# "you need to be fully connected to the network" after payment start

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/you-need-to-be-fully-connected-to-the-network-after-payment-start/10242>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 10, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/you-need-to-be-fully-connected-to-the-network-after-payment-start/10242 "2021-01-10T17:55:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![firefox](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/firefox/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@firefox](https://bisq.community/u/firefox)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/you-need-to-be-fully-connected-to-the-network-after-payment-start/10242/1 "2021-01-10T17:55:27Z")

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I’ve initialized the payment, but, but bisq has returned to the deposit screen, now, when I confirm the payment initiation, the message appears: “You need to be fully connected to the network …”

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/you-need-to-be-fully-connected-to-the-network-after-payment-start/10242/2 "2021-01-11T11:12:25Z")

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There were network issues due to DAO not working properly yesterday. Has this issue improved since then?