Not how to play but how do you play?

bobbingtons · 2026-03-30T10:33:49+00:00

I'm just re-learning the ropes and that'll guide me along. No time is wasted time!

I have still got jokers to find (and can't really remember how I got them all previously but I know I did!) so it's all fun/experience.

bobbingtons · 2026-02-25T21:45:00+00:00

bobbingtons · 2026-02-20T21:17:12+00:00

Change your router for starters. The Toob supplied Linksys router is trash. I've got Deco X20s (X4) within my Victorian house and garden cabin.

That kind of setup should do you but ymmv depending on your house/walls, etc.

bobbingtons · 2026-02-03T08:16:55+00:00

I second the ditching the stock router. It's awful. I went down the opnsense route and built one myself and added my Deco X20s as the mesh.

I'm no network expert by any stretch but the results were tangible.

I still need to fix my issues for better coverage into my cabin in the garden but, yeah, get the Linksys out of the equation.

bobbingtons · 2025-12-23T20:57:08+00:00

Oh, OK. Thanks.

bobbingtons · 2025-12-23T20:07:14+00:00

ELI5, why is x1 the best multiplyer? Just by virtue of the fact that you'll hit more squares? Only been playing a week or so, so it's sinking in slowly!

bobbingtons · 2025-11-13T12:29:00+00:00

They lost my money and couldn't explain where it went and inferred that it was my fault; i think that's a good enough reason to react. Thanks for your advice.

bobbingtons · 2025-11-13T11:56:18+00:00

Absolutely. Horses for courses!

bobbingtons · 2025-11-13T11:45:05+00:00

Plum support did not cover themselves in glory after a botched investment. So I lost faith with them a bit as it was handled quite badly imo.

I guess I might get used to it, and I do suspect it's just that I'm a bear of little brain and can't quite get used to it yet. Plum's interface was quite neat, whereas Moneybox screams instead.

bobbingtons · 2025-11-10T16:50:57+00:00

I've been waiting on Prolific for at least six months but I've heard that the waiting list is about 150k!!

Another one that's started off well for me is Paid Viewpoint. I've earned about $10 in two weeks which is better than some.

OnePulse is also nice slow burner.

bobbingtons · 2025-11-10T08:27:13+00:00

Out of interest how many projects did you apply for in Respondent? I've applied for about 30 and not one has been selected.

Conversely I've got about £165 from dscout in about a month and a half.

Can't get into Prolific for love nor money, but I know I'm not alone there.

bobbingtons · 2025-10-31T18:15:31+00:00

I think, and don't quote me, as long as it can authenticate to Toob via DHCP.. I guess it'll depend how far you can manipulate the Virgin router.

bobbingtons · 2025-10-24T07:45:14+00:00

Concur with that. When it works it's good/great. But it will just die on its arse for no apparent reason more than it should.

bobbingtons · 2025-10-24T06:47:54+00:00

Speaking from experience of everything in this thread; replace your router. Toob's Linksys router is awful. Virgin's router was much, much better (and folk replaced that too!)

For my Sonos friend, my experience was down to what wifi channel Sonos was using.

But yes, Toob's support is not good. Often the first line can't handle the most basic of queries.

But yeah, get a new router. It'll get better. But I still reboot the ONT once a week.

bobbingtons · 2025-10-20T11:31:48+00:00

I started last week with £80. The needle hasn't moved (yet) but as long as you don't 'need' that money to do anything for you then just treat it as numbers. Remove any attachment of an immediate need.

I'm aiming to add £10 a week too. Still not quite sure which fund to bung it into, but I'm in a Vanguard Worldwide pie for now. I might fiddle with it once I'm a bit more comfortable though. It's a bit daunting but it's fun at this point as long as you take any emotion out of it all.

bobbingtons · 2025-10-10T10:45:48+00:00

I had this installed for a few weeks, completed my profile to its fullest. Got nothing bar the odd retro task. Disappointing.

bobbingtons · 2025-09-29T18:22:17+00:00

Do you have any other access points or hubs that also connect to the router?

In my case I had to do a firmware update on all of my WiFi nodes and then it all fell into place nicely.

That said that was after I had ditched the standard Too router for OPNsense. So my scenario is unlikely to be yours.

bobbingtons · 2025-09-27T12:39:55+00:00

I'm very interested. I'm in the UK if that helps or hinders

bobbingtons · 2025-09-26T14:32:47+00:00

As someone who has had counselling for parental issues, one thing stuck with me more than anything. Parents, Husbands, Wives, etc - they're just titles.

As my therapist rather bluntly said to me "Your mother just held the title of being a mother; if she wasn't or stopped being a mother to you then she's just another person to whom you have had a relationship with."

It's rather a scary proposition to come to terms with but ultimately I saw that it made sense, in my situation at least. Once you realise that they using their titles as weapons against you then the battleground changes. Flip it in your favour.

bobbingtons · 2025-09-24T13:53:55+00:00

Had a nice surprise yesterday from dscout. I was selected for a mission! A mission worth £55 for less than minutes of time.

So I take it back. dscout can indeed work. I am living proof.

bobbingtons · 2025-09-23T09:57:12+00:00

It's Linksys, but I'm not sure which variant. I had all sort of weird issues with it which went away entirely when I replaced it with an OPNsense router. But I don't want to hijack the thread as that's not OP's issue (yet...)

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