Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

You would think that Cisco would do some sort of deal for them, especially as they produce the Tivo boxes.

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Why? Cisco are a commercial company, with their own reputation to protect. They may not want to be associated with a low-end piece of kit like the "super"hub, unless the price is right for them.

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No I don't mean with the Superhub. With a hub which actually works.

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If the posts about alternative supplier are to be believed: the alternative version will be exactly the same (low) spec, same interface, same (over-everything) appearance and "form-factor", same (poor) capability, the only difference will be the details on the label.

There is no new hub coming, just another version of what they have already. And the customers will not be able to decide on one or the other - they'll get what they are given, and be expected to like it.

If R28 finally makes the Netgear kit work, good -at least it might do what it claims to do. Not bad, it must now be six months since the alpha test version was shipped to thousands of unsuspecting customers (who paid for it!).

Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

Virgin Media Super Hub
Discover unbeatable wireless with the Virgin Media Super Hub combined modem and router. Features include:

The best wireless broadband performance available
The latest wireless N technology
Future proofed for speeds of over 100Mb (thanks to DOCSIS3, if you’re interested!)
Improved coverage, with fewer 'black spots' in your network
Fantastic range, so you can work further away from your router
Great performance for home & small business networking
Super-fast file transfer between computers - ideal for sharing large files
The latest wireless encryption technology for extra security

Efficient power consumption



That is from the Virgin Media website. I hope you all appreciate how much Virgin have put themselves out to provide you with such fantastic hardware with the best wireless performance available (I am sure we could sue them for false advertising or something), they do afterall have your best interests at heart! I am sure they forgot to put "not" in front of all those bullet points :)

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Lol, that entire list except the wireless security is like a reverse list of all the issues people are having.

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I however am not under such an NDA - Huawei.

Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

Ah so it could be a direct clone of the Netgear then :-)

Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

I have been informed by VirginMedia that the new firmware will be available on the 29th.

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We shall see :rolleyes:

Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

Considering every release to testers so far has been on a Friday (presumably following a regular Friday morning meeting with Netgear) and the last we heard (on a Friday of course) was that there were still too many bugs for it to go out for testing I'm guessing that the 29th is just an estimate of when it will be made available to the testers - so not this Friday either.

Of course they could just not bother with the supposed beta testers as they rarely respond to any of the issues posted in the testing forum and just ignored the faults reported with R25 and shipped it anyway. In fact the shipped version wasn't even the one tested as a trivial bug with WiFi channel setting in the Janet & John section had been fixed.

The only thing professional about the process so far is that customers (victims?) are still being charged.

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I know, I think we should let Anne Robinson rip them to bits on Watchdog

Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

Apart from "Bridge Mode" does anyone know whats in the update?

Many off us have found a workaround to put the Hub into "Bridge" anyway

I would imagine after the update all these user setting will disappear and hopefully the new "Bridge Mode" will be just a case of ticking a box

Or is my naivety showing again :erm:

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I still don't see why there is a lingering delay with the new fw release, surely if Netgear are resolving these issues alone why is the device not tested as per whatever methodology they're utilising before it's sent to VM. One thing is for sure no one is spending all day fixing the never ending list of bugs, over a six month period it'll be shocking to see the number of hours of "development" gone into the SH, a cost effective CPE!

Re: Superhub Firmware Beta Test
 

Care to place a wager on it? :p:

So its not even out to beta testers yet, the chances of a rollout by the 29th are slim to none imho

---------- Post added at 10:58 ---------- Previous post was at 10:54 ----------

"Modem Mode" is a simple case of ticking a box on a page in the gui.


Phil