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5G ROUTER 2021 dropping internet

BelovedxWarrior
Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor

Ever since we got the router it's been losing connection. Phones lose connection. The Alexa devices stop. The TV cuts off.

This happens multiple times day and night. We have to switch the router off and on again.. Wait for everything to connect again..  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

It's driving us mad considering what we pay each month for this service ! 

Connection is apparently very good in our area so why does this keep happening ?! 

The router won't reset - we have tried pushing the reset button with a pin and it does nothing. All lights stay green no matter what. Never seen them change colour.. I think the box is faulty but this is the second one we've had so far.

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deppy
Contributor
Contributor

Finally managed to get through to 150 this past weekend

2 very clued up chaps helped me , front line and L2 escelation , and we discussed external antenna's (I am in an apartment building so not possible) and bringing in the router to be tested at a EE store before it can be swapped out. Firstly the store could not find my appointment but the wonderful lady said she will book it in as faulty.

Yesterday I get notification that they could not find a fault and are sending it back, also got a sms that my original case has been closed.

To sum up:

- on 5G - connectivity intermittently dies every few hours randomly , shows as connected but no traffic
- 4G no problem at all but obviously saturated or slower
- No issue when I use my Huawei CPE Pro router
- advised on here by EE to call 150, I have and gone through the hoops and still got nowhere but my time taken up holding on the phone and going to the EE store
- tried to log the fault while I was in my contract cool off period but because my area showed maintenance they said I must wait till thats done.

Where to now EE , I am stuck in a contract that I cant use because of a faulty router or tower, is there some sort of consumer complaint I can open?

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @deppy 

I am sorry to hear this, could you test the router once you have this back to see if the same happens? 

Thanks. 

Leanne.

Piranhi
Investigator
Investigator

I have this exact same issue with the same router. The only thing EE have managed to do so far is 'set my account as allowed to view 18+ content as that 'might fix the issue'. 

 

Every day, around 12-2pm, it will cut out completely. Everything in the house dies but the router shows that everything is ok. It is also caused by a device triggering a big large download. The act of triggering the download seems to force the router to die, even though it reports everything is fine.

It seems more people are experiencing this issue. @EE can I just get a new router and send mine back?

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @Piranhi 

Our Technical Support Team will be happy to look into this issue if you get in touch.

Leanne.

Hi @Leanne_T 

Part of the fault documentation with the router they indicated they applied a software update

I have used the router for 2 days now without the problem occuring which is great news!

One tip - I wonder if the update could not be available to everyone (when I went to the software update page before it said it was up to date already)

I was lucky in that I had a spare router for the week it took to send it in, but many others are not so lucky. 

Piranhi
Investigator
Investigator

Hey @deppy  - That's reassuring. I'll give them a ring today to see if they can do something similar. 

 

Out of interest, what is your firmware on your router now? Mine says: 5GEE_Router_V01.12 and it says there are no updates. 

@Piranhi  Interestingly it seems mine is older - 5GEE_Router_V01.11 🤣

Perhaps there is a seperate baseband / modem firmware which only they can update with a cable 

deppy
Contributor
Contributor

Unfortunately the router just dropped out, shows connected with an ip address but no traffic passes, have to reboot the router to get a connection again

Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @deppy 

I am sorry to hear this, please report this again to our technical support team to get this looked into further. 

Leanne.

Unfortunately I will have to wait for the weekend where I can allocate the 45+ mins to wait for the support team to answer the call, I cant afford that time off work

Why is the web chat unavailable the whole time