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Re: Yale Smart Alarm not working
After being given advice by a network nerd, for the last 15 years I have been using my own Cheapish routers plugged into the VM hub by cat5e cable. So whenever the hub gets changed my inner network remains constant. Originally I had been using 2 cheap routers. one near to the hub and a second on the end of a 20 meter cable run, ( I ran 6x cat5e cables from the hub to my bedroom / PC room, so I have redundancy, again advice from a tech installing a new network system). On the advice of a network nerd I changed to a Gigabit switch for distribution. After the debacle with the firmware for Hub 5 and EEE in March 2024, I changed to a Managed 2.5 Gig switch (EEE off by default), hence I get 1100 to 1160 down on the GIG plan. I had been using Netgear Nighthawk routers R8000 & R7800 until a year ago. I now have a Nighthawk RAX 120 12 Stream Gaming Router & a WiFi 6 Tenda on the cable run for my CCTV cameras on 2.4 GHz. The point I am making is dont rely or expect VM to supply equipment to forfill your requirement. Maybe look at getting somethiong a bit more robust that meets your requirement.Re: Possible Hub 5 issue
I would advise checking your cable connections to make sure you have a good connection. The center core put a 10° bend in it, so it touches the side when clamped. If the speed does not increase to 960 via cable to a 1 gig port, then you may need the externals checking. There could be a fault with the connection at the underground juction box or the green box. Have seen several faults over the last 18 years, resulting in a Road rewire a few years ago. Having put Cat 5e cable round my property about 15 years ago. I have a WiFi 6 Router setup as a WiFi access point at the furthest point from my Hub, It is by an upsatirs window, so provides WiFi to my back garden. Was advised how to do this by a network geek, at the time of installing the cables. This operates separately to the Virgin Hub, ie different network name. So if the Hub is changed this remains the same.Re: Possible Hub 5 issue
Actually it will measure the speed to the Hub & Device, if the device is connected by cable to the hub. NB I use a 16 port managed switch connected to the 2.5gbit port on the hub, to negate the firmware turning on Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE). This has been an ongoing problem for over a year, waiting for updated Hub firmware.
