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EE Hub firmware versions

We regularly update your Smart Hub to keep your broadband secure, stable, and performing at its best, often adding new features and behind-the-scenes fixes.   Hub nameModelCurrent firmware versionNotesSmart Hub 6 PlusSH30Ar4.26.3 Smart Hub 6 PlusSH31...

James_B by EE Community Manager
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Top Tips for pairing your WiFi Extenders to the Smart Hub 7 Pro

We’ve seen a few customers asking for help pairing their extenders wirelessly with their Smart Hub 7 Pro. We haven’t been able to confirm a fault, but if you need some more help, there’s a reliable workaround that usually gets things connected first ...

Chrissy_G by EE Knowledge Specialist
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Google Pixel 8 WiFi issues?

We're aware of reports from Google Pixel 8 users who are having difficulties connecting their phones to the new Smart Hub 7 Plus. When trying to connect your Pixel 8 to the hub's WiFi, you may find that it fails to connect at all, or connects very br...

James_B by EE Community Manager
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Need Help with Your Home Broadband Speed or Connection?

To effectively help you with any Broadband speed or connection issues we would need to see some hard data about your line after carrying out a few short tests for starters, which will enable us to diagnose the problem and advise you further.   Using ...

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XRaySpeX by EE Community Star
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Changing Your WiFi Password on a Smart Hub

You may have seen in the News that some ISPs have had a security breach whereby their users' routers WiFi passwords have been hacked. You might want to change the WiFi password of your EE Smart Hub router in case a similar attack is made against EE's...

XRaySpeX by EE Community Star
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Ee smart hub

While playing Xbox my internet has extreme lag spikes to around 500+ ping on most games making them completely unplayable sometimes. My download speed is also terribly slow . The internet seems to work just fine on every other device in the house . E...

New EE kit replacing previous BT kit

Hi, we had an engineer call to switch over our old (well not so old, just 12 months) BT router, mini box etc; to new EE kit. Since then our internet keeps dropping out or causing the TV to go into buffering. We also have less connectivity around the ...

Hutch01 by Investigator
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Resolved! Mobile Hotspots / EE ID

Hi We recently moved our broadband from BT to EE I was looking at the ability to use EE WiFi hotspots and see I need to login using EE ID and password From what I can see on the forum and online, that is just the email address and password we use to ...

Nick_2811 by Investigator
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Packet loss

Constant problems of packet loss, and terrible mbps, had a few engineers out. Have moved the main box to be closer to the Xbox. It's hard wired now, can't game atm can't seem to clear the fault. 2 months of this is starting to drive me mad. Only half...

Ending broadband, keeping landline

I asked this question to a customer support individual and they said probably not but not too sure. I currently have a broadband and landline account. If I close my broadband account, can I keep the landline?

kevinko by Established Contributor
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No openreach modem

I have signed up today to switch from sky to ee and received a small to say I have to setup my openreach modem but I don't have one. They are sending me the smart hub plus, can I connect it directly into my little BT box, as u do now?  

Kerry331 by Explorer
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Resolved! Smart Hub Pro Speed Degradation

Hello All,Just received my smart hub pro, whilst it appears to be working well on my PC on the 6GHZ 160mhz wide band at 754.78 (although the previous router would reach 860 on WiFi at 5GHZ) though the latency appears improved. I am noticing a severe ...