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I can not depend on watching my FVP5000 in another room, as it does not always show on my TV “sources”.
I have set it to be available 10am to 11.30pm, but it often shows up on another tv outside these times, although it is not available for viewing.
This happens with 2 TV’s outside the lounge.
Is it the Humax (the second one, as first was faulty) or do I need a better wifi?
Using wifi analyser, I get -68dBm in the lounge, where the Humax is, -72 in bedroom 1, -39 in bedroom 2, where the Virgin router is, & -71 in the extension at the rear of the house.
I might be wasting my money with a wifi extender, as I require a signal at rear of the house, in an extension, which is on a different fuse to the rest of the house. I think that an extender has to be on the same circuit.
inspector – 35 mins ago »
I might be wasting my money with a wifi extender, as I require a signal at rear of the house, in an extension, which is on a different fuse to the rest of the house. I think that an extender has to be on the same circuit.
You are talking about Wi-Fi extenders that rely on passing the data part of the way over the electrical wiring. There are also Wi-Fi extenders (sometimes called WiFi repeaters) that work by receiving and rebroadcasting the wireless signal which might be more appropriate in your case.
Powerline adapters (carrying ethernet signal via mains) work best on the same ring main.
I use 3 here — router to Humax and router to pc upstairs.
Your best approach might be router to nearest socket on same ring (or fuse) and then use an access point or spare router to broadcast wifi into the extention????
I have mine working across two ring mains on two different fuses in the same fusebox with no problem. Just passing my practical take on it.
Buy from Amazon and return if they don’t work and think again.
I have now invested in a 13amp wifi extender socket & also a Netgear extender. This has improved the signal, but it still doesn’t display the FVP5000 on the two tv’s. (One in bedroom, one in the extension at the rear) all of the time.
I seldom have bother with wifi with other devices, just the Samsung TV & the LG TV.
I have even changed the Humax, but this one still does the annoying things that the first one did.
inspector – 1 mnth ago »
I can not depend on watching my FVP5000 in another room, as it does not always show on my TV “sources”.
I have set it to be available 10am to 11.30pm, but it often shows up on another tv outside these times, although it is not available for viewing.
This happens with 2 TV’s outside the lounge.
Is it the Humax (the second one, as first was faulty) or do I need a better wifi?
Using wifi analyser, I get -68dBm in the lounge, where the Humax is, -72 in bedroom 1, -39 in bedroom 2, where the Virgin router is, & -71 in the extension at the rear of the house.
Those dBm figures are borderline unusable. You want a low figure not a high one e.g. -30 dBm would be an excellent value.
inspector – 1 mnth ago »
I can not depend on watching my FVP5000 in another room, as it does not always show on my TV “sources”.
I have set it to be available 10am to 11.30pm, but it often shows up on another tv outside these times, although it is not available for viewing.
This happens with 2 TV’s outside the lounge.
Is it the Humax (the second one, as first was faulty) or do I need a better wifi?
Using wifi analyser, I get -68dBm in the lounge, where the Humax is, -72 in bedroom 1, -39 in bedroom 2, where the Virgin router is, & -71 in the extension at the rear of the house.
The virgin ones are very poor range.
Solution is get a higher quality WIFI router connect it to ISP router and set it to modem mode. I fitted a netgear nighthawk triband router and get coverage across a 4 bedroom house and across a large garden.
Alternative is consider a mesh system.
Using the Netgear in the main bedroom, it worked when I changed the wifi signal to xxxxx.ext. Same password, but different supplier!
If I move the Netgear, the FVP5000 is not detected at all in the bedroom, but
I mainly want it for the extension. Our “summer quarters”.
Faust, I only get -39dBm in the small bedroom where the Virgin equipment is.
Do you think that Virgin could help with this signal?
inspector – 26 mins ago »
Faust, I only get -39dBm in the small bedroom where the Virgin equipment is.
Do you think that Virgin could help with this signal?
In my experience -39dBm should be just fine.
But the -39dBm is in a bedroom where wifi is not used. It is about -70dBm anywhere else. Could the Virgin Equipment be faulty? Is -39dBm in the same small room a normal strength?
inspector – 1 hour ago »
But the -39dBm is in a bedroom where wifi is not used. It is about -70dBm anywhere else. Could the Virgin Equipment be faulty?
I don’t think it indicates that the Virgin equipment is faulty but it is likely that different equipment could work better.
Is -39dBm in the same small room a normal strength?
How close is the small room to the router?
inspector – 20 hours ago »
But the -39dBm is in a bedroom where wifi is not used. It is about -70dBm anywhere else. Could the Virgin Equipment be faulty? Is -39dBm in the same small room a normal strength?
It’s not about the equipment being faulty it’s about poor Wifi connectivity in your property, usually walls are the issue but things like fridge/freezers, microwave ovens central heating systems all play a part in Wifi interference. Mesh Wifi is the future for modern Wifi connected homes, though do your research before buying into one. For example Google nest Wifi requires that your router is placed into Bridge Mode in order to avoid Double NAT issues, most UK supplied ISP routers cannot be put into Bridge Mode, your Virgin router being one of the few exceptions. I myself use BT Wholehome which works with any router and does not need placing into Bridge Mode and gets very positive reviews
inspector – 21 hours ago »
But the -39dBm is in a bedroom where wifi is not used. It is about -70dBm anywhere else. Could the Virgin Equipment be faulty? Is -39dBm in the same small room a normal strength?
Can you check the pvr and router are both on the same ring main ? ie. One circuit breaker or fuse turns of both the router and the pvr.
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