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ianmr65 · 17-04-2012, 17:13

I have recently upgraded from XL 20, to XL 60 as part of the free upgrade.

With the old VM wireless hub, (modem only) and previous to this the old VM modem, hitting close to 20 Mbps wired and wirelessly was not an issue. Following the upgrade to the superhub, in modem only mode, which goes into an netgear N wireless router, then a netgear unmanaged 10/100 switch for the wired connections the maximum I have been able to achive is 40 Mbps wired, on a w2k3 pc and considerably less wirelessly. (26 Mbps-ish with an a brand new N netgear wireless adapter)

I noticed that my downstream power levels were not optimal, so got an VM engineer out who installed an attenuator and checked everything on the virgin side of the modem, and was eventually able to achieve 60Mbps with his high spec laptop plugged directly into the SH.

And so he blamed my kit for the slower speeds

I have used TCP/IP optimizer, and disabled all the firewalls, and so on, to no effect.

The question is therefore can anyone give me any clues as to why an older spec pc, and brand new netgear wireless adapter are not performing with the superhub, when they worked fine with the VM wireless Hub, and modem?

17-04-2012, 17:13	#1
ianmr65 Inactive Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3	PC limiting speed? I have recently upgraded from XL 20, to XL 60 as part of the free upgrade. With the old VM wireless hub, (modem only) and previous to this the old VM modem, hitting close to 20 Mbps wired and wirelessly was not an issue. Following the upgrade to the superhub, in modem only mode, which goes into an netgear N wireless router, then a netgear unmanaged 10/100 switch for the wired connections the maximum I have been able to achive is 40 Mbps wired, on a w2k3 pc and considerably less wirelessly. (26 Mbps-ish with an a brand new N netgear wireless adapter) I noticed that my downstream power levels were not optimal, so got an VM engineer out who installed an attenuator and checked everything on the virgin side of the modem, and was eventually able to achieve 60Mbps with his high spec laptop plugged directly into the SH. And so he blamed my kit for the slower speeds I have used TCP/IP optimizer, and disabled all the firewalls, and so on, to no effect. The question is therefore can anyone give me any clues as to why an older spec pc, and brand new netgear wireless adapter are not performing with the superhub, when they worked fine with the VM wireless Hub, and modem?