Virgin Hub3 increase WIFI

JohnSwift10

What would be the best/cost effective way to increase the range of my Virgin Media broadband's wifi?

Emmia

An ethernet over power system and/or plug in WiFi extenders (depending on what you want the signal / connection for). 

We have really inconsistent wifi (thick walls) in our spot, and both of us use ethernet over power arrangements for our work desks (2 laptops + a desktop) and 1 wifi extender for phone coverage.

TimSynths

Also nice and simple- raise it off the floor. Mine is now at chest height and its made wonders to the coverage in the room I work in.

I have also used a powerline system in the past but recently it packed up.

JohnSwift10

I contacted Virgin Media and they wanted to "give" me an intelligent wifi booster for £5 a month. 
Since I only want to temporarily boost my wifi for a couple of months a year what alternative wifi booster could I buy that would work with Virgin Media broadband?

jefaz07

Mine was woeful. I fitted a mesh system and now get 200mbs at the farthest point. Their routers are dreadful. 

victor2

jefaz07 said:

Mine was woeful. I fitted a mesh system and now get 200mbs at the farthest point. Their routers are dreadful. 

VIrgin hubs are pretty poor for WiFi. Like above, buy a decent WiFi router and switch the Virgin hub into "modem only" mode. I didn't even need a mesh system, just bought an Asus router (capable of mesh if I needed it) and now get good WiFi all over the house and garden, where I had dead spots before

Ant555

I have exactly the same with my superhub 3.

Im trying to increase coverage both upstairs and in the conservatory - and going for a low cost option first.

I have in the last hour received and plugged in a TP-Link AC750 (£20) wifi extender so I can report back in the next couple of days if that helps.

PS - I used to have powerline extenders but they are no longer working so this is my attempt at replacing them with something cheap.

Grey_Critic

Open the door - when youngest visits if he opens his bedroom door he gets a nice jump in speed.

grumpycrab

JohnSwift10 said:...

Since I only want to temporarily boost my wifi for a couple of months a year what alternative wifi booster could I buy 

Not sure if the code still works but here's a cheap and cheerful mesh (and probably better than powerline?)   Tenda Nova MW5 2-Pack AC1200 Whole Home Mesh WiFi System - £23.99 With Code Delivered @ MyMemory - hotukdeals

install guide here  https://www.tendacn.com/uk/download/detail-3252.html

JohnSwift10

Ant555 said:

I have exactly the same with my superhub 3.

Im trying to increase coverage both upstairs and in the conservatory - and going for a low cost option first.

I have in the last hour received and plugged in a TP-Link AC750 (£20) wifi extender so I can report back in the next couple of days if that helps.

PS - I used to have powerline extenders but they are no longer working so this is my attempt at replacing them with something cheap.

Does the AC750 require an ethernet cable?

I need something that can extend my wifi range without requiring an ethernet cable

Ant555

JohnSwift10 said:

Does the AC750 require an ethernet cable?

I need something that can extend my wifi range without requiring an ethernet cable

It doesnt need an ethernet cable, it just plugs in to a mains socket.

I set it up close by the router at first then unplugged it and moved it to the bedroom immediately above where the router is.  It works very well as all of the upstairs can now stream netflix etc where is was a bit patchy before.

The device recreates my wifi with _EXT at the end of the wifi name - I simply connect to that network when upstairs and it works fine.
Note that you can have the same wifi name but I wanted it different as it isnt clear what network I was connecting to when it was the same name.

For £20 from Amazon with the option of returning it for free if it doesn't work, its quite a good cheap thing to try.