topic Re: Wi-Fi providers in Sky Q

Wi-Fi providers

NigelF11 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:39:38 GMT

I have two broadband providers to the house, can I use one for the Sky Q box and the other provider for the mini box ( the fibre broadband doesn't reach the annexe where the mini box is)

Re: Wi-Fi providers

Laing1 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:43:28 GMT

@NigelF11 wrote:

I have two broadband providers to the house, can I use one for the Sky Q box and the other provider for the mini box ( the fibre broadband doesn't reach the annexe where the mini box is)

@NigelF11 no if neither are Sky then then mini boxes need to connect to your main Q box and the mesh signal it emits you may need a Sky Q booster or look at other ways to connect the mini ie ethernet to the main box or powerlines

If one is Sky then all have to connect to the Sky broadband

Re: Wi-Fi providers

TimmyBGood — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:20:34 GMT

@NigelF11

A Q Mini box has to be on the same logical data network as the main Q box, because it's the main box which receives live satellite signal from the dish and then retransmits a tuned channel to the Mini. This is also the case for all recording (only the main box has a hard drive) and internet data has to reach the main box first as well.

When isolated on a separate network, a Q Mini has zero functionality.

Re: Wi-Fi providers

ThePope27 — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:53:56 GMT

@NigelF11,

There is a way but it would require some clever routing to get it to work