SHUB3
Hi guys, quick question, can the SHUB 3 be connected to a power strip, or does it have to be powered directly from the wall socket?
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Power strip is OK for Hub 3.0. It's only powerlines that may have issues with power strips, especially if they have surge protection.
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Only had SHUB 3 a few weeks now, but I'm finding that the WiFi signal isn't as good as when I had the SHUB 2, it comes and goes, can anyone help or shed any light on what may be wrong?
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Nobody??
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As mentioned in your PM to me (you really should give people more time to respond :P), my advice if you're having wireless issues with any of the hubs is to just buy your own router.
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Cheers for that, appreciate the replies.....
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Shubs are "okay" for the average user but with everyone having multiple wired and wireless devices spread throughout their houses these days you need something which can handle the load and deliver the kind of performance you expect. Companies like Asus make routers which are £100+ for a reason. Myself and Kush have got Asus routers, we set them up, configure our settings and just leave them there. They always work 100% and I never have a need to access the gui because something is "playing up" or because there might a problem. I download a tonne of stuff, I play fps and host games, I stream a lot of content from servers across the network to TV's, I have two networks printers, many laptops/phones/tablets and everything works perfectly all the time because I chose to invest in the most critical component which creates and manages the network and that is the router. |
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I was on the trail for SuperHub 3, it was white at the time. Because of issues with Chormecast I was switched back to the SuperHub 2ac.
I've received an email offering me a new SH3 free of charge, the wifi on 2ac is great in my home, unsure if I should take up the offer? I still have the white SH3 in a cupboard. |
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Only if you need the speed (download throughput) or are suffering from congestion issues. The biggest advantage of the shub3 (and the only one i can think of anyway) is the fact that it can use 24 downstream channels vs the 8 the shubs 1 and 2 can use. I have never had any speed issues and would have been quite happy staying with the shub2 however when i upgraded to 350mbits i had to have the shub 3 so i could use the 20 channels which are currently available to me. Trying do it with 8 would have meant i would have needed all 8 channels just for me.
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It's a bit of a 50/50 tbh. I would personally take the view of killing two birds with one stone and go with buying a proper router. In addition to better wireless performance you are going to benefit in many other areas as well. That being said, if you live in a ginormous house one router/access point might not cut and this is where the homeplugs come in. They can "potentially" offer better speeds because they'll be closer to the devices they are serving but it may also backfire on you big time. Because they run over your electrical circuit the signal is prone to interference and other problems and sometimes the plugs randomly lose their connection etc and it can make troubleshooting any wireless connectivity issues with a client (e.g. your laptop) a pain in the ass.
I would personally buy a proper router (which won't be much more expensive than a set of homeplugs) and try it in the location where the shub is. If you don't think the wireless performance is good enough then you can always get some flat cat5e to run under the carpet downstairs/to another room so you can reposition the router to a more centralised location for optimal wireless connectivity. |
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