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Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Paisley+Buddies — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:47:12 GMT

Looking for guidance.

I have the following set up

Sky router in lounge downstairs

1x Sky Q main box in same lounge downstairs

1x mini box wired via Ethernet cable in other downstairs room

1x mini box wired via Ethernet cable in bedroom upstairs (2 floors up).

I am investing in a PS 5 and would ideally like this wired via Ethernet for best connectivity.

Given that the upstairs room is 2 floors up running and the cables are outside the building, running another cable is infeasible for me to do myself.

Can I simply remove the Ethernet cable from the mini box and plug it into the PS 5 when gaming then revert back to the mini box when watching tv in that room.

Or should I be looking at another option?

From when the sky q was installed I believe one mini is wired to main sky q box, other to router (not sure which is which)

Thanks for helping.

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Chrisee — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:26:54 GMT

@Paisley+Buddies You could plug and unplug the ethernet cable but its not recommended as the connectors can break. A better solution is to buy a cheap Unmanaged Ethernet Switch with say 5 ports which costs under £20 (something like this ) which you plug the cable from the router into one port and your devices into any other port on the unit. The switch needs power so you need somewhere to plug its power supply into.

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Paisley+Buddies — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:57:59 GMT

Thanks for that .

i had considered it could be an option but would mean running another cable from the switch to the room 2 floors up, and as current cables go on outside of hose etc had kind of ruled this out as a feasible option to do myself.
I'm glad as a rather non technical person I actually considered the same thing you suggested though 😊

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

JPR007 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:14:58 GMT

@Paisley+Buddies Using a switch doesn't mean running another cable up the outside, you put the switch at the end of the existing one in the upstairs room with the PS5 and Sky box and its splits there. Then you just need 2 short cables for both devices out of the switch, job done 🙂

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Paisley+Buddies — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:53:35 GMT

Many thanks @JPR007 & @Chrisee.

I'll see how it goes on Wi-Fi and that'll be my my next port of call 👌

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

JPR007 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:03:49 GMT

@Paisley+Buddies Anything to do with gaming, always use a cable if its feasible. Wifi is inherently unstable and regularly leads to lag/dropouts 🤓

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Minibox2 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:36:39 GMT

Mini box will not connect

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

JimM1 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:56:05 GMT

@Minibox2 Take it down next to the sky Q, plug it in and test it!

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Paisley+Buddies — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:42:46 GMT

Update (a bit late kind you).

I did exactly this.

I was somewhat annoyed that when changing to SkyFibre and offered Max, that nobody at Sky told me the mini boxes no longer operate as Wi-Fi extenders, which was the root of the problem. Gaming binwifi with PS5 sitting beside the mini box worked fine, but once that mini box stopped operating as an extender my signal to nearest SkyMax extender.

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

TimmyBGood — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:09:28 GMT

@Paisley+Buddies wrote:

I was somewhat annoyed that when changing to SkyFibre and offered Max, that nobody at Sky told me the mini boxes no longer operate as Wi-Fi extenders, which was the root of the problem.

Try a manual activation on the Mini boxes.

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/wifi-hotspots

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box and PS5

Paisley+Buddies — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:15:56 GMT

Why?

my be issue is resolved.