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For queries about your TalkTalk broadband service.

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Community Update - Peer to Peer Support

From the 29th of March our TalkTalk Community will move to peer-to-peer support and the TalkTalk team will no longer be here to support with queries. Don’t worry we still have plenty of ways to reach out if you need to speak to TalkTalk directly. For...

Very Important - V2 Sagemcom FAST266 Wi-Fi Booster

Do not connect this new version of the FAST266 WiFi booster until you have checked the firmware version on your Sagemcom Wi-Fi Hub 1 or 2 (FAST 5364 & 5464). This does not affect the Wi-Fi Hub 3. The Wi-Fi Hub must be running a minimum of V202 firmwa...

Weak Security warning on Apple iOS and Windows 10 or 11

Some Apple products have recently had an upgrade that can show the WiFi connection as having weak security:- iPad Software Version 14.01 - since the update to Version 14.0 it has shown Weak Security iPhone SE Software Version 14.01 -since the update ...

Privacy warning - this network is blocking encrypted DNS traffic

This subject is involved & not knowing how much you know, or want to know about it, I will try to explain. When you type a website address URL in the browser this must be converted to an IP address, as the URL is not rotatable, only an IP address is....

Broadband connection frequent line dropouts

HelloCan anyone tell me if there is anything wrong with TalkTalk broadband services in the North London area?I am finding that my connection is subject to frequent dropouts. Whilst these are short-lived, they are becoming annoying and affect streamin...

Router keeps disconnecting

For the past few weeks I've been having trouble with the internet/router. It works fine for days or weeks on end then suddenly will not connect and flash orange before trying to reconnect. The router is fairly newish, a year old maybe. It is a Sagemc...

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Firmware upgade for DG8041W - kernal panic resets

Hi I have a talk talk DG8041W and on software version v1.05t. I am getting multiple a day resets of the router and on the logs I see reason: kernal panic. Now I don't know what it means but I have to read that a firmware update can fix this? Talk tal...

Jon_nic by Chatterbox
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D-Link Router Model DSL 3782

I'm having problems with my wifi calls dropping out on my Samsung phone. Also sometimes I can't stream music and look up other websites at the same time, getting a message saying I don't have sufficient bandwidth. I Googled the router and it seems it...

jmdor by Team Player
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Replacement Router Request

Hi Can I have a new Router sent please. I replaced my old router with an Asus one about 5 years ago and having had line problems the Engineer who visited to check our lines believe it is the router. Whilst they had reset the speed on the line and it ...

WiFi regularly dropping, suspect the Router

Hi been with TalkTalk what seems forever (15-20 years?) and this is my second replacement Fast router that was about 3 years ago and has been faultless since then until now.Over the past week I have monitored the router and randomly the WiFi drops ou...

Lasertek by Whizz Kid
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Connection, router.

Hi I hope you can help me my internet connection disconnects when we use our landline to make a phonecall and receive a phone call.Also when it tries to reconnect the speed is really slow and only speeds up when the phone call ends.I hope you can hel...

eskijo by Chat Champion
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Internet has gone down every day this week

Every day this week our internet has gone down. I was wondering if I could get a new router like the one we currently have (Huawei router).We have tried those Sagemcom routers and they don't provide a strong enough signal to reach all of the rooms in...

Intermittent broadband speed new router not solved problem

Approximately 2-3 months ago I started getting slow internet and sometimes it stopped. After a short time it went back to normal again. I went through the system and in the end it was diagnosed as a router problem so you replaced the router, but it i...

garyp41 by Whizz Kid
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VDSL keeps dropping

Hi, Over the past hour or so my VDSL connection has dropped ~10 times, making using the internet impossible. Each time the light on the router flashes orange for a few minutes and then returns to solid white. NOTHING has changed in the property. I ha...

Chris1012 by Chat Champion
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Router keeps only showing power light

Hi there I'm using Huawei Super Router HG635, software is up to date. All the cables are fine, the router is in a place without interference.It's been fine with no issues, and nothing has changed in our house. But ever since last Tuesday, all the lig...

KatyDee by First Timer
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Broadband connection

For the past 4 months I have been facing a problem with my broadband connection it keeps disconnecting every 10 minutes and start to flash orange and turn back on

Kadah by Popular Poster
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Problem with broadband

Hi Have carried out tests on my connection a couple of times (latest was yesterday). My speed are DL 14mbps and UL 0.7 mbps. ( Minimum stated being DL 17mbps). I have carried various action such as resetting the router and switching it off & on. I ha...

Park21 by First Timer
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Is there something going on with TalkTalk at the moment?

I have been having constant Internet drops for the last 24 hours. I went through the My Connection section of the website, which detected issues. Therefore, a case was opened. I was given the option to use Live Chat. However, when clicking on the liv...

Tom17 by First Timer
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Boadband (still) dropping multiple times a day

I posted back on April 28th about my broadband connection going down a handful of times a day, and TalkTalk arranged for an engineer to come out and take a look. The engineer said he ran a test and found an unacceptable attenuation on the line. He re...

wren123 by Participant
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Replacement router request

Hello. I received an e-mail saying my Huawei HG633 router is out of maintenance and support with the manufacturer and you would be in touch about a replacement. But I have been getting dropouts for quite some time and I am constantly having to reboot...

SueR1234 by Chatterbox
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Dropping connections - multiple

HelloI’ve been trying to get help from TalkTalk about my broadband. We run 3 laptops and 3 phones plus the usual extras eg printer ring doorbell etc. our devices drop connections multiple times per day it’s so frustrating. Our router is no longer sup...