Virgin g1

[gun12b]

Running 1g to the new hub and about 300 into the w7 computer, how to get more speed is there an easy way ?

[mmm-five]

How is the computer connected to the Virgin Hub? Wifi to hub, cable to hub, wifi via mesh, cable vs powerline adapters?

If wifi, the speed will be dependent on the wifi adapter, channel and frequency used.

If cable, then the speed will be dependent on the ethernet adapter, link speed & cable.

This is mine - connected via a 10Gb ethernet port to a 1.0Gb port on the Virgin Hub 4 via Cat5 cable:


This is mine - connected to the same Hub 4 via a 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 adapter (but the Hub 4 only provides wifi 5, but should be plenty for the 1G service):

Edited by mmm-five on Sunday 25th September 18:16

[gun12b]

gun12b said:

It’s a cable just wondering if I could speed it up somehow

[mmm-five]

gun12b said:

It’s a cable just wondering if I could speed it up somehow

Is it a new cable, is it cat 5, cat 5e or cat 6? Very roughly...

• Cat 5 is generally rated at 100mbps+ depending on quality of cable, and length
• Cat 5e is upto 1 Gbps depending on quality of cable, and length
• Cat 6 is upto 10 Gbps depending on quality of cable, and length

What is your network card capable of? Is it a 1Gb card, 2.5Gb, 5Gb, 10Gb network card?

You can check by going into network properties and seeing what it says there.

Either open Network & Internet settings, then...



...or open Control Panel > Network Connections...

Edited by mmm-five on Sunday 25th September 18:26

[gun12b]

This is mine will a new 5E cable improve things ?

[mmm-five]

gun12b said:

This is mine will a new 5E cable improve things ?

It might, and it's one of the easiest/cheapest things to check.

You may as well buy a Cat6 one as they're usually the same price (and make sure it's a 'patch' cable, not 'cross-over') - but it probably won't make much difference (over a Cat5e cable) on a short length of cable.

Although those network status pages seem to suggest the link is capable of 1G anyway, so if you keep getting 'low' speeds over the next few days/weeks - even with a new cable - it might be the actually connection settling down or needing tweaking at Virgin's end.

Edited by mmm-five on Monday 26th September 10:37

[xeny]

Some older hardware has trouble achieving 1 gbit on the various web based speed testing tools. What are you using to get the speed you're reporting?

[Captain_Morgan]

Have you proven that the hub is actually providing 1Gb/s?

Have you seen that speed on another device?

What other devices do you have that have built in ethernet ports you could use to test, laptop, Apple TV, etc?

[gun12b]

Just now

[xeny]

What spec is the PC?

[mmm-five]

gun12b said:

Just now

Here's mine, and what I'd expect your's to get if the PC networking hardware is capable...