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Ongoing WiFi problems after switch from BT Broadband

Keiffy1964
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About 5 weeks ago we switched from BT to EE for our Broadband and TV. Starting to regret that decision. We were sent a new router, a new TV box and 3 WiFi plus boxes. This is the same equipment we had with BT for many years. Over this period we hardly had any issues and I was always able to speak to someone if I wanted.  Oh how have things changed!!. We've been having ongoing problems and it is impossible to speak to anyone! When you phone them, you just get connected to a fault Bot and you end up in a loop. I've started to keep a record of the issues but generally the same problem. Over the last ten days, our WiFi has gone off during the night on six occasions. On the following mornings, nothing connects to the internet. The connection to the Ring doorbell, our thermostat, the TV, all our mobile devices, our work computers drops over the previous night. Weirdly, you don't realize initially because the router remains blue. The TV has an error IPC6023. Our phones advise that there's no Internet despite also stating that that we have an excellent signal. Unplugging the router and plugging it back in generally solves the issue but I shouldn't have to do this every other day! I've raised a complaint now but not holding my breathe. Starting to think that EE's equipment is substandard compared to BT.

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I was told by the EE "engineer" that the BT kit would not work and insisted on replacing it with the EE junk.  I'm more than willing to believe that was a wrong steer from the engineer.

I'm now kicking myself for being a good soldier and sending back the BT kit as I'm now stuck with a bag of poo. 

 

Had exactly the same experience, now 3 months in and still problems. Over 20 years no issues with BT

I had also sent my BT hub back after many, many emails and texts telling me I was running out of time and would be charged…. I was lucky enough to get my hands on another BT hub and things are certainly better as we now have some devices working.  However… ethernet ports do not work and no device can connect to the 5ghz as they get connected but not connected message.  EE bumped up my monthly cost to over £80 for broadband only and are not providing the service I pay for (or the service I had weeks ago).  I can’t call them now because all they do is send me out another square of plastic that they call a router.  My hands are tied on my own but we need an uprising!!

Same we were with BT for years with a great broadband service.  Obviously paying for it at double the monthly cost of my neighbours who are with Sky.  I needed a more reliable service than Sky… egg on my face now…

After many wasted hours on the phone attempting to get the WiFi to work reliably, I was on the verge of giving up on EE altogether, but then independently, I stumbled across the Wireless Mode in the settings for the router. This was set to "WiFi 6 Performance" by the tech who installed it, (or by default?) and I believe this was causing a lot of the issues I was experiencing.

I changed it to "WiFi 6 Compatibility" mode and things improved massively. Definitely worth avoiding the performance mode, unless you have a very simple system with few devices and you do a lot of on-line gaming.

It's now been a few days and we haven't seen any of the WiFi dropouts or disconnections we had previously. 

This sound similar to my issue. How did you access this to change the settings?? 

Go into the router home page at 192.168.1.254 and click on Wireless. To change the settings go into the advanced settings and log in using the Admin login password. 
you can then select the most appropriate setting for what you need. Only use Performance mode if you really need it. It is fastest but not reliable.