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Version 3 (Power - flashing, Internet - solid orange, In Service - off, In Use - solid orange)

Retired-Lee
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This thread has been created to discuss and troubleshoot the version 3 Sure Signal when the light sequence is as follows:

 

  • Power: Flashing
  • Internet: Solid Orange
  • In Service: Off
  • In Use: Solid Orange

 

Cause

 

This light sequence indicates the Sure Signal's not active and the cause is a network timing issue (NTP). These symptoms can be prone to recurrence.

 

Troubleshooting


Check that your Sure Signal has been registered successfully.
Before your Sure Signal can connect to our network, you must have first registered it with us. You will have received a message via text or email to let you know when the registration has completed successfully. Your Sure Signal will not work until you have recieved this confirmation message.

To verify that your Sure Signal has been registered, login to My Account, and click on the My Sure Signal tab. Your Sure Signal details should be listed, along with the status "Registered".

If you have not registered your Sure Signal, and are a Business Customer, please register at our Business Sure Signal page.


If you're a Consumer Customer, you can register directly from within the My Sure Signal page in My Account.


Manually configure your Router to allow port-forwarding.
In most cases, routers support a system called "Universal Plug-n-Play" or UPnP, which will setup port-forwarding for you automatically. If you have a complicated network setup, or a complex router, you may be required to enter these settings in manually.

The following details list the IP addresses and Port Numbers that need to be forwarded to your Sure Signal's internal IP address. For detailed instructions on how to do this, we recommend either contacting your ISP or Router Manufacturer, or referring to the Default Guide for your particular make and model, over at http://portforward.com

Destination IP Addresses:

  • 212.183.133.177
  • 212.183.133.178
  • 212.183.133.179
  • 212.183.133.181
  • 212.183.133.182
  • 212.183.131.128/26


Ports and Protocols:

  • 8 – TCP/UDP                 (All routers)
  • 50 – TCP/UDP               (All routers)
  • 53 – TCP/UDP               (Virgin Super Hubs)
  • 67 – UDP                      (Virgin Super Hubs)                                                    
  • 68 – UDP                      (Virgin Super Hubs)                                        
  • 123 – UDP                    (All routers)     
  • 500 – UDP                    (All routers)     
  • 1723 – TCP/UDP           (BT Home Hubs)          
  • 4500 – UDP                   (All routers)     
  • 33434 – 33445 – UDP    (Virgin Super Hubs)


Please note that in the above list of IP addresses, the notation "212.183.131.128/26" means the complete range of IP addresses between 212.183.131.128 and 212.183.131.191

Your Router will also need to be able to assign the Sure Signal with a DNS Server address via DHCP.

 

Check your MTU settings:

 

  1. Log into your admin page for your router
  2. Find the location of the MTU field - this varies depending on the make and model of router so you’ll need to hunt around for it
  3. Change the value of the MTU size to 1500 if this is allowed by your router

 

Log out of the router, this will usually result in a reboot:

 

  1. Hold in the reset button until all the lights go solid
  2. Pull the power lead out with the reset button still pushed in
  3. Continue to hold down the reset button and reconnect the power lead
  4. Wait for all of the lights to come on then release the reset button

The Sure Signal will now try to contact the network and download its profile. This may take anything up to 6 hours.


Post your Router details.
If you have successfully followed all of the above, or are struggling with configuring your Router, please post your Router's make and full model number below. It would also be helpful to include your Sure Signal Serial number and ISP (Internet Service Provider).

 

Quite often other users of the same router will be able to share tips with you around setup and any extra security settings that may need to be enabled/disabled to get things working correctly. Wherever possible, we will also attempt to assist you with this, however due to the vast number of different manufacturers and models, it is not always possible, and we do not officially support any form of Router Configuration. For that reason we will always recommend contacting your Router Manufacturer or ISP for assistance first.

 

Please provide your ISP with some information supporting the network performance issue such as a number of speedtests performed throughout the day and a trace route.

 

Traceroute command:

On a PC:

 

  1. Click on Start and select Run
  2. Type CMD into the Run box and press enter/click ok
  3. A black box will appear.
  4. In this box type tracert 212.183.133.177 press Enter
  5. Paste the output of this command into your reply.

 

On a Mac:

 

  1. Open Terminal (Applications, Utilities)
  2. Type 'traceroute 212.183.133.177'
  3. Press Enter


Thanks

LeeH

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Jenny
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)

@matchmaker - Everything you’ve posted looks fine, and your Sure Signal has connected to our servers since you last posted.

 

Please try another Ethernet cable and if you’re still having problems, get back to us with your IP address so we can look into this further.

I've tried another cable and rebooted. I now get the red power light flashing and the right hand two lights solid.

 

My IP address is 82.68.112.62

Sukhi
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)

@matchmaker - The IP address is on the whitelist. My next suggestion would be to test the Sure Signal at a different location, maybe around a friends house.

 

If that doesn't help the next step would be a repair.

 

Thanks,

 

Sukhi

Hi,

 

Thanks, I have tried another location with the same problem.

 

I thought it might be faulty, this is the 3rd one I have bought. They only seem to last at most 18 months.

 

I think it may be cheaper to switch network.

 

Thanks for your help.

Mark
Community Manager
Community Manager

@sbb

 

The flashing power light indicates that the Sure Signal is faulty.

 

I can see this was only registered recently, so will still be covered by the warranty.

 

Please follow our repair procedure, so we can resolve this as quickly as possible.

 

@matchmaker

 

Sorry to hear you feel this way. If the device is still under warrenty we'd be happy to look into the fault for you.

 

Hi,

 

I just went out and bought a new Sure Signal registered it and it's working fine, so the old one was indeed faulty.

 

I hope this one lasts longer thank before.

 

Thanks for your help.

Thanks but the link to sort the repair is invalid - please advise

sbb
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Hi, My VSS was fine for a copuple of days and now doesnt work. gone through troubleshooting as below, help please ? Thanks

 

download 20.7
upload - 5.03
ping test - 34 ms - jitter 2ms

serial no: 42151103985

Tracing route to 212.183.133.177 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    10 ms     *       10 ms  BThomehub.home [192.168.1.254]
  2    29 ms    27 ms    27 ms  lo0.13.central13.ptw-bng01.plus.net [195.166.128.173]
  3    27 ms    30 ms    27 ms  irb.13.ptw-cr02.plus.net [84.93.249.50]
  4    27 ms    27 ms    27 ms  ae2.ptw-cr01.plus.net [195.166.129.4]
  5    29 ms    32 ms    39 ms  lndgw2.arcor-ip.net [195.66.224.124]
  6    29 ms    29 ms    28 ms  85.205.0.86
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 19     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 20     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 23     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 24     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 25     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 26     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 27     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 28     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 29     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 30     *        *        *     Request timed out.

OLIVERJAYSMITH
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2: Seeker
How helpful.

sanford
3: Seeker
3: Seeker
Where have all the posts gone from the Virgin Media users with non working sure signals gone?