The All New Megathread

[DarrenSV650S]

I get my full 100Mb on p2p downloads

[SV650rules]

Talking about internet - anyone been affected by this photo bucket change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Talking about internet - anyone been affected by this photo bucket change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668

I've noticed it on a few forums I wander around. Very annoying.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

I get my full 100Mb on p2p downloads

so why do you think you need a new hub?

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Talking about internet - anyone been affected by this photo bucket change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668

Apparently it will happen to all accounts eventually. Such a shame. I've got loads of old threads from years ago that I like looking through now and then

Originally Posted by Bibio

so why do you think you need a new hub?

It sh*ts the bed randomly and the whole thing crashes and has to restart. They're usually fine for a few months then it starts happening.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

It sh*ts the bed randomly and the whole thing crashes and has to restart. They're usually fine for a few months then it starts happening.

that sounds like a heat issue. do you have the router in a well ventilated place away from radiators and such?

as said i have had no issues with mine.. none, zero, nada. only time i have to reset it is when virgin start messing.

[DarrenSV650S]

It's sitting on top of my desk so heat shouldn't be a problem.

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

It's sitting on top of my desk so heat shouldn't be a problem.

We had a new virgin hub in March this year - not because the old one had failed (it was 6 years old and never given a problem) but because they said our old hub would not be able to be used on the system after end of April.

New hub has needed re-booting about 6 times since we have had it, and it smells 'hotter' than the old one - hope its not made by Beko and liable to set the house on fire. I was expecting wi-fi range (only used on Kindles) to be better than old hub, but just the same. I use homeplugs to distribute broadband around the 240 volt mains outlets in the house and they have been absolutely faultless, and very fast.

[DarrenSV650S]

Yeah mine throws out quite a bit of heat. Homeplugs are brilliant! I got my parents some and they are so good.

My PC uses ethernet, which makes it more annoying when I tell them the hub keeps crashing and they suggest changing the wifi frequency.

[DarrenSV650S]

Line tested fine. He said he doesn't think it's the router. He changed all the "old" connectors on the line and said there was a splitter under the floor feeding an unused line which could cause intermittent noise. He also said the routers sometimes crash when there is a lot of traffic on a wifi frequency and the hub tries to change to a new frequency, so it might be worth putting it on a set frequency.

It all sounds like guess work to me