I have good quality BT Fibre broadband; a speed test returns 40MB and ping 8. The internet seems to work OK, however when I log on to Facebook or WhatsApp it takes an age to download messages. I am faced with the connection icon endlessly turning and no messages appearing. Eventually it does connect but may take 10s of minutes or even 2 hours before the messages appear. If I shut down the Wi-Fi and use 4G mobile phone data the WhatsApp connects immediately and works perfectly.
The problem persists when other people try to use my Wi-Fi with their phone. However, if I am in another location away from home, and use Wi-Fi all is well - so it’s not a problem with my iPhone.
I’m sure it is a problem with my own BT Wi-Fi router only. I recently upgraded my BT router from v4 to Smart Hub 2. However although the Wi-Fi signal is stronger it still has the same problem connecting to WhatsApp and Facebook.
I wondered if there is an interference problem in my home, however my phone is connecting at 5G and I cannot see any interference or indeed any other Wi-Fi carriers on my Wi-Fi monitor app. The 5G Wi-Fi band appears clear.
Any ideas please?
By BTWFI do you mean your home wireless connection from the hub and not the BTWIFI-Fon network
did you turn off smart setup by going to hub manager then advanced settings then turn off smart setup
I have the same problem. WhatsApp takes ages to respond. Further, Twitter is just not working. I have turned off smart set up but that has not helped. Anyone help please. Thanks
@Yousuf welcome to the community and thanks for posting, do you have parental controls filters turned on?
Thanks to this forum. I turned off parent control and now it is all ok
@Yousuf I'm glad that sorted it for you.