Virgin Media Discussion Thread

Raggs · 4 Mar 2019 at 15:23

yeah seems correct for upload i got 11 or 12 mpbs on wired connection last time i tested it.

benjii · 4 Mar 2019 at 15:28

bremen1874 said:
Is that upload speed correct? I know that their upload speeds have always been a bit underwhelming, but that's pathetic.

The advertised upload speed for the Vivid 350 is 21Mbps.

https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/speeds.html

samcat · 4 Mar 2019 at 18:02

benjii said:
The advertised upload speed for the Vivid 350 is 21Mbps.

https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/broadband/speeds.html

Not on Vivid 350... We are on Voom Fibre 1

benjii · 4 Mar 2019 at 23:54

Ah, ok. It's odd that isn't available where we are. Does it utilise different hardware?

Avalon · 5 Mar 2019 at 05:32

benjii said:
Ah, ok. It's odd that isn't available where we are. Does it utilise different hardware?

You did notice it’s a *Business* plan and not residential right?

dulcificum · 5 Mar 2019 at 05:36

Caged said:
No good, screw on connectors or just cheap looking cable.

Anyone else found an option which would work? Not sure if I understand why screw on is no good...

deuse · 5 Mar 2019 at 06:11

People. Is the Linksys WRT3200ACM-UK MU-MIMO still a good router so I can put the SH3 in modem mode?

I need to block websites and the SH3 can't do it.

samcat · 5 Mar 2019 at 08:16

benjii said:
Ah, ok. It's odd that isn't available where we are. Does it utilise different hardware?

Its a business plan (installed at home), and yes its different hardware. Hitron router (which I clicked over to modem only mode straight away)

benjii · 5 Mar 2019 at 11:15

Avalon said:
You did notice it’s a *Business* plan and not residential right?

Yes, I did. It says the local infrastructure will only support 38Mbps, but the residential will do 350+. Hence why I asked if it uses different hardware.

Caged · 5 Mar 2019 at 11:15

dulcificum said:
Anyone else found an option which would work? Not sure if I understand why screw on is no good...

I posted a link in response to you

Avalon · 5 Mar 2019 at 11:51

benjii said:
Yes, I did. It says the local infrastructure will only support 38Mbps, but the residential will do 350+. Hence why I asked if it uses different hardware.

Virgin’s network offers the same speeds nationally, 38Mbit sounds like FTTC via OpenReach, not cable.

chroniclard · 5 Mar 2019 at 14:22

deuse said:
People. Is the Linksys WRT3200ACM-UK MU-MIMO still a good router so I can put the SH3 in modem mode?

I need to block websites and the SH3 can't do it.

Thats what I use with Sh3 in modem mode, its decent enough on the whole. Though could be better in some areas, interface and some options lacking.

Rensin · 5 Mar 2019 at 14:27

deuse said:
People. Is the Linksys WRT3200ACM-UK MU-MIMO still a good router so I can put the SH3 in modem mode?

I need to block websites and the SH3 can't do it.

If your only wanting to block sites try pi-hole? Raspberry Pi will set you back around £40 or setup a VM.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/setting-up-pi-hole.18756115/

deuse · 5 Mar 2019 at 16:17

chroniclard said:
Thats what I use with Sh3 in modem mode, its decent enough on the whole. Though could be better in some areas, interface and some options lacking.

Thank you
Have you tried OpenWRT on it?

Rensin said:
If your only wanting to block sites try pi-hole? Raspberry Pi will set you back around £40 or setup a VM.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/setting-up-pi-hole.18756115/

That looks great.
But I should have said that my carer has to be able to deal with it

samcat · 5 Mar 2019 at 16:24

Pihole is perfect for this, stick flutterHole on your phone so you can easily disable it for 5 minutes if a particular site is having trouble/complains about adblocking etc.

Pretty easy to setup, just follow a guide, and once in place it works really well and is seamless.

Highlights devices on the network that are being naughty/over-requesting etc, and stops a lot of the ads...
The other half noticed the other night when I disabled it to tweak the network, grumbled that she was getting loads of adverts suddenly.

chroniclard · 5 Mar 2019 at 16:46

deuse said:
Thank you
Have you tried OpenWRT on it?

That looks great.
But I should have said that my carer has to be able to deal with it

No as from what I can gather, despite its name, WRT has issue on it so never bothered.

People with more knowledge may correct me on that and I have not looked into it for months so may have changed.

deuse · 5 Mar 2019 at 17:00

chroniclard said:
No as from what I can gather, despite its name, WRT has issue on it so never bothered.

People with more knowledge may correct me on that and I have not looked into it for months so may have changed.

Thank you again

chroniclard · 5 Mar 2019 at 17:05

Does say its supported on dd-wrt website but cant get onto forum thread at the moment to check its current status. Might have a look later.

deuse · 5 Mar 2019 at 17:27

chroniclard said:
Does say its supported on dd-wrt website but cant get onto forum thread at the moment to check its current status. Might have a look later.

https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/linksys/linksys_wrt3200acm

chroniclard · 5 Mar 2019 at 17:28

deuse said:
https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/linksys/linksys_wrt3200acm

Ah, I have been looking at DD-WRT, is that different?