Moving a Virgin Superhub.

Pikeyp

I'm using an Asus RT-N56 here which does the job nicely , you can usually find some on ebay second hand for pretty good prices as folk upgrade to better (or newer ..!) gear.

kwikbreaks

Encantador wrote: »

Is it just normal TV Coax cable, if it is maybe I can just run a new piece.

No. It's usually RG6. The stuff you get for satllite TV would be fine which is often RG6 or equivalent.

Your splitter is clearly outdoors. You shouldn't leave an open ended coax either. To do the job properly you should replace the existing splitter with a straight through coupling and move the splitter to near the TV. All you would actually need to buy is the coupler and maybe a couple of F connectors. You could use some of the existing superhub cable. The problem is if you don't know what you are doing you could screw it up and end up with it not working. If you really screwed up you could impact other people's TV and/or BB too. That would make you unpopular with VM and could end up costing more than they want to move it....

I'm not going to advise you to do this job yourself even though it really isn't difficult and £99 is an absolute rip off.

buglawton

On Virgin Media cable internet I have always separated the modem from the router as I prefer my own choice of router. To solve WiFi signal issues I moved just the router to a perfect spot using a pair of Powerline/Homeplugs. Worked very well until I finally got around to wiring Ethernet cable round the outside of the house to connect the two.

kwikbreaks

The new VM speeds are 50/100/150Mbps to achieve the higher two reliably WiFi won't cut the mustard. WiFi can often struggle to deliver 50Mbps and G class devices barely exceed 20Mbps. 200Mbps Homeplugs don't cut the mustard on the higer two speeds either. Even ethernet needs to be gigabit for those. Despite that VM continue to sell based on their headline speeds and supply dismally poor WiFi via their misnamed SuperHub.