Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems

From	Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.broadband
Subject	Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems
Date	2026-06-02 16:04 +0100
Message-ID	<n889oaFp0fgU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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Well we have now completed our forced move from Plusnet to EE.  It's 
taken me all morning to set things up but all finally all devices except 
one appear to be working.  Even the phone and two extensions are 
operational, to my surprise.

The exception is a Lenovo Z51 laptop.  It's quite old, still running 
Win10 and not upgradeable, but we still use it from time to time for odd 
jobs, e.g. because it has a memory card reader and lots of USB ports.

It has been happily connecting via wifi to the old Plusnet router, but 
simply fails to see any wifi access point on the new EE hub - even using 
their compatibility mode.  They both appear to speak WPA2-Personal but 
the compatibility access point that I've set up simply does not appear 
in the list of access points when the laptop scans for wifi points (only 
a few low strength ones almost certainly from nearby houses)

I've spent an hour on the phone to EE tech support who eventually 
admitted that there were other former Plusnet customers with very 
similar problems.  They were quite knowledgeable and as helpful as they 
could be without actually solving the problem at all.  (You may well 
think that, I couldn't possibly comment).

In principle I could rig an Ethernet cable from the EE hub to the area 
where I most often use the old laptop, as it works fine that way, but 
that's an awkward bit of domestic rewiring that I hadn't expected to 
have to do.  But if anyone has any other suggestions they would be 
gratefully accepted.   I find the large number of different wifi 
security protocols still something of a mystery.



-- 
Clive Page

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Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-02 16:04 +0100
  Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 15:23 +0000
    Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 15:28 +0000
  Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-02 16:26 +0100
    Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-06-02 17:07 +0100
      Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> - 2026-06-03 23:34 +0100
    Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-02 18:56 +0100
      Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-03 14:25 +0100
        Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-04 00:11 +0100
          Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-06-04 03:34 +0100
            Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-04 11:21 +0100
          Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-04 07:38 +0100
    Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Bob Pullen <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-08 08:24 +0100
      Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-13 09:56 +0100
        Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-13 09:34 +0000
          Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-14 11:44 +0100
            Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-14 10:50 +0000
              Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-14 14:56 +0100
                Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-14 14:54 +0000
  Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-23 12:11 +0100
    Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-23 18:26 +0100
      Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-23 19:04 +0100
        Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 19:26 +0100
    Re: Plusnet ==> EE brings WPA problems Clive Page <usenet@page2.eu> - 2026-06-29 15:09 +0100

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