Wanting to replace Sky Hub with Asus XT9

MigsyG — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:10:26 GMT

Hi There,

I'm a complete novice at this and need guidance. I currently have sky FTTP, connected from the ONT to my Sky Hub (SR203). This setup is in my bedroom on the 1st floor of my house. The main Sky Q box is downstairs in the lounge, and I have 3 Sky Q mini's - one in my bedroom, one in my study (room next door) and one in my son's loft room. I also have 4 Samsung smart TV's (same locations as the Sky Q and Sky Q mini's). In my study I also have an Xbox series X, and in my son's loft room, there is an Xbox series S.

Right now the Sky Hub provides adequate wifi coverage (but could be better throughout the house as there are several more devices connected to the wifi). I would like to replace the Sky Hub with 1 Asus XT9 device (my house is under 200 sq ft). I believe the ethernet cable from the ONT that's plugged into the Sky Hub, simply needs to be plugged into the XT9 WAN port. I would like to run an addidtion ethernet cable from the XT9 to my study to plug in directly to the Xbox Series X (the Xbox ethernet port is limited to 1Gig, but that would better that any download speed I'm getting right now (on a good day I can get 145 Mbps when downloading). I have read various threads on here about the XT9 being compatible with DHCP Option 61 and others having set it up. What I wanted to understand is:

1. Will replacing the Sky Hub affect my Sky viewing on any Sky Q or Sky Q mini's?

2. Can I retain the current Sky Wifi name and password when setting up the XT9 wifi name and password or do I still need to get all devices reconnected?

3. Can the Main Sky Q box use the XT9 5Ghz signal as well even though I'm running 3 Sky Q mini's?

4. Is there any documented steps that I can follow when setting up the XT9 for Sky viewing?

Any help or advice/guidance would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Re: Wanting to replace Sky Hub with Asus XT9

MigsyG — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:51:27 GMT

Sorry, correction, as I'm on Gigafast broadband plan, I assume my Sky hub is not the SR203 as stated above but the Sky Max Wifi hub?

Re: Wanting to replace Sky Hub with Asus XT9

MigsyG — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:44:34 GMT

Sorry .... checking my MySky app ...... it says my hub is Sky Hub 4.2 if that means anything to anyone .... 🙂

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