How good is superhub as a router compare to routers?

Dist · 28 Feb 2012 at 14:48

kmufc77 said:
Sorry to hijack you thread OP.

With the superhub can you use another router and get rid of the superhub altogether ?.

My PC is wired, while the Mrs is using wireless.

The superhub is also the cable modem, so no you can't get rid of it altogether. The most you could do is set it up to run in modem only mode, in which case it is pretty much nothing more than a modem, and use your own router for all your main router device needs.

kmufc77 · 28 Feb 2012 at 14:55

Dist said:
The superhub is also the cable modem, so no you can't get rid of it altogether. The most you could do is set it up to run in modem only mode, in which case it is pretty much nothing more than a modem, and use your own router for all your main router device needs.

Ah yeah, how can i forget that doh.

gareth170 · 28 Feb 2012 at 16:47

Duke said:
It is fine in a bungalow or 2 bed house for example, but when you go further than one room away it dropped out in ours. I just put in a Linksys WRT160N in and it covers further and the signal is stronger where it was weak before.

is yours set on 5ghz or 2.4ghz?

i get signal even at the bottom of the drive way..

Duke · 28 Feb 2012 at 16:55

2.4GHz. I've not heard anyone else find it particularly great apart from yourself! It was 'ok' but found it annoying if wanting to use a laptop or phone on the lower signal parts or in the conservatory.

Diddyman · 28 Feb 2012 at 18:03

I found the superhub a pile of poo as a fully functional wired/wireless router.

It kept rebooting at random several times every day, and a replacement unit did exactly the same. It is a known issue still to be fixed by virgin.

However since I switched it to modem mode only and connected my old wireless router it has not rebooted once.

Diddy

gareth170 · 28 Feb 2012 at 21:11

Diddyman said:
I found the superhub a pile of poo as a fully functional wired/wireless router.

It kept rebooting at random several times every day, and a replacement unit did exactly the same. It is a known issue still to be fixed by virgin.

However since I switched it to modem mode only and connected my old wireless router it has not rebooted once.

Diddy

thats weird.

i'm running 5 wireless devices and 4 LAN devices on it and mine's never had that issue