Intermittent packet loss and high latency
I was issued a new router (Hub5 I think) and upgraded to the gigabit service a couple of years ago and ever since I've suffered intermittent service problems. The symptoms are sudden high latency, usually accompanied by packet loss. Sometimes a reboot of the router will resolve it and other times I just have to wait it out for some hours. The last 24 hours have been particularly bad, I've had to restart the router three times. I've checked all the coax connectors til I'm blue in the face and spent hours waiting for an agent on whatsapp but they're just not interested unless the service is hard down. Is there some team that deals with issues like this? Maybe I just have a faulty router?
Network issues again
Loss of service for 2 days now. Unable to work due to this issue. Engineer out 8/7/25 but he advised this was a network issue and needs looks into by another team. Cant check anything on the app as it’s useless. Says no issues in area which is incorrect. Then when I try to run a test it says intermittent signal issues in area check back in 24 hours. How many days am I meant to wait. Home security also offline as this runs off my internet. App can’t connect to my HUB5. So clearly there are issues. I NEED THIS SORTED ASAPVM Pod
When you have a VM Pod and upgrade to a new Router you can get the Pod relinked with the new router. I can see why this would require contacting VM or there'd be a whole load of VM Pods appearing on eBay after customers leave VM and try to sell a Pod they have. However I have two VM accounts and used Pods at both properties. Now I have stopped using a Pod at one property and changed to using an Access Point which gives better WiFi coverage. So even though under normal circumstances the unused Pod would be useless surely there must be a chance of linking the Pod from one account to another when both are VM contracts. Or is it the account/IP Address that are linked?New to Virgin Gigabit – Router Placement & Ethernet Setup Advice Needed
I just had Virgin Gigabit internet installed today. The router ended up at the furthest point from where I actually need it - not the installer’s fault, but the “ground” team who laid the exterior cable put the box on the wrong side of the property while we weren’t home. They ran the 4 meters of exterior cable above ground and wrapped it through a hedge (which a hedge trimmer will definitely get!). I have Cat5e Ethernet wiring installed around the house (about 3.5 years ago) with 6 data points running from my home office on the opposite side of the house. These points currently serve 2 TVs, my PC, and my kids’ Xbox. Since I work from home, I want the most reliable connection possible, so Ethernet is a must. I’m weighing three options: Relocating the router by running extra cable under the house to the office (routing outside on the white render will equally as bad . This would let me use the 4 Ethernet ports on the Hub5 router and my existing wiring. However, this is a messy and time-consuming job involving lifting carpet, floorboards, and drilling through crawl space tunnels with no direct access - a bit of a nightmare. Using TP-Link AV2000 TL-PA9020P powerline adapters. This is much easier to set up but means I won’t use the Ethernet ports already installed in the office. Our electrical wiring is new, and the EV charger is on a separate circuit, but I’m worried about interference and noise affecting performance. Booster Pods - If I have to go down the wifi-only route, asking Virgin for some booster pods to boost the signal at the opposite side of the house. Also, the installer mentioned there’s a thicker cable running to the house and the Virgin cabinet is close by (at the end of the drive), so I might be experiencing interference from that (I thought this would be a positive rather than a negative). Does anyone have advice on what’s best here? Is my wiring almost certainly Cat5e given it was installed 3.5 years ago - invoice was part of a rewire and just says data points installed? Any other options I should consider? Thanks in advance!Internet keeps dropping off for a minute or so
Hello! My internet keeps dropping off throughout the day for a minute or so, both wired and wireless. Tried support and got nowhere. The issue only appeared or started occurring after I upgraded my internet package and got the superhub 5. Support noted that i have had 72 disconnects in the month of june but have been unable to resolve my very frustrating issue. Here are the info from the network log on my router. Mod Edit: Personal information removed 03-07-2025 16:57:54 notice 03-07-2025 16:54:06 notice 03-07-2025 09:12:35 error 03-07-2025 02:37:41 critical 02-07-2025 21:00:50 notice 02-07-2025 20:58:34 notice 02-07-2025 20:27:10 notice 02-07-2025 20:20:27 notice 02-07-2025 19:31:58 notice 02-07-2025 19:29:09 notice 02-07-2025 19:19:49 notice 02-07-2025 19:11:39 notice 02-07-2025 19:09:32 notice 02-07-2025 19:08:21 notice 02-07-2025 19:06:22 notice 02-07-2025 19:01:56 notice 02-07-2025 19:01:18 notice 02-07-2025 19:00:48 notice 02-07-2025 18:58:01 notice 02-07-2025 18:40:15 notice 02-07-2025 18:04:36 notice 02-07-2025 18:03:21 notice 02-07-2025 18:01:14 notice 02-07-2025 18:00:19 notice 02-07-2025 04:48:28 notice 02-07-2025 04:44:36 notice 02-07-2025 04:43:27 notice 02-07-2025 04:41:39 notice 02-07-2025 04:38:32 notice 02-07-2025 04:34:29 notice 02-07-2025 04:24:26 notice 02-07-2025 04:12:03 notice any other information needed please let me know and hopefully i can get my internet working properly again. Thanks!Internet stops working once a day requiring a router reboot
Hi, I recently upgraded from volt500 to volt 1gig, which needed a modem change from hub3 to hub5. I use it in modem mode with my own router. Once a day now, the internet completely stops working, and I need to reboot the router by unplugging and replugging. After doing some searching, my 3.1 downstream channel is extremely weak. Channel ID Locked Status RxMER Data (dB) PLC Power (dBmV) Corrected errors (Active Profile) Uncorrectable errors (Active Profile) 159 Locked 32 -15.7 41903970 12674230 Can someone look into this?
Hub 5 Old SSID?
Hi, My old hub was recently replaced with a Hub 5. This is working OK but it is connecting to the old SSID and the new one is not listed on the available connections. It's showing the connection as VM1234nnn 2 where nnn is the old ID instead of VM1234new, which is the new number. When I try to access the Hub settings online it is rejecting my password despite already being logged on with this password. My mobile phone, tablet and laptop all connect to the new ID with no issues. When I try o connect to the hub settings using my mobile it again rejects the password, again while connected to the wifi using this password. It seems to be working OK but I would like it to be sorted and also be able to access my hub settings. Any ideas? Could it be a local setting on my PC?SYNC Timing Synchronization failure
So I have been having issues for the last year since I moved. Just constant network dropouts for a few minutes at a time. I'm quite easy-going so I hadn't really pushed the subject with VM. However, I am currently working remotely and it is causing me a lot of bother. I called VM support on 26/06/25 and was simply ignored in everything I tried to tell the chap on the phone and told that I need to trust him and that resetting the router for the 10th time this week will in fact be the solution to all my problems. Anyway, here we are still having issues. I do not know what steps to take to get real support and another call to the lovely offshore support team may just make me lose it. I can see some logs on my router and every time the dropouts happen the logs are the same. SYNC Timing Synchronization failure Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 0Factory restore, restores problems
Hello, I have a hub 5 with 2 extender pods, the pods are identifying as TV boxes and my dashboard in the connect app is showing 9 TV boxes, as it is allocating IP addresses to devices I don't use any more that I can't delete. Every time I do a reset it just downloads this rubbish configuration from VM's servers and breaks my WiFi again. Had an engineer and mentor out today who replaced my Hub 5 and of course it immediately populated itself with the same screwed up device list. I just want to start again and have my router and the extender pods showing, then slowly add devices that I do use. The engineers said they'd never seen anything like it and just took a pic of my wierd connect app appearance. I have turned off smart WiFi, removed Connect app, cleared cache, restarted phone and still a factory reset of the router drags a garbled mess in from the cloud and the WiFi test on the router says you have problems. I've just about had enough. Please help
