@phenomlab absolutely, their step brother residing in a different Countries.
https://surfshark.com/blog/surfshark-vs-nordvpn
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@jac That’ll work the same way. The cracked power supply will work fine if you want to do a proof of concept. It looks like it’s been dropped, but it’s only dangerous if any of pins in the adapter are loose.
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@phenomlab absolutely, one part seemed to feel loose mate yes.
I’ve requested a refund on return / new item to be sent.
We’ll see what happens. Unfortunately the virgin boosters are now unplugged but it should still work for now.
I need to wait to hear what they come back with although I am tempted to go through Amazon in the future as eBay sellers are hard to deal with
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@phenomlab said in Virgin Media Broadband:
It looks like it’s been dropped, but it’s only dangerous if any of pins in the adapter are loose.
Unfortunately when plugged in it actually was coming back out of the socket at the top mate.
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@jac you can easily plug the boosters back in for now. Just remember that any replacement router you get needs to be cable modem based and not ADSL.
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@jac Yeah, that’s not good or safe. Get a refund.
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@phenomlab I think it may be best mate definitely.
Sorry to mither you mate, what would you recommend from Amazon around that price that will do the same job please?
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@phenomlab said in Virgin Media Broadband:
Just remember that any replacement router you get needs to be cable modem based and not ADSL.
Thanks for the heads-up mate
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@jac no issues. That’ll work fine. In fact, your getting quite a bit for a reasonable cost - good find
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@jac said in Virgin Media Broadband:
Great!
So you think this will do the job? If so I’ll go ahead and order now that I’ve started a return / refund with the faulty one.
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@jac yes, it’ll be fine
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@phenomlab Thanks.
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@phenomlab said in Virgin Media Broadband:
@jac yes, it’ll be fine
Ordered
. Hopefully tomorrow night will go a little more smoothly 
.I take I do the same steps?
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@jac said in Virgin Media Broadband:
@phenomlab said in Virgin Media Broadband:
@jac yes, it’ll be fine
Ordered
. Hopefully tomorrow night will go a little more smoothly .I take I do the same steps?
Does it make more sense to use this as an extender then or as main hub?
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@jac it’s going to be an access point in it’s own right. The virgin media hub is the main component and that’s not changed.
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@phenomlab said in Virgin Media Broadband:
@jac it’s going to be an access point in it’s own right. The virgin media hub is the main component and that’s not changed.
Thanks mate, for the advice as always.
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About to start this…
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Ok mate if you’re available I may need some help for a few minutes if that’s ok?
So I plug the cable from the virgin box into the WAN port on the new router?
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@jac No. Do the following
- Plug one powerline adapter into the wall next to the Virgin Hub
- Plug a network cable into the powerline adapter you just plugged in, and then plug the other end of the cable into the Virgin Hub (any free port)
- Plug the remaining powerline adapter into the wall in the room where you want the router to live
- Plug a network cable into the powerline adapter you just plugged in, and then plug the other end of the cable into the new router into the WAN port
- Power on the router (and powerline adapters if you haven’t already)
Let me know when you are finished with that
