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    WiFi Boosters/Extenders

    Any recommendations on WiFi boosters?

    We have Virgin broadband which we can't pick up in a couple of rooms in the house.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn View Post
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    Any recommendations on WiFi boosters?

    We have Virgin broadband which we can't pick up in a couple of rooms in the house.
    Yes - We are with Virgin Broadband & had the same problem.

    Contact Virgin, explain that, and they will send you out a wifi pod free of charge. They will only send you one at first, but we now have 2 as we still didnt really get wifi upstairs. They work really well. Hardest thing was sitting in a queue waiting for Virgin to respond

    https://www.virginmedia.com/help/how...band/wifi-pods

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvteng View Post
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    Yes - We are with Virgin Broadband & had the same problem.

    Contact Virgin, explain that, and they will send you out a wifi pod free of charge. They will only send you one at first, but we now have 2 as we still didnt really get wifi upstairs. They work really well. Hardest thing was sitting in a queue waiting for Virgin to respond

    https://www.virginmedia.com/help/how...band/wifi-pods
    I can 2nd that, son in law had the same problems, contacted virgin and they sent out 2 extenders that fixed the problem.

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    I got a Powerline 1000 from Virgin a few years ago that still does the job, I would imagine that there's more up to date equipment available now.

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    I also have Virgin broadband and use a Deco mesh system that works really well. I tried talking to Virgin before I bought it and was told they had no stock of extenders they could give me.

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    Thanks all. Virgin are sending a pod so we'll see how that goes. If no good then I'll give the Deco mesh option a try.

    Thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by H18BYM View Post
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    I also have Virgin broadband and use a Deco mesh system that works really well. I tried talking to Virgin before I bought it and was told they had no stock of extenders they could give me.
    I had same issue with Virgin, eventually gave up and bought a Netgear RAX10 to use instead of Virgins piece of cr*p. No issues since.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bringbackbenny View Post
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    I had same issue with Virgin, eventually gave up and bought a Netgear RAX10 to use instead of Virgins piece of cr*p. No issues since.
    Yep Virgin's boosters did nothing to help for us. Got a deco mesh set and it works like a dream.

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    Quote Originally Posted by overdrive View Post
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    Yep Virgin's boosters did nothing to help for us. Got a deco mesh set and it works like a dream.
    Another one for the deco mesh routers. Another great thing about the mesh set up is it will still let you split the signals from 5 to 2.4 as more and more providers are moving away from 2.4. nearly anything worth it's salt needs 2.4 to work e.g. Naim, Sonos etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by overdrive View Post
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    Yep Virgin's boosters did nothing to help for us. Got a deco mesh set and it works like a dream.
    Mesh is the way to go. Our home office is 2 floors above the living room where our router is, the Mesh covers the distance with ease and has a LAN connection that works perfectly despite the distance.

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    Try lynksy WiFi booster

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    Still worth trying the free virgin pod first.

    The virgin pods are also MESH. Worked a treat for us

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    Got Orbis here and they’re excellent. Wifi has been faultless ever since.
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    Put the Virgin "superhub" into it's passthrough cable-modem-only mode and by a decent wifi router. They are beyond pish.

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