No internet and app gone haywire
Internet stopped working today and the Hub 5 is flashing red. My account on my app is also completely messed up. It cycles between saying all my bills are paid, to all of them are overdue (I have paid them all by direct debit), to all of them are paid but I have to pay £0 arrears. It currently says my service is restricted. The service checker checks completely different post codes to my property. Today, I've been told I live in the British Museum and Cardiff Castle. The robot voice when I call always asked me to confirm a random post code. I spoke to an agent today who's sending an engineer on Thursday but didn't address my apparently completely corrupted account. I'm especially concerned it's randomly saying I haven't paid bills I paid months ago. And yet another outage. Any help? Getting so tired of all the problems with my new ISP.83Views0likes6CommentsIs the app a necessity for Hub 4? Plus other questions
I've just received an email telling me my old hub that I've had for years (Hub 2) and has mostly been fine is no longer receiving security updates and I've been offered Hub 4. The email mentions that it can be setup and managed via Android app, but I don't want apps for things I've managed without for years. Can I continue to manage Hub 4 via my home IP on a browser, or are there some things locked to the app that I previously accessed by browser? I don't want an out of date hub that's not receiving security updates, but I also don't want any added marketing pzazz "smart intelligent optimisations" or however they put it (it sounds like just setting the channel option to "auto" anyway). I want to set it how I want, without any of said "intelligent" changes ballsing things up (as they inevitably do at some point). Is it possible to switch off said smart features from a browser? I currently use the 2GHz channel for my Home Assistant devices and 5Ghz for my PC, laptop, home server and phone; plus guest channels for visitors, all with different SSIDs. From what I gather the newer hubs don't compartmentalise like that anymore and it will just use one shared SSID and pick the best channel automatically. Am I understanding that correctly and is there a way to manually override that? These concerns aside, how have Hub 4 users found the device itself for reliability and speed? I understand there are issues with the app, but I'm not intending to use that at all.Solved72Views0likes3CommentsHub 4 - Connect app
I note from a message on the connect app there are current issues with the HUB5 and Connect app, but my Connect app will not connect to my Hub 4 even when sitting at the side of it. Responds with 'Hub not found'. or ‘we can’t find your hub. Also ‘somethings gone wrong our side’ I accept that as it was ok. So what’s gone wrong? Could it be the WiFi is still unstable as previously reported? The hub and pods are connecting with devices but not the connect app.701Views0likes9CommentsVM Connect app showing a laptop device as a TV Box
Decided to try out the VM Connect app, seems to have potential but when I was looking at the Virgin media devices that are connect to the hub, I noticed it said I have a Virgin TV Box connected. After some investigation, I found out that the mac address belongs to my wife's work laptop. Not much of an issue but as an example, if I wanted to pause the internet to that device, I wouldn't be able to as VM Connect doesnt offer pausing capability if the Hub deems the device a Virgin device (TV box, Pod, etc.) Anyone have a similar issue? Any fixes?477Views0likes1Comment