Superhub

[Miserable]

I have been checking for reviews on the virgin media superhub and not very impressed so far. The reason behind the move is that I currently have my modem and router in a bedroom and we are having fitted wardrobes so thought the signal could be affected. VM want to charge £99 to relocate the modem downstairs. I was offered deal to upgrade to 30mgb with a super hub, upgrade to my phone line for a fee and slight increase in £p/m:confused. I was told that with the upgrade they would move my modem downstairs for a cost of £49.
What i am concerned about is the reviews on the superhub have been poor but i cannot get any latest info. Also do I actually need to move my modem and router?

[Kymmy]

Enclosing a router inside of a wooden cabinet/wardrobe will slightly reduce the signal. If you are using a separate modem and router then there is nothing to stop you leaving the modem where it is and running an ethernet cable to the router where ever you decide to move it.

The superhub's main problem is the router/wifi side, there's again also nothing to stop you from putting it into modem mode and plugging in your existing router if you decide to go that route..

Lastly...Welcome to the forum..

[Miserable]

Can the super hub be just a modem as I was under the impression that it was all or nothing which many users were disappointed with. Again it has been difficult getting up to date info until someone mentioned this forum to me.

[Kymmy]

The superhub (once automatically upgraded to R30 which it should do soon after installation) allows Modem-Mode which means you can plug your own router into port #1

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Also the 30Mb for your area should be updated to 60Mb sometime this or next month (10Mb will be updated to 30Mb but that wont include the moving of the line you want)

[Tim Deegan]

For most people I think the superhub is fine. I have mine in my home office upstairs, and have a PC wired into it, and at times have 2x PS3's, 2 laptops, and up to 4x mobiles all connected through wifi. And I personally have had no problems at all.

You have to remember that many people who leave reviews for them are (please excuse the term), computer geeks who often require only the best possible performance.

So although it might not be the best as a wifi hub, it is still better than many I have come across, for most people.

[qasdfdsaq]

You could also add a second router in bridge mode and leave the Superhub as-is.