WiFi and sky provision in house renovation
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Hi all.
(1) long term lurker but for some reason my old account got deleted/corrupted. So I’ve created a new one.
(2) not sure of this is in the right forum
A family member is in the process of renovating her house and is in need of some basic ‘modern tech’. In short, WiFi connectivity throughout and Sky to about 4 TVs scattered across the house.
The house is old so read thick walls. coverage is circa 3200 sq ft. Master socket and cabling from a satellite dish all come into a ‘data’ cupboard where cabling (coaxial cable and cat 6 to various points throughout the house) has been provisioned by the renovators.
For WiFi I was thinking about using a mesh system, google WiFi probably as it can be connected by ethernet to get around the wall issue. Hopefully this will create enough of a mesh in the building to alleviate any black spots. the reason I was thinking of a mesh system is that it seems to get rid of the hunting between different SSIDs to create more of a ‘seamless experience’. Tell me if I’m nuts here.
It would also be great if there is a solution to pipe sky from the data cupboard without having sky boxes by the TVs, this could be via coaxial or ethernet connection as they have been provisioned in the correct locations.
Now, I could get a specialist in to do this but was thinking that as the basic requirement is WiFi and Sky, then is that really necessary? If it is, then any recommendations of companies that specialise in this, in the gloucestershire area would be appreciated.
many thanks in advance.
(1) long term lurker but for some reason my old account got deleted/corrupted. So I’ve created a new one.
(2) not sure of this is in the right forum
A family member is in the process of renovating her house and is in need of some basic ‘modern tech’. In short, WiFi connectivity throughout and Sky to about 4 TVs scattered across the house.
The house is old so read thick walls. coverage is circa 3200 sq ft. Master socket and cabling from a satellite dish all come into a ‘data’ cupboard where cabling (coaxial cable and cat 6 to various points throughout the house) has been provisioned by the renovators.
For WiFi I was thinking about using a mesh system, google WiFi probably as it can be connected by ethernet to get around the wall issue. Hopefully this will create enough of a mesh in the building to alleviate any black spots. the reason I was thinking of a mesh system is that it seems to get rid of the hunting between different SSIDs to create more of a ‘seamless experience’. Tell me if I’m nuts here.
It would also be great if there is a solution to pipe sky from the data cupboard without having sky boxes by the TVs, this could be via coaxial or ethernet connection as they have been provisioned in the correct locations.
Now, I could get a specialist in to do this but was thinking that as the basic requirement is WiFi and Sky, then is that really necessary? If it is, then any recommendations of companies that specialise in this, in the gloucestershire area would be appreciated.
many thanks in advance.
In the sticks said:
Hi all.
(1) long term lurker but for some reason my old account got deleted/corrupted. So I’ve created a new one.
(2) not sure of this is in the right forum
A family member is in the process of renovating her house and is in need of some basic ‘modern tech’. In short, WiFi connectivity throughout and Sky to about 4 TVs scattered across the house.
The house is old so read thick walls. coverage is circa 3200 sq ft. Master socket and cabling from a satellite dish all come into a ‘data’ cupboard where cabling (coaxial cable and cat 6 to various points throughout the house) has been provisioned by the renovators.
For WiFi I was thinking about using a mesh system, google WiFi probably as it can be connected by ethernet to get around the wall issue. Hopefully this will create enough of a mesh in the building to alleviate any black spots. the reason I was thinking of a mesh system is that it seems to get rid of the hunting between different SSIDs to create more of a ‘seamless experience’. Tell me if I’m nuts here.
It would also be great if there is a solution to pipe sky from the data cupboard without having sky boxes by the TVs, this could be via coaxial or ethernet connection as they have been provisioned in the correct locations.
Now, I could get a specialist in to do this but was thinking that as the basic requirement is WiFi and Sky, then is that really necessary? If it is, then any recommendations of companies that specialise in this, in the gloucestershire area would be appreciated.
many thanks in advance.
You do realise with Sky Q you can buy the second boxes for £50 each and have complete control over each room. (1) long term lurker but for some reason my old account got deleted/corrupted. So I’ve created a new one.
(2) not sure of this is in the right forum
A family member is in the process of renovating her house and is in need of some basic ‘modern tech’. In short, WiFi connectivity throughout and Sky to about 4 TVs scattered across the house.
The house is old so read thick walls. coverage is circa 3200 sq ft. Master socket and cabling from a satellite dish all come into a ‘data’ cupboard where cabling (coaxial cable and cat 6 to various points throughout the house) has been provisioned by the renovators.
For WiFi I was thinking about using a mesh system, google WiFi probably as it can be connected by ethernet to get around the wall issue. Hopefully this will create enough of a mesh in the building to alleviate any black spots. the reason I was thinking of a mesh system is that it seems to get rid of the hunting between different SSIDs to create more of a ‘seamless experience’. Tell me if I’m nuts here.
It would also be great if there is a solution to pipe sky from the data cupboard without having sky boxes by the TVs, this could be via coaxial or ethernet connection as they have been provisioned in the correct locations.
Now, I could get a specialist in to do this but was thinking that as the basic requirement is WiFi and Sky, then is that really necessary? If it is, then any recommendations of companies that specialise in this, in the gloucestershire area would be appreciated.
many thanks in advance.
You only pay one fee of £12 for multiroom.
My second boxes, even the main box, it hooked on the back of the TV out of sight, remotes are bluetooth so you don't need to see them.
I did this and then put in a wifi mesh system, perfect wifi everywhere.
gizlaroc said:
You do realise with Sky Q you can buy the second boxes for £50 each and have complete control over each room.
You only pay one fee of £12 for multiroom.
My second boxes, even the main box, it hooked on the back of the TV out of sight, remotes are bluetooth so you don't need to see them.
I did this and then put in a wifi mesh system, perfect wifi everywhere.
He has however already said this is for Wi-Fi. The best way to extend Wi-Fi is to hardware each repeater back to the network switch. Hopping access points and power line adapters should only be used when they are the only option. You only pay one fee of £12 for multiroom.
My second boxes, even the main box, it hooked on the back of the TV out of sight, remotes are bluetooth so you don't need to see them.
I did this and then put in a wifi mesh system, perfect wifi everywhere.
It is also worth noting that SkyQ boxes wirelessly are notoriously bad with thick stone walls. Although Sky did not recommend hardwiring SkyQ boxes at launch it’s now the most reliable way to do it. Also by running a CAT6 infrastructure you can also share other sources. Apple TV, Blu-Ray, media Servers etc.
SkyQ mini boxes also don’t do 4K only the main box so if you plan to have two or more 4K screens this is also a consideration.
I'm not saying don't hardwire it, but I think having second boxes are nice.
l'm not all that on Sky 4k, not like hi bitrate 4k imho, I would rather have full control over each room.
I have my stuff hardwired, but have Mesh wifi spread across the place so I can get 80mb downloads anywhere.
Our place is 3600 square foot, old voctorian walls and all on one level so pretty spread out, so sounds similar.
l'm not all that on Sky 4k, not like hi bitrate 4k imho, I would rather have full control over each room.
I have my stuff hardwired, but have Mesh wifi spread across the place so I can get 80mb downloads anywhere.
Our place is 3600 square foot, old voctorian walls and all on one level so pretty spread out, so sounds similar.
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