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Discussion topic: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

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This message was authored by Ale+man This message was authored by: Ale+man

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

Thank you for all the responses over last few weeks. I am still no further forward having tried all suggested actions and as Yorkshire+dales said Sky not helpful. My internet provider says it's Sky's problem and vice versa. All because of a new router.  I spent about 2 hours on phone going through all Sky diagnostics then they said all I could do is get a Qbox at extra cost which I don't want to do.  Our +box was new to us in Jan 2018 but turned out to be a recon unit which they stopped making those ones 2 years earlier.

Have had enough and am doing away with Sky after 13 years.  

This message was authored by penm This message was authored by: penm

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

 

@Yorkshire+dales 

I can only set out what I can see on my 3 boxes.

The software version is R021.089.52.00P

 

 

On my boxes I press "services" on the remote control.

 

There is then a menu screen with 8 options navigate to and select the "Settings" box

 

On the next screen there is a ribbon menu with Picture/Sound/Details/Signal/Network/Software.

 

Navigate to and select "Network"

 

The screen I then see has 4 rows of information.

 

Connection to Broadband Router - OK

Connection to On Demand OK

IP address of this sky box 192.168.86.xx (This is unique to my home LAN)

DHCP ON

 

Then at the bottom of the screen there are two options 

 

Red Button - Reset

Green Button Manual IP Configuration

 

 

 

 

This message was authored by Yorkshire+dales This message was authored by: Yorkshire+dales

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

Hi, sorry but this does not work there is no red button and my sky box simply cannot find a wireless network at all.

This message was authored by Yorkshire+dales This message was authored by: Yorkshire+dales

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

@penm

when I go to network there is 3 boxes 

connect with wps

connect with password

Connect with was pin

 

then below that there is a green button for the planner and blue button for search, no red button 

. I have tried connecting through the 3 options and every time is just says cannot find a network it’s just so frustrating.

 

just a thought I have bought a new tv and I’m not sure if this has just happened since connecting the sky box to the new tv 

This message was authored by Yorkshire+dales This message was authored by: Yorkshire+dales

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

@@Ale+man

@penm

 

hi both I have fixed it

 

press services then presses 001 and select 

found a number of tabs along the top

pressed rebuild, this is where you need to be brave as it warns you that you can lose your recordings but as it wasn’t working I had nothing to lose

eventually the screen showed SKY+HD and then after a minute or 2 it switched itself off , I then gave it a minute and switched it back on . It then said I wasn’t connected to the internet so went to settings, network and then pressed connect with was and bingo it found my wireless network and we are back up and running.

 

Im sure sky will be really hacked off that I didn’t sign up to a q box.

 

good luck 

 

 

This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39

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Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more

Glad you've fixed it @Yorkshire+dales . For clarity a Planner Rebuild doesn't erase your recordings, but a Full System Reset in the same Installer Menu does.

This message was authored by Yorkshire+dales This message was authored by: Yorkshire+dales

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

That’s right it didn’t lose my recordings but it did warn me that I might,

This message was authored by Polmeister This message was authored by: Polmeister

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

I can get the red button to reset but it doesn't do anything

i can't get the 3 options with connect via wps, connect via password, connect via (something else I can't remember) this is where I want to be but I just cannot find it... 😕

This message was authored by BoBae This message was authored by: BoBae

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

The very first reply to this problem will work for most cases.

The router might need to be reset, PRESS the RESET until the green button flashes or they all flast (Depending on the router you have.  Sky Box:  Disconnect the little black box for the Internet connection from the Sky box, power down the Sky box and wait for 15seconds to allow it to power down completly, then reconnect the Internet box to the Sky box, Power the Sky box up and wait for it to start up (might take a few minuter) and hopefully the second light on the Sky Internet box will flash and reconnect to the Internet.

If you have reset your router and rebooted your Sky Box then you will have to contact Sky.  Either your router is faulty or the Sky Internet box on the Sky box is.  However, if it does not work the first time round it may be worth trying it again, but this time allow everything to power down, wait 30 seconds before starting up the Sky router and the Sky box again and following the above.  It worked for me after trying everything else I found on the Internet.  Some of them were complicated and didn't work, so powering everything down and resetting the router worked.  After resetting the router, I let it power down completly before powering it up again.

It was so frustrating trying to fix this problem, it all started with a drop out in the Internet, the router took a funny turn and the Sky box would not connect again.  It takes about ten minutes to power down and reset the router and power down the sky box and wait for it to start up again, but 9/10 it will work.

You might have to reset your permissions on your router after you reboot it, depending on the router you have.  But that is not hard to do as the most common router will load up with that page anyway, so set them first in case you forget and your teenager can't get his porn site to load lol.

This message was authored by Nigel+Worth This message was authored by: Nigel+Worth

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

I can confirm this works!

This message was authored by Georgie-4154 This message was authored by: Georgie-4154

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

Hi, I've tried the fix of sky box and router off. 
router on then sky box on but it's not fixed. It was working fine yesterday? 

This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more

@Georgie-4154 did you leave your Sky box off at the plug for 4 full minutes? If it doesn't work, try resetting your On Demand conne tion as described here. If it's still no go, give Sky a call.

This message was authored by smokey8244 This message was authored by: smokey8244

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

yellow light will not go green

This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39

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Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more

No idea what you mean @smokey8244 . Please provide details and tell us which of the suggestions already made in this thread you've tried.

This message was authored by Georgie-4154 This message was authored by: Georgie-4154

Re: Sky+ Box won't connect to the internet/router

@Mark39 Yes I did, I have already tried to reconnect using my WiFi password, I tried that before switching it on and off again. I'll have to call sky then, thank you for your help 

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