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The 980 price hasn't actually that much so far compared to what I paid when new, That's why I'm thinking of selling while it's still worth what it is so I can get more of my cash back and then I'll probably just sit on the money for a while to buy a 980ti OR see what AMD release. That's tempting but the amount more it would cost added with the extra power consumption, Heat output etc.. Is what puts me off going that route, Plus I've never ran SLI before. :mellow: -
Alright guys I am totally undecided what to do here, I want to play games in 4K as I have a 4K monitor.. I currently have a MSI GTX980 Twin Frozr V, I've owned it since November 2014. I was thinking (before 980TI came out..) about selling the GTX980 in favour of a pair of GTX970's, But now the 980TI is a thing should I just sell the 980 for as much as I can get then buy a 980TI? The 980TI's are about £550 - £575 here in the UK, My MSI GTX980 cost me £450 in November. I recon I could get about £400 for my MSI 980 currently as it's still spotless, Dust free and boxed with everything including all the protective stickers. Never been overclocked or pushed too hard and always ran cool with a warranty till November 2016. New they are currently about £450-480. I'm also at the same time tempted to just sell it while the price is still where it is and wait with my money while AMD's new stuff comes out? What do you guys think and what would you do in this situation? Thanks.
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Anybody know if this is likely to work? I would like to order it tomorrow really if it will work. Thanks!
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So I'm looking to replace my Hauppauge HD PVR with something... BETTER! I've seen the NCIX video of the ExtremeCap U3 from AVerMedia (AMAZON LINK) and it would be great for me, BUT I don't understand the whole USB3 chipset requirements for it? My full system specs are on my profile, The motherboard is a Gigabyte X79-UP4. The USB3 chipset seems to be made by Fresco Logic (See device manager screenshot below).. Will the ExtremeCap U3 work on my system fine? It says in some places it will work with fresco logic controllers and in other places that a Intel USB3 chipset is mandatory so I'm totally lost here. Link to AVermedia Product page: http://avertv.avermedia.com/product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=585 Also has anybody used this particular device before? If so what do you think of it? Thanks!
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The only reason it changed was because I switched out the router because of problems with the 'SuperHub', It's not super important anyway suppose now after second thought because my sister is getting rid of virgin media as soon as BT finish rolling out FTTC fibre in the area - So in a few months the IP will only change again. Virgin's upload speeds and traffic managment is damn terible!! When the move to BT is done I may invest in a static IP address for her connection though as BT IP's change every time you rebloot the router/modem.
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I somehow totally missed that when looking through the settings the other day, Thanks for the info. I have just got back home from my sisters, Been trying the different MAC addresses but they just won't let the connection come online I tried a few variations of the MAC address shown too but no matter what it was set to the connection wouldn't come online on the netgear using a 'spoofed' MAC address. Three of the MAC addresses (Modem WAN, Router WAN & LAN) are identical apart from the last character (number in this case), I noted all the information on this page down then put the SuperHub back into modem-only mode, Connected the netgear router to it and changed the WAN MAC to the router MAC address shown in the superhub, Left it for a few minutes but the internet didn't come online, The light just stayed orange on the netgear. I then went on to try the Modem MAC (This is the one I had tried yesterday, It's wrote on the side of the hub) and that didn't work (I didn't really expect it to..). I then went on to try the LAN MAC for good measure, Still nothing, Then I though why not try it with a '6' on the end since they do go in order but skip that, Nothing. Then I tried it a few more times with '1,2,3,8 & 9' on the end but still no internet, I gave up and changed the WAN MAC of the netgear back to its factory issue one, Right away the internet came on first time.. I think I'm just going to have to admit defeat and deal with having a new IP address.. Hopefully this one sticks for as long as the last one did though! Image of the router information page: On another note, Interestingly it seems the WAN IP lease had expired while the router has been in modem mode the last few days.. But as soon as it came online (In router mode) it was issued with the old IP address again and a fresh 7-day lease time! Oh well.. Thanks for your help
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Virgin Media "SuperHub" 1 & 2 - 7 Second Security Flaw!
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I wasn't sure if it had been or not myself when looking through the UI for any update version info I wasn't able to find anything, But I thought it was an interesting read and people should change there default passwords anyway to be on the safe side. I know that each BT HomeHub has a random admin password for the UI that is unique to each one and I like the idea of that. That's just the thing though, Most of your average/basic users probably have no idea the UI of the router even exists, I know a few people I have mentioned port forwarding to and such before had no idea they were able to change things on the router.. :mellow: Ah so that's how it would happen, I guess that makes sense now you mention it! It's all fair and well if you live in a detached house on your own with a bit of distance from anybody else but most people have at least one other wireless access point of a neighbors within range, At my sisters house I can see at least four other Virgin Media SuperHub's from being sat in her living room and she lives on your average kind of street. Not to say everybody is going to try and break into your internet but still, I do think it's better to prevent & protect now rather than leave it and be sorry later if something was to happen. I use two dual-band access points to cover the whole house at home as the signal through the walls inside the house is terrible! However I can pick up both my 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz wireless bands from the main road?! I keep everything password protected though even stuff connected to my private LAN network, That's completely separated from my wireless network using a pfSense box. Ah thanks for the info on MAC filtering, I noticed whenever that was enabled though I couldn't connect to the router at all unless the MAC was in the list, It just refused the wireless connection even if the correct password was used. I've never really used WPS, I don't like it and I'd rather have to enter a password to connect. In fact at home I have taken apart my two Netgear WNDR3400 access points and unplugged the ribbon cable to the WPS button and LED lights that are on the top so you have to enter the password to connect. My brother kept pressing the WPS button and connecting to the network he shouldn't have been on.. It's a long story. -
I need to keep the IP ideally because I have game servers running at her house on a server of mine and some stat tracker websites point to that IP address as they won't accept hostnames, Plus if people added the server as a favorite it will be added as an IP address and not the hostname. I already have a sub-domain setup (that's now pointing to the new IP address) but I want to keep the old IP if I can make it work. I understand that you can't have two identical MAC addresses but I have read about people using MAC 'spoofing' to make replacement routers work on cable connections, I figured that if the hub was in Modem-Only mode it may have worked but obviously not - I'm not that well up on how cable connections actually 'work' as I only have a pair of BT ADSL2+ connections with dynamic IP's that change on each modem reboot. I also highly doubt this would work / happen, But I considered calling Virgin about it and asking them if they would / could apply the old IP address to the new router for me... However that would also rely on the person on the other end of the phone to understand what I want doing and I don't see that happening the way most ISP telephone "Tech Support" departments are.
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Virgin Media "SuperHub" 1 & 2 - 7 Second Security Flaw!
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Yeah you would have thought that could be seen as a issue but obviously somebody somewhere thought it's not a problem and nothing can go wrong in that space of time, However when all the hubs use the same administrator username & password by default, Plus the fact that 98% of people won't have changed that or even know they could change it.. Some people probably don't even know it has a interface! I wouldn't be surprised. -
Virgin Media "SuperHub" 1 & 2 - 7 Second Security Flaw!
nphxboxlive replied to nphxboxlive's topic in Tech News
I'm not sure how he managed to reboot it but like I say, I think somebody may have been using this or something similar on my sisters to gain access to her wireless network, Reboot the hub etc and change things a while ago before I changed all the passwords and configuration of the SuperHub myself. I couldn't stand the SuperHub and the signal is pretty bad compared to other routers, Sometimes I couldn't even access the GUI without rebooting it or doing a factory reset when she needed me to change something or add another device to her WiFi MAC filter I had enabled! I finally came to putting it in Modem-Only mode yesterday and it's working great now as a 'Dumb' MODEM and nothing more. -
So I just found this while searching the internet for a solution to a problem I am having using another router instead of the SuperHub provided by Virgin Media and thought I would share it, I think this is the right place to post it? If not, Sorry! Please move it to the right place. I figured I would share it as it's better for people to be safe than sorry I guess, I actually put my sister's SuperHub into Modem-Only mode yesterday and replaced it with another router all together due to stupid restart problems and the settings getting lost randomly, Plus somebody got into the WiFi not so long ago and I had to setup a MAC Address filter to stop them getting back in.. I guess this would explain what could have been going on! Also while I mention this, Does anybody know about using the SuperHub in modem-only mode and keeping the same WAN IP? I need help here with that.. I'm not sure if it has been fixed yet but it's always a good idea to change stock passwords anyway and it can't hurt anything doing so. Virgin Media SuperHub - 7 Second Security Flaw How to protect yourself (do it now!) Visit http://192.168.100.1 (or http://192.168.0.1) in your browser. Login as usual. As you know, the default password is "changeme". Click "Advanced Settings" Scroll down to "Device Management" -> "User Interface Management" Enter a new password and hit "Save". Click "Home" Click "Wireless Network Settings" Enter a new "Passphrase or Security Key" for both the 2.4 & 5Ghz networks. Click "Save Settings". You'll need to enter this new key into each wireless device to restore your connection. Source: https://ramblingrant.co.uk/virgin-media-superhub-7-second-security-flaw/
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Hey guys, So here's what I need to do.. My sister has Virgin Media cable broadband, The Not-So"SuperHub" they provide you with can act as a router or just a "dumb modem", When I switch the router into modem mode it works fine BUT gives whatever I connect to it a new different public WAN IP address (EG: 222.xxx.xxx.xxx), If I switch the hub back into router mode, I get the same old WAN IP address back that it's had since the day the line was installed (EG: 111.xxx.xxx.xxx). The IP address lease times are set to 1 week / 7 days and from what I have read they are assigned using the MAC address of the connected router or other device, What I am trying to do is use a new router (Netgear WNDR3400 - Dual band WiFi & Generally much better device) connected to the "SuperHub" (SuperHub in modem only mode) but keep the same public IP address as the SuperHub had before. In the settings for the Netgear WNDR3400 I can change the MAC address of the WAN port, I have tried setting this to the MAC address shown on the SuperHub sticker but when I do the internet doesn't work? :wacko: Well - The lights on the "SuperHub" light up as if the internet is active (One Green, One Blue), However the internet / WAN light on the WNDR3400 router I am trying to use just stays orange when I set the WAN port to use the MAC address off the side of the SuperHub! If I connect a computer directly to the SuperHub in modem mode the PC that is connected gets assigned a new random public IP address (EG: 123.xxx.xxx.xxx) as it should and the internet works on that! If I also keep the stock MAC address of the WNDR3400 router and connect that up to the SuperHub in modem mode the internet comes online and works but it uses a different public WAN IP address. I need to be able to get the old / original public WAN IP address passed through to the new Netgear WNDR3400 router, Has anybody ever tried this before or know how it works so I can keep the old assigned IP address? I really appreciate any help as I really need to keep the old IP address but have it assigned to the WNDR3400 if possible! I considered calling Virgin Media's phone support but I honestly doubt they will have any idea what I am trying to do or how to go about doing it since most of them just read a script...
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Thanks for your info guys, I managed to make it work how I wanted using a combination of your answers and some researching of the problems I encountered along the way.
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I don't remember them exactly but they were named something along the lines of "Speed Up My PC" / "Easy System Optimizer", There were a few different ones with similar names, It also had a few "Ashampoo" programs on there like "WinOptimizer & Magical Defrag". It also had McAfee, AVG & Avast running together... I have done a complete reinstall of windows 7 and the drivers and so far it seems to be working fine, It's done over 300 windows updates and I just ran "SFC /SCANNOW" and it said there are no violations, I also ran "CHKDSK" and it found no problems so hopefully it's sorted. I'm going to use the system at the side of mine for a few days watching YouTube videos and browsing the internet and see how it goes, If all seems to be good I'll give him it back and warn him again not to install loads of these optimizer & anti-virus programs. I just leave it with Avast & Microsoft Security Essentials when I give him it back.. Thanks for the help I'll post back again if anything else comes up in the next few days of testing! I'm doubting anything will though.
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Do you have BT Infinity or normal BT broadband? What speeds and ping result do you get when running a speed test on a website like speedtest.net? Do you use ethernet connection or wireless? What router or HomeHub do you have? If you can't work out the cause just contact BT about it, They have always sorted out any problems we have had and we have two separate BT internet connections coming into the same house (Non-Infinity though).
