grahamsmythe
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I live in quite a large six bedroom house and have a VM Hub 5 downstairs with three WiFi pods dotted around the house and now get a good signal pretty much everywhere inside. At the bottom of our garden (100mts away) I have a workshop where I go most evenings, but the WiFi doesn't reach that far, but it is relatively easy to run an underground ethernet cable directly from the VM Hub 5 down to the workshop. Trouble is, I don't want an ethernet connection down there, I really want WiFi so my phone will connect to it. Is there anyway to extend our existing WiFi down there if I were to buy another WiFi pod, or should I just buy a something to create an entirely separate WiFi network down there with a new name, and if so, what should I buy?404Views0likes3CommentsRe: Having Three WiFi Transmitters / Networking
I didn't mention any special requirements as I didn't want to muddy the water and get a million and one different suggestion as to why I should or shouldn't be doing it this way (always tends to happen when you post this sort of thing online). I'm not sure why the additional hubs would be pretty much useless, as surely they are able to create an entirely separate WiFi signal and connect to the existing VM Hub 5.465Views0likes0CommentsHaving Three WiFi Transmitters / Networking
Good evening all. I'm hoping someone might be able to give me some networking advice please. I have a VirginMedia Hub at home - a standard installation 1gb broadband with a Hub 5 - running in router mode. Along the way, I also have obtained a spare VM Hub 5, plus an VM SuperHub 2AC. What I'd like to do is turn the spare VM Hub 5 and VM SuperHub 2AC into separate networks that will run elsewhere in our house. Hard wiring them is not a problem. I'd like the existing VM Hub 5 to publish ip addresses 1-125. The second one to publish ip addresses 125-175, and the VM SuperHub 2AC to publish ip addresses 175 to the end (whatever number that would be). So, 1. How do I go about that? I'm guessing the first hub stays in router mode, but the others need to go into modem only mode? 2. How do I alter the range of IP addresses that the hub is able to publish? Any help that anyone is able to give would be very much appreciated.Solved654Views0likes12Comments1gb Home Broadband Router
We have a brand-new VirginMedia 1gb router. I prefer to have 2.4GHz and 5GHz showing as two separate WiFi's on my home networks. To this end, under Advanced Settings/Wireless/Wireless Signal, I've disabled Channel Optimisation, and clicked on 'apply changes'. I then click on Security and set it so the two networks publish two different names, and again click on 'apply changes'. This all works fine for a time. Both networks show independently of each other and works exactly as expected. However, after a day or two, only one network shows, and if I go back into the router settings, under Advanced Settings/Wireless Signal/Smart WiFi the Channel Optimisation has been enabled again. It's almost as if something is resetting it without authorisation. Anyone got any ideas?Solved460Views0likes9CommentsWiFi Pods
Hi, Our old router packed up and Virgin came round and have installed a new router. We have 1gb and we also have three of those pod things so we're able to get a good signal around our house as it's quite large. However, when the pods connected to the old router, there was no light on the front of the pods. Now the pods continually flash white and sometimes blue. What do I need to do so they're able to connect to the new router? Do I have to reset them somehow? Thanks Graham167Views0likes2Comments