Sky Q Router

[kritter86]

I have the Sky Q router and it would appear it isn't the same standard as our BT hub that we had before. The signal strength is not the issue but having a greater range so I could get better signal would be beneficial. I have done speed tests and they vary but I get the impression that the speed can be slowed down by the router. Does this sound like it may be possible or is it all in my head?

I did a speed test last night, Which website said 10mb/s where as sky website said 20mb/s?

TIA.

[sly fox]

What speed are you talking about?


The bandwidth of the connection, or the speed you get to your device over wifi?

[kritter86]

I'm kind of lost which one it will be.

I do a speed test and the bandwidth connect seems ok 10-20mb/s but the connection to mobile or laptop can be much slower.

[Boney2728]

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=17...

Don't know if this helps .

[kritter86]

Boney2728 said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=17...

Don't know if this helps .

Cheers Boney, I'll give this a bash.

[Tomo1971]

That other thread starts off with saying that you cant use a 3rd party router direct to the BT point but then as Sky have relaxed the rules, states you now can and I have used the exact one on that thread - TP-Link VR900

Best thing I ever did.

We have Sky Q with Mini Boxes, so had to re-pair them with the 'new' wifi but selected the option for 'Broadband with other supplier' on the main sky q box and once that was in, conected the minis back to the main Q as normal.

[skahigh]

Tomo1971 said:

We have Sky Q with Mini Boxes, so had to re-pair them with the 'new' wifi but selected the option for 'Broadband with other supplier' on the main sky q box and once that was in, conected the minis back to the main Q as normal.

It's worth pointing out that this can be problematic depending on your property and placement of the boxes.

The mini boxes communicate with the main q box via a mesh network using their 5ghz band radio (better speeds but less range), they then use the WiFi connection on the 2ghz band radio for internet connectivity.

In my house the mini box was too far from the main q box once I removed the router which sat between them and TV on the mini box was pretty much unusable. I ended up wiring them up to my home network and completely disabling the WiFi radios in the sky boxes, works brilliantly now.