EE Wifi showing as open network

[qucharsky]

Hi, 

I have read a few articles but none really answered my question. So my router is transmitting the open EE WiFi channel - I have opted out of EE WiFi but it’s still here despite opting out and resetting the router etc - there’s no physical settings in routers firmware to disable it. It’s really frustrating as I have opted out immediately yet it’s back again. Any advice?

Thanks

Adrian

[bobpullen]

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@bobpullen wrote:

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@XRaySpeX wrote:

An idea: Now you've opted out, please try opting in & see if the EE WiFi for your router's BSSID reappears. Then you can opt-out again.

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Will give it a go...

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@XRaySpeX - I opted back in towards the tail-end of last week and that's what's reflected on the EE website. At the time of writing, there is still no re-emergence of the EE WiFi SSID on the hub in question.

I wonder if there be gremlins? 🤔

[XRaySpeX]

@bobpullen : I'm sure it is. It must be the intention of BT/EE that in exchange for sharing your router on the public EE WiFi network you have the right to use that public network for free & conversely.

When my SH+ had the 3.8.11 f/ware upgrade (1/7) I never noticed if it was transmitting EE WiFi SSID, but I'll assume it was as y'all say so. However a few days later (4/7) you showed where to find the EE WiFi opt in/out option & I played with it a bit & toggled it back & forth a coupla times leaving it opted-in. On the same day, as everyone was saying that the SH+ with that f/ware was transmitting EE WiFi SSID I looked for it on mine but couldn't find it anywhere. Hence I was then  adamant that it didn't transmit EE WiFi & asked you to do that test to confirm..

So, it looks like we've sussed it, at least temporarily 🙂 . You can have the right to use the public EE WiFi network for free but not have your SH+ participate in it if you 1st opt-out of it & then opt back in & leave it opted-in.

[JimM11]

@bobpullen Would that not be a way to do it, have the EE WiFi working and connecting to a hotspot that is EE/BT done via your account access, but remove the facility completely from your Router as you do NOT wish for it to be an actual Hotspot provider for others to access. 

[bobpullen]

@JimM11 - yes, a happy consequence of these findings may be that you can do exactly that. That said, I'm sure I read a post around these parts recently that stated a customer was still able to connect to/use EE WiFi hotspots despite having successfully opted out and stopped the SSID broadcast on their own router. Perhaps the entitlement logic isn't working at all 🤷

I've opted out again, left it an hour or so, and then opted back in to see if a second attempt yields different results. I can't imagine it's intentional that the SSID is not being re-enabled after opting back in.