Virgin Super Super Hub

Marlie · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:40

Hi guys, had virgin 50meg broadband for a few months, really enjoyed it at the start but now its a nightmare.. especially with the wireless.. can i not buy a better wireless router and use that instead of the superhub? anyone reccomend me good settings to get optimal speed?

just done this test

thanks guys

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arobertson676 · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:12

You can put the Super Hub into bridge mode and connect a better router to it. Then the Super Hub does the connection to the internet and the other router handles everything on the LAN side. If you get a good router (I recommend the Billion 7800N) the wireless should be better.

I hope that helps.

Marlie · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:25

is it quite easy to connect another router to the superhub? any other cheaper router anyone recommends?

thanks

PhillyDee · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:44

Easy, what you need to do is go to
192.168.100.1
in your internet browser. The default login I believe is written on the bottom of the superhub.
Click "Advanced Settings" underneath the 3 boxes.
On the left hand side, at the bottom is Modem Mode.
Click that, tick the box, and press apply.

After that, the superhub will no longer do any routing, only port 1 will work, this is the one you need to run a cable (any cable will do, does not need to be a crossover cable at all) between that and the WAN port on your new cable router. Everything then plugs into this.

The alternative is to buy a new wireless router connect it by wire to the computer (without any internet connection or superhub being connected), and disable DHCP on it. Assign it a different IP (I use 192.168.0.150) and then connect it to the superhub, disabling the wireless on the superhub. This is how I run it.

Also, check your version in the Super Hub Status. It should be Software Version V5.5.2R30 (The R30 is the latest one afaik!)

If not, update it by switching it off, and letting it reset and reboot. May take a while!

awinchurch · 23 Dec 2011 at 20:08

PhillyDee said:
Easy, what you need to do is go to
192.168.0.1
in your internet browser. The default login I believe is written on the bottom of the superhub.
Click "Advanced Settings" underneath the 3 boxes.
On the left hand side, at the bottom is Modem Mode.
Click that, tick the box, and press apply.

After that, the superhub will no longer do any routing, only port 1 will work, this is the one you need to run a cable (any cable will do, does not need to be a crossover cable at all) between that and the WAN port on your new cable router. Everything then plugs into this.

The alternative is to buy a new wireless router connect it by wire to the computer (without any internet connection or superhub being connected), and disable DHCP on it. Assign it a different IP (I use 192.168.0.150) and then connect it to the superhub, disabling the wireless on the superhub. This is how I run it.

Also, check your version in the Super Hub Status. It should be Software Version V5.5.2R30 (The R30 is the latest one afaik!)

If not, update it by switching it off, and letting it reset and reboot. May take a while!

Corrected for you mate as 192.168.100.1 is what the ip address changes to once in modem mode

PhillyDee · 23 Dec 2011 at 20:09

Both work on mine, and I don't use modem mode

imb4tman · 23 Dec 2011 at 20:17

I use the Cisco Linksys WRT54GL with my superhub. Flashed it with the Tomato firmware, can also be flashed with dd-wrt to turn it into a really awesome piece of kit. Only down sides are that it doesn't have n band and only 10/100 switching but that is what a gigabit switch is for.

Marlie · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:05

Thanks Guys.. what routers to you guys recommend? the billion 7800N looks good but is pricey, i do a lot of streaming from my Mac to my PS3

awinchurch · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:40

Have you tried playing with the setting on the super hub? When the R30 went live a lot of hubs went back to factory settings

Marlie · 23 Dec 2011 at 22:00

Well ever since the update, I've had to change it to 145mbs because 300 setting does not work anymore! What settings do you guys use? Do I need an N router? Or do you recommend the linksys one?

awinchurch · 23 Dec 2011 at 22:14

Yeah 145mbps is the best setting tbh. Even more so if using vista

kvnwds43 · 24 Dec 2011 at 07:24

i put my superhub in to modem mode and bought a asus rtn56u dual band router ! it ha great reviews and i havent looked back since, its easy to set up and got dmz like you want !

gam3r · 24 Dec 2011 at 10:35

I got a cheap dir615 for 9 quid and it's much more stable than the hub when used in conjunction with modem mode.

BuZ · 24 Dec 2011 at 23:42

Any router from Linksys and NETGEAR - (If they've got Wireless N and Gigabit ports at most).