Virgin 50mb tis friday

Marlie · 12 Jul 2011 at 23:32

Virgin 50mb TODAY!!! HELP

Hi guys i am getting virgin 50mb this friday, really looking forward to it!

My set up at home - My Imac is upstairs in my room, shall i get the engineer to put the wirless superhub upstairs so its next to my mac so i can run it wired? i heard a lot of people are losing speed through wifi!!

also have my Ps3 downstairs!!

what do you reckon will be the best set up?

thankyou

w1lliam · 13 Jul 2011 at 00:40

I have a similar problem. I can put it downstairs and give the pc a go using wifi but with all the problmes i'd want a cable connection. So it's upstairs where the PC, PS3 and Wii are but then i dont want the TV and phone upstairs, they need to be downstairs. What are the chances of having the wiring done for 2 locations?

shine · 13 Jul 2011 at 00:48

w1lliam said:
I have a similar problem. I can put it downstairs and give the pc a go using wifi but with all the problmes i'd want a cable connection. So it's upstairs where the PC, PS3 and Wii are but then i dont want the TV and phone upstairs, they need to be downstairs. What are the chances of having the wiring done for 2 locations?

It's not a problem - ask them nicely and they will put everything where you want it. My parents have phone in the hall, tv in living room and internet upstairs!

PistolPete · 13 Jul 2011 at 14:00

shine said:
It's not a problem - ask them nicely and they will put everything where you want it. My parents have phone in the hall, tv in living room and internet upstairs!

It could be a problem!! If you want it upstairs you'll need to let VM know before hand. Not all engineers can work up a ladder (H&S and all that malarky) so may only install the cable into ground floor.

You maybe lucky and get a guy who is "working at heights" trained, but you may not. I ended up having to run a feed from the box up to the 1st floor myself.

Marky · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:02

Marlie said:
Hi guys i am getting virgin 50mb this friday, really looking forward to it!

My set up at home - My Imac is upstairs in my room, shall i get the engineer to put the wirless superhub upstairs so its next to my mac so i can run it wired? i heard a lot of people are losing speed through wifi!!

also have my Ps3 downstairs!!

what do you reckon will be the best set up?

thankyou

I asked the engineer to run it up to my room but he wouldn't do it

But I got a couple of homeplugs and they work perfectly.

Have my Macbook upstairs hooked up by Ethernet to a homeplug and the router downstairs hooked up to the other homeplug. Get 50Mb no problem

Marlie · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:11

Thanks Marky, what home plugs do you use? are they easy to set up?

C64 · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:51

Just buy some flat cat cable it's a godsend

Marky · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:42

Marlie said:
Thanks Marky, what home plugs do you use? are they easy to set up?

I got these ones. They are incredibly easy to setup - I literally just plugged them both in, made the ethernet connections and they found each other without me even having to do anything!

Very impressed

blueacid · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:15

Marky said:
I got these ones. They are incredibly easy to setup - I literally just plugged them both in, made the ethernet connections and they found each other without me even having to do anything!

Very impressed

Another +1 for those

Marlie · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:34

C64 said:
Just buy some flat cat cable it's a godsend

??? what does that do? sorry still learning all this network biz

shine · 13 Jul 2011 at 23:52

Marlie said:
??? what does that do? sorry still learning all this network biz

Flat cable is very thin form of networking cable which is easier to route around the house and sticks out less. It's a good suggestion for anyone wanting to run cable around the house.

Marlie · 15 Jul 2011 at 15:45

The engineer is here now, he said he can wire the Hub upstairs if i want? what you reckon i should do? have the hub wired upstairs to my mac? or put the hub downstairs to and run my imac by wireless? what will be quicker?

be great if i can have a quick reply guys

thankyou

shine · 15 Jul 2011 at 16:03

Hub next to your iMac for fast access - ethernet will always be quicker than a wireless connection.

happy_2008 · 15 Jul 2011 at 16:06

How long did it take from ordering to installation?

ScarySquirrel · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:04

What kind of stuff do they put in the house? I'm moving into a new house soon, but it's rented, so I'm a little worried that the engineer will make drastic changes to the place and causes issues. What exactly to they install? Do they drill through walls and stuff?

IrishChr1s · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:59

ScarySquirrel said:
What kind of stuff do they put in the house? I'm moving into a new house soon, but it's rented, so I'm a little worried that the engineer will make drastic changes to the place and causes issues. What exactly to they install? Do they drill through walls and stuff?

mine did coax cable around skirting boards, and one up into the loft, were ive always kept the
Router/modem. But it was easy cause i live in a bungalow.

When i had the 30mb upgrade a few months back the fujitsu engineer had no problem rewiring the cables anyway i wanted, skirting or through walls, and was very professional.
And was even in the attic testing power levels of the older cable i had installed over 11 years ago.

But as always depends on the engineer.