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moved into a new place with terrible analogue reception,it has an old cable and wireless box in the wall will the cable to attach to a set top box.Would a virgin set top box work?

I am expecting a free wireless router that I don’t really need.
Let me explain.
My BB connection is LAN wired into a PC with XP Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and then output to my home network using further LAN cable and some hubs.
Can I connect my home network of LAN cables and hubs to just one of the wired outputs of a VM wireless router?
Reason: modem and first PC/hub are a long way apart – the 2nd PC is a very long way apart from that. I do have LAN cables in place between them all though.

Assuming I can – will the VM installer CD set the router up for both wired and wireless connections? I don’t fancy recovering the current (stable!) working state if it won’t.

Why would I want to do this? So I don’t have to go back down 2 floors to turn on the ICS PC when I’ve forgetten to switch it on!

well today i had the 50 meg service installed hardwired 47meg then wireless 20 meg and talking to the engineer and vm bb newgroups its a known issue and netgear are working on a fix,i cant believe that they bundle this hardware and it doesnt work properly so i will be making a call to vm and have sent an email to mr birkett i feel like a beta tester but i am paying for the privelage

wat a joke got my 50mb installed 6th january 09 and still waiting for n router they havent got a clue at all any suggestions i am not getting the speed i should be getting

rang them up they r saying there wasnt one ordered for you wat a bloody joke asked them for compensation they said no we cant give that i think they dont know what they r doing at virgin media i think i will be cancelling my contract with them and going else where i require suggestions plse anyone thanks

Help , I’m confused !! (Which is often not hard)

Last night my wireless network stopped working, I have a Belkin router and it has lost connection with the internet.

Connecting directly with the Cable modem and all is Ok, so I know the issue is not purely with Virgin.
However, speaking to friends in the street 2 other users of Belkin routers on Virgin have also lost use of their wireless networks.

Any ideas?

Cheers for any advice.

(Sorry posted in wrong forum can a mod delete this one. Cheers)

Hi there,

I have recently come by with a Virgin Netgear WGR614 wireless router. I was wondering how easy it would be to change the firmware on this back to the Netgear one. I know this is technically VMs property but its mine after 12 months. I dont want to be bogged down with the stupid virginmedia firmware they ship with as I want to convert it into an access point.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Ok I got this router through the post last week and just tried to install it today. However I couldnt get past the setup screen as it wanted an active connection to the internet so I had to quit. How am I supposed to get an active connection when its not even installed yet? I was following the instructions they suppled on the virgin media letter and using the netgear cd first before the virgin media cd. How do I install it? I cant get any internet connection with it if I just plug it in.

Also I dont plan on using the usb stick they supplied with it. Can I still use it without and have a eternet cable going to pc and one to the cable modem?

Currently I’m using a WGR614 netgear router which works fine but thought I might as well use this newer one instead.

Ok I’m currently using a 54mbps netgear wgr614 v6 wireless router.

After I requested another router for my 50mbps connection another one arrived. It was supposed to be wireless n but I think they sent the wrong one?

It looks identical to my current router. only difference being on the back it says “netgear wgr614 v6 wireless-g router v9 instead of v6 from before.

Should i even bother installing this? Or did they send the wrong one? I’m confused…
Not that I need wireless as I have my current router connected to pc wired and my 360 wired to it. Will it even make any difference with the router they sent?

currently i’m getting between 4000k/sec to 5500k/sec on my current router.

Ok, my situation is this. I’ve just given my mum my old laptop but it has no ethernet port.

The only reason I’ve given her the PC is so she can connect to Virgin Broadband, so I need a way to set up the cable connection without ethernet.

My solution is to use my own laptop (with Ethernet port) to set up the connection, then connect my mum’s laptop wirelessly using the wireless router.

However, I don’t live with my mum, so I’m going to be taking my own PC away with me once I’ve done this. Will her wireless connection still work?

Hiya

I wonder if anyone can help me. I have got 20mbit broadband with VM and was recently send a Netgear router however after our XMAS tidy I can’t find the install CD.

Called 151 and they have told me to call CS and ask for a new CD but I was wondering is it possible to set it up manually/download the driver from the net?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you