Wi Fi booster

I've got a so called "Virgin super hub"
Its situated upstairs at the front of the house, that is where I had my original PC, so the cables are entering the house at that point.

I get reasonable reception downstairs at the front of the house but its very iffy out the back and non existent in the conservatory.
I seem to pick up better signals, from I assume the neighbours, which obviously I cant connect to, but I wonder why their signals are stronger than mine.

I see you can buy boosters, but are they any good?

 

I used to dream of Virgin Super Hubs when I was a lad

 

Or that kind of hub

 

Thanks Zig.
Your nearly as much help at times as I am.

 

Ma

Maybe I should try to have a word with Virgin about it, if I can get past that annoying woman that answers all the calls and says she wants to help.
Afterall, I'm paying them good money.

 

Being serious for once, take FC's advice and use an ethernet cable, unless you can hack the neighbours

 

We have a signal booster in our back garden. Well it's in my shed and my shed was wired up to the mains (finally) so we could get internet in the garden. It works fine. Considering our garden is well over 100ft long I can get a clear signal all the way from the bottom of it.

I had a conversation recently with a friend of mine who said that you should ideally have your hub at the highest position in your house as possible as the hub broadcasts in a bubble rather than a straight line. Our one is mounted in the loft (converted), so is in the center of the house. Our signal strength is good throughout the house as a result.

 

Mines upstairs, but I guess it dont like the concrete walls.

 

If you can try putting it in the loft.

 

We are also on Virgin , my super hub is in the front of the house upstairs. We do get quite good reception in the back garden , but I suppose this depends on many variables . I would try JW's set up instructions for dual band and see how that goes.