[ubuntu-uk] Virgin broadband from 20 to 60 megas

[Tyler J. Wagner]

On 2013-07-20 21:54, Rob Beard wrote:
> As far as I'm aware Virgin are upgrading 20Mbit customers to 60Mbit anyway,
> but if you've got the old separate modem and router then you might need one
> of their Super Hubs.  I'm not sure what the latest Super Hub is like, but
> the originals are fairly poor.  For a long while it wasn't possible to
> configure them as just a modem (although eventually Virgin did fix this)
> and the wifi on them is pretty bad (sure it connects at 150 or 300Mbit but
> the signal is not that great).

The Virgin Super Hub is absolute shite. I really miss my old Scientific
Atlanta modem. I'm not sure the 60 mbit update was worth the change.

The good news is, as of a software release about 2 years back, you can put
them in modem mode (public IP direct to your router). If you want to get
anywhere near 60 mbit I suggest you use modem mode and use a decent router.
Warning: in modem mode, only the rightmost Ethernet socket works, and if
you change the device connected to it, you must reboot the Super Hub.

Apparently I have version 1. Instructions here:

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=27555&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1001&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable

And some informative complaining:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/virgin-media-broadband/1664007-got-virgin-media-super-hub-want-better-speeds-read-here.html

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Wireless-Networking/How-do-I-set-up-my-Superhub-in-modem-mode/td-p/1290375

One down side to modem mode is that you cannot view the status page to
check if the modem is connected. You can access the setup page on
http://192.168.100.1 regardless of the IP configuration, though.

Regards,
Tyler

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