Hi all,
My current setup, VirginMedia hub 3 in Modem mode attached to my ASUS AC88U router, wired into that is my old ASUS AC68U router and a gigabit switch which in turn has another gigabit switch chained off of it.
it’s been working fine for years now but suddenly I get random DHCP errors from the virgin media hub, not ideal as, like lots of people, we are working from home although we always have done, multiple conversations with the idiots at virgin who even tried to sell us a new dongle that is “guaranteed to extend my wireless and wired connections!” They are sending an engineer tomorrow, they have told me the engineer won’t touch it if it’s in modem mode so I have turned it back to router mode although I still expect the, to blame anything else on my network and not the hub.
question is, do I even need it it modem mode? What’s the benefit of modem mode vs router mode when plugged in as a gateway to the AC88?
Also quick side question, should I get a single 8 port gigabit switch to replace my 2 4 port gigabit switches?
thanks I’m advance.
My current setup, VirginMedia hub 3 in Modem mode attached to my ASUS AC88U router, wired into that is my old ASUS AC68U router and a gigabit switch which in turn has another gigabit switch chained off of it.
it’s been working fine for years now but suddenly I get random DHCP errors from the virgin media hub, not ideal as, like lots of people, we are working from home although we always have done, multiple conversations with the idiots at virgin who even tried to sell us a new dongle that is “guaranteed to extend my wireless and wired connections!” They are sending an engineer tomorrow, they have told me the engineer won’t touch it if it’s in modem mode so I have turned it back to router mode although I still expect the, to blame anything else on my network and not the hub.
question is, do I even need it it modem mode? What’s the benefit of modem mode vs router mode when plugged in as a gateway to the AC88?
Also quick side question, should I get a single 8 port gigabit switch to replace my 2 4 port gigabit switches?
thanks I’m advance.