Superhub : Superhub 2

[joglynne]

I spotted this

Virgin Media detail new dual band Super Hub wireless router

article this morning.

Not sure if any of it is news to you guys but here's the link.

http://recombu.com/digital/news/virg...er_M11561.html

[roger skillin]

My SH2 has been solid apart from 1 reboot for a firmware update, Wireless has better range although not as good as my current Cisco Linksys router so i'll be sticking with that. Same can't be said about the service as we've had 3 area faults in 10 days and all 3 times in the prime time evening slot with it not coming back on until midnight grrr

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Not sure what i got on the SH1 but i get 5 on 2.4Ghz and 23 on 5Ghz but my laptops wireless card isn't wireless N.

I was about to say that I didn't realise wireless-G could run on 5Ghz but I believe it's actually Wireless-a that does. That IS old.

Originally Posted by joglynne

I spotted this article this morning.

Not sure if any of it is news to you guys but here's the link.

http://recombu.com/digital/news/virg...er_M11561.html

Interesting that the article mentions the USB port that's currently disabled. I wonder what VM has planned for it (Networked storage would be lovely).

[Gavin-D]

Virgin Media is set to launch a next-generation wireless broadband router.

The new Super Hub is currently being tested by a number of customers, ahead of a full launch in the coming weeks.

Virgin Media says the router boasts maximum speeds even faster than BT’s new Home Hub 4, thanks to an extra antenna on the 5GHz channel.

This improves both range and speed, the broadband provider stated.

"Powered by the latest dual band technology, [our] new Super Hub will enable concurrent access to both the 5GHz and 2.4GHz wireless channels," Virgin Media claimed.

The router will also deliver "unrivalled connectivity" throughout customers’ homes, it stated.

Last month, Virgin Media announced that it had added 25,500 new broadband subscribers during the first three months of 2013.

This took the firm's broadband customer base to 4,490,500.

http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/new...er_hub_router/

The new Super Hub is also capable of transmitting speeds of up to 450Mbps

Cable Chipset: Intel Puma 5
Maximum: 8x4 Doscis 3.0 channels
2.4GHz Wifi Radio: Qualcom Atheros AR9344
2.4 GHz Antennas: Two Spatial streams (2x2)
5GHz Wifi Radio: Qualcomm Atheros AR9580
5 GHz Antennas: Three Spatial streams (3x3)
4 x Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports
1x USB 2.0 port
Dimensions: 215mm x 69mm (at widest point) x 195 mm, high, wide, long
Weight: 520g

This could well be what it looks like

[Sephiroth]

Mine doesn't look like that.

EDIT:
Ah - I see that thenry's hastily submitted post saying "That is what it looks like" has been deleted by him!

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Mine doesn't look like that.

EDIT:
Ah - I see that thenry's hastily submitted post saying "That is what it looks like" has been deleted by him!

Mine does apart from the lights are blue??

[Skie]

As much of an improvement the SH2 is over the SH, I do wish the marketing drones would desist in using phrases like "unrivalled connectivity" and "the latest dual band technology". I guess they just like provoking the ASA :p

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Top banana

Mine does apart from the lights are blue??

Then why did thenry withdraw his post? On mine (and presumably his), the lights are higher up and there is no VM logo beneath the lights.

What's your's like?

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by Skie

As much of an improvement the SH2 is over the SH, I do wish the marketing drones would desist in using phrases like "unrivalled connectivity" and "the latest dual band technology". I guess they just like provoking the ASA :p

I guess they can get around it because Wireless-N is still the "latest" technology, since ac isn't quite finished yet.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Then why did thenry withdraw his post? On mine (and presumably his), the lights are higher up and there is no VM logo beneath the lights.

What's your's like?

Almost the same as that picture but the lights are blue and no VM logo.

[Risco]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Then why did thenry withdraw his post? On mine (and presumably his), the lights are higher up and there is no VM logo beneath the lights.

What's your's like?

Are the lights less bright? Secondly does it support AFP ( apple file protocol )? Does it support HFS+?

[Sephiroth]

Yes, no & no.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Then why did thenry withdraw his post? On mine (and presumably his), the lights are higher up and there is no VM logo beneath the lights.

What's your's like?

Sorry didn't notice the VM logo - mine hasn't got that

[Kushan]

The final one might be different to the ones in testing. The original SHUB went through a couple of hardware revisions before it was released (Although the actual plastic shell never seemed to change).

[Sephiroth]

I doubt it, Kush. JB66 says he's got them on his van.