Virgin Media seems to have a problem at the moment.
It has been intermittent over the last few weeks but seems to have become
a hard fault today.
I can get individual PCs on line by linking them to a mobile phone hot
spot (mainly - that is another issue to pursue) but any devices linked to WiFi routers which rely on the Ethernet to connect them to the Internet
are banjaxed.
My initial searches don't seem to catch this particular problem.
I am thinking of a wireless router/AP which can be told to connect to
another wireless device instead of Ethernet.
Further this router should maintain its SSID so devices will not see any change (apart from speed).
Does such a thing exist?
Virgin Media seems to have a problem at the moment.
It has been intermittent over the last few weeks but seems to have become
a hard fault today.
I can get individual PCs on line by linking them to a mobile phone hot
spot (mainly - that is another issue to pursue) but any devices linked to WiFi routers which rely on the Ethernet to connect them to the Internet
are banjaxed.
My initial searches don't seem to catch this particular problem.
I am thinking of a wireless router/AP which can be told to connect to
another wireless device instead of Ethernet.
Further this router should maintain its SSID so devices will not see any change (apart from speed).
Does such a thing exist?
In article <laecdsF2ss4U1@mid.individual.net>,
David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
Virgin Media seems to have a problem at the moment.
It has been intermittent over the last few weeks but seems to have become
a hard fault today.
I can get individual PCs on line by linking them to a mobile phone hot
spot (mainly - that is another issue to pursue) but any devices linked to
WiFi routers which rely on the Ethernet to connect them to the Internet
are banjaxed.
My initial searches don't seem to catch this particular problem.
I am thinking of a wireless router/AP which can be told to connect to
another wireless device instead of Ethernet.
Further this router should maintain its SSID so devices will not see any
change (apart from speed).
Does such a thing exist?
Yes, my Draytek router can be configured to connect to another WiFi network as its WAN connection. It was very useful when our local DSL cabinet was down for several days after a power outage from which it didn't recover automatically.
I told the router to connect to the hotspot provided by my phone, and the rest
of the network was none the wiser.
Cheers
Tony
On 13/05/2024 15:18, Tony Mountifield wrote:
In article <laecdsF2ss4U1@mid.individual.net>,
David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
Virgin Media seems to have a problem at the moment.
It has been intermittent over the last few weeks but seems to have become >> a hard fault today.
I can get individual PCs on line by linking them to a mobile phone hot
spot (mainly - that is another issue to pursue) but any devices linked to >> WiFi routers which rely on the Ethernet to connect them to the Internet
are banjaxed.
My initial searches don't seem to catch this particular problem.
I am thinking of a wireless router/AP which can be told to connect to
another wireless device instead of Ethernet.
Further this router should maintain its SSID so devices will not see any >> change (apart from speed).
Does such a thing exist?
Yes, my Draytek router can be configured to connect to another WiFi network as its WAN connection. It was very useful when our local DSL cabinet was down
for several days after a power outage from which it didn't recover automatically.
I told the router to connect to the hotspot provided by my phone, and the rest
of the network was none the wiser.
Cheers
Tony
you can in fact get 4g/5g routers where you insert a SIM card, teh
router then connects to mobile phone network and then it will present
usally 4 ethernet ports, a 2.4 GHz wifi network and sometimes also a 5
GHz wifi network (depending on model)
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