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What are the options if you can't get FTTP via open reach but you can get DOCSIS with virgin media? Seems like I have to go for gig1 minimum or look into the battle of setting up a custom router on one of their cheaper plans
You put the virgin hub into modem mode, then plug your own router into the 2.5gbit LAN connector on the back of the Virgin hub. You can use any router and should get one which is at least as fast as your broadband package. You can also plug a gigabit switch into the virgin router to enable you to have as many ethernet connections as you like. Plug as much as you can in via ethernet (like smart TVs, computers, tv boxes etc) to keep the wifi frequencies free for your smart home devices, phones, tablets etc, or a mesh system. Future-proof it as best you can with wifi 6 or wifi 7 router. I too am on Virgin 1 gig fibre and use my own router and mesh as the Virgin hub 5 can connect to a huge number of smart home devices, but limited to about 20-30 simultaneous connections, so there is often a lag if you try to control something which is not in that random 20 device limit. So running a pre-set command which controls say, a a bunch of light bulbs, smart devices and IR commands to dumb devices with a regular remote, and then say a light bulb which isn't in that random list of 20 simultaneous devices, then the bulb will take a while to turn on and often Amazon Alexa will just hang at that point trying to get the device online. It eventually finds it in the house and then moves to the next item in the program, with a further lag as that device reconnects, and so on. So in my case I'm getting a router specifically to deal with the number of simultaneous smart device connections. Your milage will depend on your needs. If you don't have 50 smart devices then you probably don't care about simultaneous connections. You might live in an apartment and have busy airwaves so will want a mesh system with each node capable of 1 gig. If you live in a detached house then that might not be so important to you with much quieter frequencies available.
I recently switched from BT to Virgin and chose the M350 package. Although the upload and download speeds are what Virgin said they would be I find buffering problems with the TV and when trying to open videos on UA-cam there is a lag sometimes of several minutes before the video starts running. I decided eventually to buy the Eero+ mesh system from Amazon. Although there is a slight improvement there is still a lag on UA-cam loading. It’s been a disappointing experience overall so far.
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Thank you for the information .
What are the options if you can't get FTTP via open reach but you can get DOCSIS with virgin media? Seems like I have to go for gig1 minimum or look into the battle of setting up a custom router on one of their cheaper plans
You put the virgin hub into modem mode, then plug your own router into the 2.5gbit LAN connector on the back of the Virgin hub. You can use any router and should get one which is at least as fast as your broadband package. You can also plug a gigabit switch into the virgin router to enable you to have as many ethernet connections as you like.
Plug as much as you can in via ethernet (like smart TVs, computers, tv boxes etc) to keep the wifi frequencies free for your smart home devices, phones, tablets etc, or a mesh system.
Future-proof it as best you can with wifi 6 or wifi 7 router.
I too am on Virgin 1 gig fibre and use my own router and mesh as the Virgin hub 5 can connect to a huge number of smart home devices, but limited to about 20-30 simultaneous connections, so there is often a lag if you try to control something which is not in that random 20 device limit.
So running a pre-set command which controls say, a a bunch of light bulbs, smart devices and IR commands to dumb devices with a regular remote, and then say a light bulb which isn't in that random list of 20 simultaneous devices, then the bulb will take a while to turn on and often Amazon Alexa will just hang at that point trying to get the device online. It eventually finds it in the house and then moves to the next item in the program, with a further lag as that device reconnects, and so on.
So in my case I'm getting a router specifically to deal with the number of simultaneous smart device connections. Your milage will depend on your needs. If you don't have 50 smart devices then you probably don't care about simultaneous connections. You might live in an apartment and have busy airwaves so will want a mesh system with each node capable of 1 gig. If you live in a detached house then that might not be so important to you with much quieter frequencies available.
I recently switched from BT to Virgin and chose the M350 package. Although the upload and download speeds are what Virgin said they would be I find buffering problems with the TV and when trying to open videos on UA-cam there is a lag sometimes of several minutes before the video starts running. I decided eventually to buy the Eero+ mesh system from Amazon. Although there is a slight improvement there is still a lag on UA-cam loading. It’s been a disappointing experience overall so far.
Any options to configure vlan on hub 5?
I don't think that is possible unfortunately.
Is it possible to load a VPN onto the router? Guess not if you can’t even change the DNS.
From looking through the settings it doesn't look possible unfortunately.