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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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Is Digital phone and adapter usable with 3rd party router?

I have an almost new TP-Link Archer VX1800v which has a socket marked PHONE. It's an RJ11 socket, but I have a couple of adaptors converting an RJ11 plug to PSTN socket (one active, one passive) from previous experiments in VoIP.I also have a Grandst...

Jaggies by Established Contributor
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Resolved! british gas hive hub

i got a hive hub form british gas  which has been working fine up to now  i been told i need to check that The ports a Hive Hub requires are openUDP port 123 (NTP)TCP port 443 (HTTPS)TCP port 5671 (AMQPS)how do i do this?

tudor231 by Investigator
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Resolved! Hmm, better than Virgin?

I got stopped by a guy on my drive as I returned from work.He claimed faster speeds for lower prices. I told him I didn't have a problem with Virgin but he offered me a price which was below £40 per month (£36.13).I took the new subscription & since ...

Resolved! Slow spped from hub to PC

I get 900+ to the router but lucky to get 400 to the pc.  I spoke to a chap at EE who said there was a restriction to any one device. I only have 1 PC and am connected via a cat6 cable through a gigabyte card and the chap at EE didnt seem to grasp th...

Resolved! FTTH Full Fibre Installation

Hi,  I am having full fibre (FTTP) installed next monday replacing our current FTTC arrangement, got a openreach engineer booked to complete the connection, i am also getting a Smart Hub 7 Pro and 2 WiFi Extender pro to relace my current Smart Hub an...

Why is REBOOTING the router EEs standard FIX ?

I'm fed up of EEs answer to every fault being "REBOOT / POWER ON/OFF THE ROUTER"I get error codes 6023 on EE TV about 3 times a week ... the screen tells me to reboot everything (so EE know the issue)My Digital Voice fails ... No dial tone and incomi...

humeka by Established Contributor
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EE 1.6gb packet loss (solved)

Hi all,I had my connection made yesterday, but I was experiencing huge packet loss (up to 90%) throughout the day and night, I was hoping it would stabilise and correct itself after things had "settled"Come this morning and its still terrible, so I g...