125M : Vmng300

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by Masque

Nothing wrong with a few facts rather than the usual supposition and name calling of the Superhub.

yes, nothing wrong with a few facts.... you are simply repeating 1 fact, over and over

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by craigj2k11

yes, nothing wrong with a few facts.... you are simply repeating 1 fact, over and over

Oddly enough so are most of the posters in this thread, over and over again.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by Masque

Oddly enough so are most of the posters in this thread, over and over again.

yep

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by craigj2k11

my washing line snapped this morning, couldn't believe it... i even had to go out and buy a new one. cost me £3 from wilkinsons.

sorry, i was just trying to mix things up a bit, you were starting to sound like a stuck record

Sorry, that's only anecdotal evidence, someone thinks I don't know what the word means. I do, that's why I used it.

To keep Hugh happy I will no longer refer to it as the plooperhub (notice the spelling Hugh?) just as the POS!

[craigj2k12]

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http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...dotal+evidence

[Ignitionnet]

Relax Masque, no point getting upset over people calling a CPE unpleasant names.

My opinion of it is here.

If you object to it being called the Pooperhub you'll love that

Originally Posted by pip08456

Sorry, that's only anecdotal evidence, someone thinks I don't know what the word means. I do, that's why I used it.

To keep Hugh happy I will no longer refer to it as the plooperhub (notice the spelling Hugh?) just as the POS!

Why not just call it the netgear CG3101D, instead of a derogatory acronym that you have been warned (nicely) is against site rules?

There is no doubt that some people have had problems with this piece of kit, but you cheapen your argument by the use of childish language.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Relax Masque, no point getting upset over people calling a CPE unpleasant names.

My opinion of it is here.

If you object to it being called the Plooperhub you'll love that

truely amazing explanation

i lack for a better explanation

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by Hugh

It would be a coincidence if it coincided - the complaints rose before the superhub was released*.....

Whilst you are by no means saying it is the superhub, it was very easy to interpret your post that way

*to the best of my knowledge - I got my sh early Feb, and I was an early adopter.

the superhub was been given out before 30mbit launched tho granted in much smaller numbers. I am not saying is the superhub correct, but rather wonder if it has played a part.

[craigj2k12]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Why not just call it the netgear CG3101D, instead of a derogatory acronym that you have been warned (nicely) is against site rules?

or even the VMDG480

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the superhub started going out in January

[Ignitionnet]

That's a bit of an insult to all the CG3101Ds that are working with no complaints to speak of on the Comhem network and others as they haven't been hamstrung by sloppily written custom firmware to be honest.

Originally Posted by craigj2k11

or even the VMDG480

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the superhub started going out in January

Thank you for the correction.

Btw, the complaints started going down in January....

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by jb66

But virgin media started it, they called it the superhub. I refuse to call it a superhub as its far from it, infact the regular hub is better than the Netgear CG3101D

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I dont care about your hub, I care about the 4 hubs I have had that all spontaniously reboot even just when im on my iphone. 4 out of 4??

Is it bad luck as most of the hubs are perfect? I dont think so

There was nothing wrong with the vmng300, thats why folk want it


so... myset up was, ambit and netgear router - no issues
ambit - dlink - no issues
hub - low wifi signal but nothing to worry about
Netgear CG3101D 1 - constant disconnects and reboots
Netgear CG3101D 2 - constant disconnects and reboots
Netgear CG3101D 3 - constant disconnects and reboots
Netgear CG3101D 4 - constant disconnects and reboots
VMNG 300 and dlink - no issues

jb66 for what its worth I think your information is the most valuable from all the VM staff, not because you saying stuff I agree with but due to the fact you work out in the field and see problems for yourself. So your diagnosis will ultimately be the most accurate.

Prime example been you got called out for a SNR fault which turned out to be a superhub fault. However that will have been recorded as a network fault and not a device fault. Making the data VM use unreliable.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

That's a bit of an insult to all the CG3101Ds that are working with no complaints to speak of on the Comhem network and others as they haven't been hamstrung by sloppily written custom firmware to be honest.

My apologies - teach me to try and post cogent replies on an iPad.

[zekeisaszekedoes]

Originally Posted by Hot_slim_buxom

So it seems the Virginmedia connection is rock solid, just a question of the superhub handling that connection? I would be happy if I was VM as the connection is always great but the CPE is a let down.

Absolutely. This has been my experience; the fiber optic service with co-ax from the cabinet is fine, very reliable, but the superhub is a poor CPE. Whereas the VMNG300 is the best for now even though it's about 3 years old.

Originally Posted by Hot_slim_buxom

DMZ to the switch it would be ok but of course NAT twice is not ideal.

Not so much.

The main reason I have the switch is because a lot of LAN traffic is regular (for example, media centre devices streaming from a NAS, files being backed up from laptop to desktop) and I don't want it affecting internet speeds now they're becoming fast enough; the switch has auto-negotiation so is "smart" enough to pass packets from one port to another internally rather than looping back through the router, although the router does DHCP of course, plus a bunch of other useful features courtesy of DD-WRT.

Rest assured that proper LAN traffic (i.e. controlling one PC with another by high bandwidth VNC while copying a dual-layer DVD backup) will easily break the superhub. Average users probably won't fall foul of these problems, but if you're using the superhub as a router it'll probably freeze up quite a lot as mine did.

Originally Posted by Nopanic

I am so glad you have pants on in that photo ..

It wasn't me that took it; I was busy going from room to room making sure everything was working correctly. If I'd taken it it wouldn't just be a quick grainy phone camera shot.

Originally Posted by Masque

Why it works perfectly for the majority and the is a very large majority of satisfied customers.

For about the dozenth time (not that I think you'll see it as I'm guessing you have me on ignore by now) it works for most customers because most customers aren't putting it under any serious pressure. Which is confusing; I always figured if you were willing to pay extra for 100Mb, it'd be so four people at once could stream HD content while someone else uploads photos etc.

It's odd that the superhub is meant for faster connection speeds yet is weaker at those speeds than a separate modem/router setup that was VM standard three years before. Some might say it's a deliberate countermeasure to stop users downloading heavily... make the CPE freeze up to discourage them when they have a lot of network activity!

Originally Posted by Masque

Oh yeah I forgot that you will only see complaints on this type of forum with very few people posting about having no issues because they have seen other posters getting either ripped or even posters referring to the Superhub by childish names.

Not only bereft of a sense of humour, but also warping the facts. Charming!

If it bothers you that much and you feel like you're hitting a brick wall trying to convince people who've had hours of frustration putting the superhub through it's paces, then don't continue to contribute to the thread.

If he has me on ignore, someone repeat that so he can see it.

Originally Posted by jb66

There was nothing wrong with the vmng300, thats why folk want it

This guy gets it. Contrary to what Masquerade thinks, people like the VMNG300 because it's the best CPE VM have provided. It's simple, it works great, it's quick to install. If there was a better alternative I'm sure everyone would climb aboard, but neither of the crummy Netgear hubs are it.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

That's a bit of an insult to all the CG3101Ds that are working with no complaints to speak of on the Comhem network and others as they haven't been hamstrung by sloppily written custom firmware to be honest.

Indeed. I had a feeling something was amiss the first time I logged in and got to this poorly laid out splash screen with the nice aliased red gradient jpegs which probably take up a fair chunk of the firmware file size.