topic Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection in Sky Glass

Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Caron998 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 06:07:47 GMT

Morning,

I'm a complete novice at this, so I'm hoping an expert can help.

I recently had Sky Glass installed with a 43" Sky Glass TV, and a have two pucks connected to Samsung TVs upstairs.

They're all currently connected by WiFi, but the signals upstairs appear to be weaker, as at times the screen appears pixelated, and the response to pressing the remote control is delayed compared to the Sky Glass TV downstairs.

Will connecting the Sky Glass TV by ethernet cable improve things, and will improvement only be seen if I connect all three televisions by ethernet cable? Also, if I connect the pucks upstairs by ethernet, does the cable from the puck need to connect to my router downstairs, or the TVs they're used for, while still having an HDMI connection from the puck to the Samsung TVs?

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Jporch316 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:32:28 GMT

Ethernet is better for longer distances from the router

one end in router other end in puck

if you have the means a good mesh WiFi system will negate the need for cables

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Jporch316 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:33:34 GMT

Or the cheaper alternative is powerline adapters but these do fluctuate in usefulness depending on the electrical ring main setup in your property

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Exiled-in-HH — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:49:23 GMT

Unless you are good at DIY running ethernet cables will be problematic, hence resorting to ethernet over power line becomes the answer.

How old is the house?

What is the construction of the house walls?

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Caron998 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:58:59 GMT

@Exiled-in-HH - I'm reluctant to use ethernet cables from the two upstairs pucks to the router downstairs, because I can't easily hide the wires and they'd look unsightly. I could however easily hide an ethernet cable from the router to the Sky TV downstairs. Did you mean resorting to power line over ethernet becomes the answer, or have I misunderstood? 🙂

The house is around 20 years old, external walls of brick, most internal walls are stud with plasterboard.

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Exiled-in-HH — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:17:50 GMT

No ... I did mean Ethernet over power line.

Your house's ring main should be good and young enough to support networking over power line🤔

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Caron998 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:18:54 GMT

Ah, okay, so maybe I do misunderstand. You said ethernet cable installation could be problematic if I'm no good at DIY (which I'm not), and that therefore ethernet would be the answer over power line. Why recommend ethernet over power line in this case? Sorry if I appear blunt, I see things in black and white and at times need a really clear answer:)

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Exiled-in-HH — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:22:46 GMT

Ethernet over power line uses the house's ring main wiring😉

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Jporch316 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 11:28:08 GMT

Basically you get a set of two powerline adapters (or more if necessary)

plug one in to a mains socket near the router and use a man ethernet cable between the adapter and the router

place the other adapter in a mains socket next to the device you want to use and run an Ethernet cable from this adapter to the device. Basically uses your mains wiring as "ethernet"

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

Caron998 — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:10:10 GMT

@Jporch316 , that makes perfect sense to me now. Thank you very much 😊

Re: Sky Glass Ethernet Connection

JabbaBabba28 — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:32:50 GMT

Jumping on this post! My sky router is in the front room, my glass TV is in the back room, if I run an Ethernet cable from the TV to a Deco mesh in the garden annex, will I get Wi-Fi to the TV in the garden so I can watch Netflix? Thank