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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....

Replacement Router rquest

My Wifi hub recently is having problems, I cannot connect any devices to it. I tried all the steps from the troubleshooter, nothing works. How do I request a replacement. Thanks

andr1s by Chatterbox
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My router

Hi there,I hope you are well.Our internet connection is very slow. We can’t use the internet in the next room. When I want to do speed test in your website, a warning pops up that your router is not identified. But our router was sent by TalkTalk. So...

kapry_11 by First Timer
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5ghz uni-2

Hi,I’m just wondering if the TalkTalk routers support the 5ghz uni-2 channels. As I’m looking at optimising WiFi performance. Thanks in advance.

Intermittent wifi

Hi. Over the last 2-3 weeks, our wifi has been intermittent in rooms away from the kitchen, where the router is based. Sometimes it works well, but other times the connection is dropped. Normally, the wifi is good upstairs with the aid of an extender...

Perplexed1 by Conversation Starter
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Router congestion control

If a member of my household uploads a video to YouTube, the internet goes down for all other household members, i.e. all other devices on the wireless network lose the internet, including internet radio in the kitchen. How to prevent this? I suspect ...

Mark9992 by Popular Poster
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Talktalk router problem

Hi my talktalk router doesn't work properly. It fails to connect to both WiFi printer and WiFi range extender. When I used my old sky broadband router it works perfectly and connects to both devices mentioned and my internet connection is working alb...

markb183 by Chatterbox
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Resolved! DISABLE WIFI OPTIMISATION

My router isn't using the WiFi channels I have set and WiFi works much better on the less congested channels, I believe from other posts on the forum it's a setting that needs to be turned off so could a member from the support team get that sorted f...

Rugazi by First Timer
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Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client

Hi I'm trying to use Cisco whilst working from home and cannot connect so having to tether to Mobile prone which is not ideal?

Moving house

We are hoping to move house soon- next Friday to be exact. But it is not guaranteed yet.I have stupidly come on the talktalk site and put in our house move date to change the address on my account. I confirmed it all- not realising I wouldn't be able...

Claire06 by First Timer
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Internet speed

I pay for the fibre65 but only get average 39 download and 11.4 upload at best. I used to get nearly 70mbs I have tried switching off the router for 20 mins that worked in the past but no longer works. The lowest I got was 4mbs

wgd66 by Chatterbox
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TalkTalk Range extender

Hi, I’ve been experiencing low speed issues & I think I’ve now found the reason but would still like some suggestions as how to proceed further. Im on gigabit UFO & recently noticed a significant drop in performance. Did an online speed check & was o...

davetez by Participant
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Kernel Panic

I am running the DG8041W and experience intermittent resets. There seems to be no pattern to the drop-outs. Inspection of the log file shows: 1981-01-01 00:00:10 [Error][Alarm-Log] AlarmID:104001,AlarmLevel:Error,Device reset. Cause: System reset due...

rhyswyn by Popular Poster
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