VM Superhub Firmware

Mel_P · 18 Jul 2011 at 15:04

I just unplugged my "surfboard" and plugged my WAN cable from my existing router into the supercraphub.

The supercarphub has 192.168.0.1 as address
My Netgear WGR614 V5 wifi router uses 192.168.1.1 as address.

Didn't change anything else - all works OK (ex supercraphub wifi of course!)

Means I have 2 wifi "clouds" but the supercraphub's is so slight I never use it.

Mel

Admiral Huddy · 18 Jul 2011 at 16:56

rah^ said:
Huddy did turning it down increase the stability? I can say since doing so my hub has been on about 35days and no real slowdown on it!

According to my son, the Xbox WiFi has stabilised.. Although I've found my laptop network connection to be incredibly slow.

Mel_P · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:46

Apologies for going off topic.

rah^ · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:49

Admiral Huddy said:
According to my son, the Xbox WiFi has stabilised.. Although I've found my laptop network connection to be incredibly slow.

guess thats halfway there then!

Dist · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:45

Any update on if there is firmware yet that disables the router part and just makes the superhub acts as a modem? I'm about to get one to upgrade my 20 Mb connection to 30 Mb for free, and I want to use my Linksys e3000 with DD-WRT for control of my network and I would rather not have the trouble of a router behind a router.

Also, if I can't disable the router part of the device, any tips on things that I should enable/disable on the superhub to get it to play nicely with my e3000 behind it.

mrk · 26 Jul 2011 at 20:59

I would not hold your breath for the modem mode firmware any time soon. It was planned for May and the current state of affairs is:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5...uper-Hub-Firmware-Update-22-07-11/td-p/616615

If I was still using the SuperHub I'd visit VM HQ and yawn in everyone's face and post faeces through their post box.

Admiral Huddy · 27 Jul 2011 at 09:27

Thanks for finding and posting that mrk

Not what we wanted to hear but at least it's an update.

mp260767 · 27 Jul 2011 at 09:31

Dist said:
Any update on if there is firmware yet that disables the router part and just makes the superhub acts as a modem? I'm about to get one to upgrade my 20 Mb connection to 30 Mb for free, and I want to use my Linksys e3000 with DD-WRT for control of my network and I would rather not have the trouble of a router behind a router.

Also, if I can't disable the router part of the device, any tips on things that I should enable/disable on the superhub to get it to play nicely with my e3000 behind it.

have a look through this forum and check the virgin forum, there is a way to disable it, its just not "official" as far as im aware, and involves a bit of tinerking to setup.

PhillyDee · 27 Jul 2011 at 10:07

Superhub has been fine for me (apart from the wireless). I use a Linksys Tomato ~WRT54GL for my wireless. Laptop does not require anything more. Wireless is disabled on the superhub.

Darkman · 27 Jul 2011 at 10:13

PhillyDee said:
Superhub has been fine for me (apart from the wireless). I use a Linksys Tomato ~WRT54GL for my wireless. Laptop does not require anything more. Wireless is disabled on the superhub.

Same here. After almost daily crashes with R26 firmware I gave up.

Netgear + Virgin Media = PITA

Admiral Huddy · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:49

Another update just in today :

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5...uper-Hub-Firmware-Update-27-07-11/td-p/626343

Looks like they are dropping R28 and going straight to R29

deuse · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:55

Admiral Huddy said:
Another update just in today :

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5...uper-Hub-Firmware-Update-27-07-11/td-p/626343

Looks like they are dropping R28 and going straight to R29

I don't want any update till it's passed the beta stage.

mrk · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:56

No beta yet though and once they decide if they want to release it to the handful of BETA testers out there they might scrap it again then start R30 at Alpha/lab testing then move that to BETA etc.

It's the same old story really and has been going on for as long as the hub has existed!

Admiral Huddy · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:33

deuse said:
I don't want any update till it's passed the beta stage.

I meant update as in news update opposed to a phyiscal update. I can see the confusion though..

deuse · 28 Jul 2011 at 15:26

Admiral Huddy said:
I meant update as in news update opposed to a phyiscal update. I can see the confusion though..

The R29 has the same problems as R26 :mad:

so R30 next.
I wish VM would stop saying that there is a beta and we will have it when it's a FULL BETA wtf

HarryPainful · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:05

The longer they delay this new firmware, the longer I don't have to pay for my VM connection

-=Vect0r=- · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:37

HarryPainful said:
The longer they delay this new firmware, the longer I don't have to pay for my VM connection

Go on then, you're dying to tell us all how.....

Admiral Huddy · 30 Sep 2011 at 09:46

R30 updated to hub last week. Didn't know till last night.

I've seen the new option to use the hub in "Modem only" mode but not tried it yet.

Anyone noticed any performance differences?

Dave85 · 30 Sep 2011 at 09:56

You could put a 10 quid no name router from china on your network and get a better connection with wireless and more stable than the not so super hub

Get it turned on and get your old router out.

scottmuir424 · 30 Sep 2011 at 10:57

had same probs dropping out for iphone 4s contacted virgin they changed some of the settings on the hub and prob was rectified myt be worth while foning them