topic Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet in Sky Q

Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

AidanM — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:12:52 GMT

I have been reading a number of posts on this subject but I hope someone might still be able to give me a steer. Like a user who posted a couple of years ago I wish to use a mini-box in an external building which is too distant for a booster. A conversation over the phone with a Sky engineer about a year ago ended with him recommending using an Ethernet, connected to the main box and run down to my summer house. Reading this Forum shows I should have asked a few more questions. So, put simply, I want to connect a mini-box to the main Sky Q box by Ethernet while simultaneously continuing to use other mini-boxes in my house which are connected by wi-if (I can't run cables all over the house). Is this possible? A couple of older posts refer to changing settings for Ethernet connection but I could find no reference to doing this while leaving current wi-if connections undisturbed.

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

TimmyBGood — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:59:15 GMT

@AidanM

The key is to get the distant Mini onto the same network distribution as the main Q box and the internet router. Personally I'm not a big fan of direct ethernet connection between main and Mini box because that isn't really a legitimate network topology (apparently it works, but it bugs me ; ) : when I had Q the setup was router to ethernet switch, main Q box to ethernet switch, remote Mini to ethernet switch, other Mini on WiFi to router.

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

oldfella — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 09:07:19 GMT

Hi @AidanM

Worth trying an Ethernet connection direct to main Q box.

Only setting you need to change is in the mini.

With the Ethernet connected carry out a Network Reset found in mini box Home - Settings - Setup - Network.
Highlight Status and then select Reset on the right hand side. Do not do any WPS and just wait for it to connect. If it doesn't connect there is an issue with the Ethernet
As soon as it connects go into the mini box hidden menu and turn off WiFi.
To enter hidden menu press Home and navigate down to Settings but do not select Settings.
With Settings highlighted press 0 0 1 Select.
Go to Network to turn off both bands of WiFi. Confirm before exit.

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

Price — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:13:08 GMT

Is it possible to connect a SkyQ mini box in a distant external room (ManCave) with ethernet direct to a Sky Router to improve patchy live tv ? Please note the Sky Q Main box is connected via Wi-Fi to the router and not close enought to ethernet to the router.

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

Laing1 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:09:07 GMT

@Price wrote:

Is it possible to connect a SkyQ mini box in a distant external room (ManCave) with ethernet direct to a Sky Router to improve patchy live tv ? Please note the Sky Q Main box is connected via Wi-Fi to the router and not close enought to ethernet to the router.

@Price yes it is

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

Price — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:26:12 GMT

Thank you 🙂

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

mountain+mart — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:29:28 GMT

@Price
Did this "fix" work for you ?
I'm facing the same connundrum ............

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

AidanM — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:47:58 GMT

Yes it did. I had to purchase a 50 metre(!) Ethernet cable, connected to the rear of my SkyQ box and running under floorboards out of the side of my house and then down the garden to my summerhouse/games room. It is connected in there to a Mini box which connects to a new TV. I have had many friends round, mostly to watch sporting events without disturbing anyone in the house, and so this has given me a whole new option for entertaining. I have to say that I credit this approach to a Sky engineer I discussed the problem with over the telephone about 18 months ago but it took me until late last summer to install the wire (and about three days of digging and drilling, but worth it.)

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

mountain+mart — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:03:23 GMT

Thanks Aidan
Do you use the minibox as a wifi repeater in the remote area ?
Any idea what download speed you get now.

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

TimmyBGood — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:27:48 GMT

@mountain+mart wrote:

Any idea what download speed you get now.

As a general observation, speed from any Q television hardware used in that way is limited by the ethernet port chipset, which I believe is only 100Mbs on a Mini (and older main Q boxes). For FTTC that's not a problem because it's still faster than is possible at the router, but the Q 'mesh' (which is 2015 technology) really isn't ideal for 500Mbs and Gigabit FTTP.

Re: Connecting to mini box by Ethernet

DS30 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:02:12 GMT

I have the main q box connected to BT hub via WiFi and mini q box in a summerhouse via Ethernet to BT hub but this drops out the main q box from WiFi, is this way of connection possible?