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brian100 · 30 Jul 2020 at 13:38

Thanks for your reply.
Yes I think you are Wright I have tried it in four iPhones and it shows the same problem.

Mekrel · 30 Jul 2020 at 13:44

I would imagine it's on purpose where iPhones have addition/different ways to disable tethering? I'm with Smarty and just fired up a hotspot on my Pixel 4 and my Mac connected just fine and I could load webpages.

sandys · 30 Jul 2020 at 14:18

Yup I just confirmed it works on my phone to my laptop too as I haven't used hotspot for a while and wanted to make sure nothing has changed, so its definitely fine on Android despite not having the best indoor signal

brian100 · 30 Jul 2020 at 14:26

Thanks for all your replies.
Now to see if anyone has it working on a iphone

sandys · 30 Jul 2020 at 16:01

Have you tried all the options on apple support page as it is more likely to be phone side than network issue

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203302#:~:text=Restart the iPhone or iPad,then tap Reset Network Settings.

brian100 · 30 Jul 2020 at 16:31

Got a reply back for smarty they say they have a problem with the iPhone’s and are working on it.

benparker · 31 Jul 2020 at 12:32

Anyone having issues where the internet just stops working for a few hours?

joelk2 · 31 Jul 2020 at 13:06

benparker said:
Anyone having issues where the internet just stops working for a few hours?

i do yes, but it wasnt any different on any of the other providers ive been with which im happy about. i pay 10 a month now. signal is ok, not great but for 10 a month im not complaining at all.

brian100 · 4 Aug 2020 at 08:56

Still no joy with the iphone and making a hotspot.

benparker · 4 Aug 2020 at 09:53

brian100 said:
Still no joy with the iphone and making a hotspot.

Must be an iPhone restriction as my sim is in a 4g router.

sandys · 4 Aug 2020 at 10:02

benparker said:
Must be an iPhone restriction as my sim is in a 4g router.

That's good to know, I might test that too as I could get an unlimited sim for when on hols as I have a couple of MiFi devices and they are more convenience rather than using my phone missus hates when I go off with the internet

Don't know anyone who uses an iPhone surprisingly so can't look into it but everything on Smarty and three suggests it should be no problem.

brian100 · 4 Aug 2020 at 10:40

From what I can make out it is a problem with the iPhones only.

brian100 · 7 Aug 2020 at 19:14

marms said:
I use Smarty for my home broadband and 4g was pretty much useless yesterday, i set my router to 3g mode and it wasn't too bad, 4g is back up to speed today though.

Hi.
Which router do you use please.

marms · 8 Aug 2020 at 17:46

brian100 said:
Hi.
Which router do you use please.

I've got a TP Link M7200 but am going to get something better to get better reception and allow more devices to connect at once (currently limited to 10 users)

brian100 · 8 Aug 2020 at 18:39

Thanks.

marms · 28 Aug 2020 at 18:30

brian100 said:
Hi.
Which router do you use please.

I upgraded to a TP-Link Archer MR600 yesterday and my connection has gone from 20Mbps to 40 Mbps, it's using bands 3 and 20 on 4g+ and the connection seems a lot more stable during heavy rain and evenings.

brian100 · 28 Aug 2020 at 19:39

Marms
Thanks for the info.

benparker · 23 Oct 2020 at 10:45

My internet connection has lost half the download speeds for about 3 days now. Anyone else?

ANDARIAL · 23 Oct 2020 at 11:35

About same as usual 63 down 32 up 51 ms ping here s.Wales

benparker · 23 Oct 2020 at 11:52

I was on about 45Mbps on average but now it's 20ish