Resolved! How do I order the Wi-Fi pods?
Hi how do I order the Wi-Fi pods as can’t get the connect app to work?
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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...
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...
POWER LEVELS & SNR: A TECHNICAL PRIMER (updated October 2016)
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...
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...
Black WiFi Pods are brilliant
I live in an old Victorian-era house, with walls 3 feet wide with no cavities. In the past, I had two areas that could only manage about 10Mbps, if that. As a result, I had to use the electric HomePlugs, but as the old house has been re-wired so many...
Re: Red light on Virgin Media Hub
I have the hub 3 and have had a solid red light appearing for a number of months. I’ve reset the router a few times and the red light still appears. Do I need a new hub?
My broadband has been cutting out for a month now
Honestly it’s driving me insane this broadband keeps cutting out random it’s both the wires and wireless connection. I’ve had nearly 10 engineer visits and none have managed to fix it sometimes it’ll flash green, sometimes white then green other time...
Re: Red light on Virgin Media Hub
I too have a constant red light on my router 3 and it is hot to the touch. I messaged on here a few weeks ago but didn’t manage to connect with the person who replied by email.
Red Light on Hub 3
Red Light on for a couple weeksTried the recommended resets and reboots. Area is ventilated and out of sunlight.Hub is warm to the touch in a few places as well as the connecting port for the fibre.Onboard testing says temperature is ok.If we can req...
VM broadband unusable SE London
Hi,For the last 6 weeks my broadband has been unusable. <1MBps. I'm constantly told that there is a problem in my area and it will be resolved on X date Y days from now. Date X rolls around and and fix date is just extended again. It's so frustrating...
Why does turning of Energy Saving Ethernet on a Windows PC cause normal function?
I have the hub 5 and had problems with hard wired ethernet PC having issues connecting to the internet when in a standby state and sometimes from a cold boot up. I have a Hub 5 which has 3 switches connected to it that feed different parts of the hou...
Parental controls are switched on, but websites that should be blocked are still accessible
I wanted to share my recent experience with Virgin Media in case anyone else is facing similar issues. It’s been incredibly frustrating, and I’m seriously considering switching providers unless things improve pronto. First, a bit of background: My pa...
Virgin media not available on my street
Hivigin media cables were laid down 18 month ago in my village. The Main Street next to me has Virgin broadband availability but on my cup de sac we don’t have availability. My house is 10 meters from availability. Is it possible for someone to look...
Unable to load certain websites on mobile devices connected to wifi
since a few months ago i started to have trouble assessing a few websites from my mobile devices when they are connected to wifi, i can still access them when those mobile devices are connected to other wifis or using my mobile data instead. i can al...
