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[BatletUK]

Probably going to regret this 😎 But I want to report a positive (so far) install experience for the Hub 5.

Replacing a previous Hub 3

Hub 5 arrived, at 12:14, online less than 20 mins later. Don't know if VM have changed anything about the setup but it was already activated. I did check it out in router mode for few minutes, most of my devices seemed to find it and were happy.

But it's in modem mode now anyway. 😎

One thing I noticed is the power levels* are slightly different from the Hub 3, but the SNR is better, so I guess that's just chipset improvements.

*As others have said, can see power levels in router mode but not in modem mode. No big deal I guess.

One extremely minor niggle, I would have preferred the Hub3 style DC adapter for neatness, not a big fan of plugpack adapters, but honestly that's nitpicking at best.😈

[Adduxi]

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@BatletUK wrote:

Probably going to regret this 😎 But I want to report a positive (so far) install experience for the Hub 5.   <snip> 

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Good to hear, and I would expect it in Modem mode.   🙂

However Router mode is still in "soft launch" and not so stable at present.  No doubt a few more firmware updates and it should be good for mainstream release.