. But the kitchen is 12mb and the bedrooms upstairs range...
I have the XL package I get download speeds of about 350MBPS. For the past three weeks I have been experiencing latency on my network across all my devices. The problem manifests itself as follows: multiple times throughout the day I start a browser ...
Have a new hub 5 but my white pod will not connect and continues to pulse white and not be found or installed on the connect app even when connected to the hub with an ethernet cable.Any ideas?
I have experienced a similar problem. Replaced a HUB 3 with a HUB 5 and I can still see the HUB 3 Details come up on the network. I can also enter the passwords for the HUB 3 and this connects. It does throw a spanner in the settings and the internet...
I've recently upgraded from a hub 3 (with no issues) to a hub 5 and 1gig internet. My internet is now worse than it's ever been. My hub 3 was consistently giving me 500mb+ download and 40mb upload ( I was on 600mb broadband).Now, ever since having th...
