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Sky Q WiFi Extender Feature

ldoodle — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:58:10 GMT

Hi,

I'm not sure if this it the right place so please move if not.

I have Sky Q with a Sky Mini. My own WiFi kit presents 3 SSIDs - 2.4GHz, 5GHz Low, 5GHz High and I have them all set with the same SSID. My kit has as "Neighbour AP" monitoring function and I am seeing 2 additional networks with the same SSID, but with totally different MAC addresses compared to my WiFi kit.

I cannot work out if these are neighbouring APs maliciously using my SSID or if it's the Sky Q box presenting the same SSID. I also have a Ring Chime Pro which acts as an Extender but I understand this is purely for other Ring devices and cannot be used by other non-Ring devices.

However I don't know if the SSID is still presented to 'pro' class WiFi kit, from either the Sky Q box or Ring Chime Pro.

Thanks

Re: Sky Q WiFi Extender Feature

jamesn123 — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:12:08 GMT

@ldoodle

I believe Sky Q adopts your WiFi name and retransmits it

Re: Sky Q WiFi Extender Feature

ldoodle — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:16:35 GMT

PS: The WiFi channels are also different for the 2 'rogue' SSIDs.

Re: Sky Q WiFi Extender Feature

ldoodle — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:34:03 GMT

@jamesn123 does it retransmit one on each channel, 2.4G and 5G? Or just one?

Can I show the MAC address the Extender function is using to correlate the MACs showing on my WiFi kit?

Re: Sky Q WiFi Extender Feature

ldoodle — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:06:22 GMT

Although, is there anyway to diable the Extenderr function? Extender's are poor by their very nature because of the 50% throughput drop so I don't want devices ever connecting to the Sky Q box! Especially since my Q box is probably the furthest device away from the WiFi, which just enhances the poorness of Extending.

Re: Sky Q WiFi Extender Feature

jamesn123 — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:26:03 GMT

@ldoodle

I believe it does retransmit on each frequency and can often use different channels.

You can check the setting here https://www.sky.com/help/articles/wifi-hotspots#:~:text=Press%20Home%20on%20your%20Sky,boxes%2C%20select%20continue%20to%20accept.