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Sky Q and WiFi

1Law — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:29:45 GMT

OK, here we go

- Fibre broadband comes in under the stairs in my new build, I have my SR203 in here

- I pay for the max Broadband, so 1 Gb (I get 400mb Wifi on new laptop)

- I have 4 phones sockets ground floor, 1 x 1st floor which at CAT6 cabling

- Ground Floor I have the Sky Q Box (next to 1 of the phone sockets)

- 2nd Floor I have Sky Q mini, weekly have to reboot

- 2nd WiFi is 15mb on new phones and weekly have to reboot router to improve signal to stop glitches

What I am proposing to do

1) Change all the phones sockets to RJ45's

Router via ethernet will connect to now RJ45 main phone socket under stairs (start of loop)

Dining room, 2 loung and office will be looped

Master Bedroom (1st Floor), will be the end of the loop

- Have a a Gigaport switch for Sky Q Main to plug into

- Have a Gigaport switch in the office for the Laptop to plug into

2) Purchase 2 SE210 Sky Q Boosters

- 1 Booster for Lounge

- 1 Booster for Master Bedroom

Any issues with this / advise and thanks

Re: Sky Q and WiFi

TimmyBGood — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:58:31 GMT

@1Law wrote:

1) Change all the phones sockets to RJ45's

Router via ethernet will connect to now RJ45 main phone socket under stairs (start of loop)

Dining room, 2 loung and office will be looped

Master Bedroom (1st Floor), will be the end of the loop

In this context it's really important to understand that ethernet topology absolutely doesn't 'loop' (or at least hasn't for several decades ; )

'Loops' or 'rings' are concepts for (analogue) telephony and electrical mains, but very much break modern networking.

Ethernet runs on single contiguous lengths between distribution or client devices, with all eight strands within a cable required for data rates higher than 100Mbs to transit between those two points.

Unfortunately if the 'phone' sockets within your property were intended to provide a traditional ring circuit for phone handsets then they just aren't going to function for data transit: depending on how they were installed you might be able to salvage one run for this.

Sadly it's not unusual for such cabling in new builds to be distinctly confused, not least because it's typically put in by the sparkies apprentice....

Re: Sky Q and WiFi

1Law — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:47:48 GMT

Ok, the 5 phone sockets are Cat6 cables, the main be the start of the loop and once changed to RJ45 will have a cable from the Router straight in, the master bedroom will be the end, which is where I will have the Sky Q Booster

The others will be connected to switch to close the circuit (x3), it is old school

- Dining room will be swithed direct to Sky Q box

- Lounge 1 will be switched but direct to TV (not Sky)

- Lounge 2 will be for the Sky Q Booster downstairs

I agree old school

Re: Sky Q and WiFi

TimmyBGood — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:04:56 GMT

@1Law wrote:

I agree old school

'Old school' networking doesn't work these days: you cannot have data running from spurs off an ethernet cable (no matter what grade it is)

100baseT and gigabit absolutely requires a technically correct topology: you really don't want a 'loop' or to 'close the circuit'

For data, a house should be cabled with a single or double contiguous run to each room, with a single location within the property having one end of each cable to go into the router itself or an ethernet switch.

Re: Sky Q and WiFi

michelehuntley — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:46:59 GMT

My Sky in the front room is working

May be I need a new sky box for the dining room?