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Two sky q boxes (separate accounts ) ‘same internet’ a problem?

wref — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:15:55 GMT

Hi All,

we are moving house and moving in with the in-laws

we currently have sky q and talktalk fibre

the father in law has sky q with bt fibre

the new house has an annex where they will live, it is a completely separate dwelling connected to our house and has one postcode etc

sky have said that obviously won't effect anything the sky q side of things, accounts will still be separate

my question is, to save money we let the in-laws piggy back on our talk talk fibre and cancle their bt account to save money

can you run two separate sky q boxes off the SAME internet connection?

i can't see any reason why you can't?

cheers

Re: Two sky q boxes (separate accounts ) ‘same internet’ a problem?

nigea99 — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:23:15 GMT

@wref wrote:

Hi All,

we are moving house and moving in with the in-laws

we currently have sky q and talktalk fibre

the father in law has sky q with bt fibre

the new house has an annex where they will live, it is a completely separate dwelling connected to our house and has one postcode etc

sky have said that obviously won't effect anything the sky q side of things, accounts will still be separate

my question is, to save money we let the in-laws piggy back on our talk talk fibre and cancle their bt account to save money

can you run two separate sky q boxes off the SAME internet connection?

i can't see any reason why you can't?

cheers

hi @wref

If you have a single Postcode for the address then, AFAIK, SKY have always said they would not allow 2 accounts at the same postal address & you need to separate accounts for 2 SKY Q main boxes.

Anyway SKY Q is not designed to have another main box on the same internet connection & I believe you are likely to have problems.- I do not know the specifics but others here may be able to advise in more detail

Re: Two sky q boxes (separate accounts ) ‘same internet’ a problem?

PandJ2020 — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:28:31 GMT

@wref wrote:
can you run two separate sky q boxes off the SAME internet connection?

i can't see any reason why you can't?

In short, no.

Unless you are familiar with creating VLAN's on your local network then it just won't work.

Re: Two sky q boxes (separate accounts ) ‘same internet’ a problem?

wref — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:30:43 GMT

Cheers for reply

sorry I wasn't clear why I meant was there are two separate postcodes, the in-laws house is technically separate as is number 7a , we're number 7

i understand about the internet, I thought it wouldn't be straight forward lol

Re: Two sky q boxes (separate accounts ) ‘same internet’ a problem?

wref — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:32:19 GMT

Cheers

i knew in shouldnt hve been so niave 👍

Re: Two sky q boxes (separate accounts ) ‘same internet’ a problem?

PandJ2020 — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:36:35 GMT

@wref wrote:
sorry I wasn't clear why I meant was there are two separate postcodes, the in-laws house is technically separate as is number 7a , we're number 7

If it's a separate address then they should be able to supply it - subject to being able to put up 2 dishes.