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ContributionsMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsRe: Proposed 237% increase on my billing! Be aware that VM offer prices are a ‘here and now’ price, unless you accept it next time you request a price it will most likely be higher. There are many posts on the board about this. Re: Unable to reserve an IP address on Hub 5 I do not use many old type IoT devices, replaced most with Waveshare 8 channel Ethernet Relay modules Modbus TCP protocol and PoE. I have written some C code to drive them. Have 4 in use. Re: Unable to reserve an IP address on Hub 5 I concede it’s unlikely to happen for VM home users, but deep down in the DHCP specs it say if the pool in exhausted and there are reserved addresses that are currently not used then they will be used for the new request. I saw this when I was working in a school after I retired. We had a Microsoft domain controller and backup that were both running DHCP servers, you can do sort of mirroring with Microsoft DHCP servers, as normally it’s exceedingly bad to run two DHCP servers. Thinking about it, if a user cut the pool down to a very small size, then it could happen on a VM connection. I use all static address in my setup with a DHCP pool size of 10, although my router does allow reserved IP addresses outside of the pool. Re: Can I get an upgrade on my router For a start VM do not refer to them as ‘routers’, but as hubs. Unless you tell us what hub you have we cannot answer your query. Re: Unable to reserve an IP address on Hub 5 Reserved IP addresses are NOT static IP addresses. You can only set static IP addresses in a device. Reserved IP addresses as most people seem to believe as being static are not totally static and can in certain instances can be reused by the DHCP server. Re: Community Update: Upcoming Downtime I doubt you will get an answer from VM, they are always very tight lipped about any upgrades. You only know when it has completed. Re: T3 timeouts & dropping connections Stats are very good, only 1 upstream channel with some T3 errors, but some of the downstream channels power levels are too high. If you get obvious faults, not just some T3 errors and log messages then follow this. Check with Area faults on 0800 561 0061 If you have a VM landline 150 this goes down to post code level. You could also try the web service status page, but this is not recommended as it only covers issues that affect a very large number of customers. VM will not dispatch any technicians while an area fault exists. If no area faults found: The primary place to report faults or for service requests is Customer Services on 0345 454 1111/150 if you have a VM landline or wait two or three days for a VM staff member to get to your post. This board is not a fault reporting system nor a direct line to VM. Re: Re-installing internal box Why not put the box back horizontal, it does not have to be vertical, and save £25. Re: Equipment Return Possibly, there should be instructions with the new hub. Re: Ethernet Switch with HUB 5? "the Hubs don't like having more then one MAC per port" this cannot apply to the 2.5 port otherwise the switch would not work. In any case a managed switch overcome the problem as it only gives one MAC address to its host.