topic Hard wiring wi Fi boosters in Sky Q

Hard wiring wi Fi boosters

Ricko1 — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:48:45 GMT

I have maxed out my sky q boxes but I still need additional wi fi boosters but the house is completely wired with cat 5. Which sky boosters can I use that will allow for hard wiring.? Thanks

Re: Hard wiring wi Fi boosters

TimmyBGood — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:53:32 GMT

@Ricko1

Q boosters, v1 Sky Broadband boosters and Max 'pods' have at least one ethernet port. The v2 Sky Broadband booster left this component off the specification.

Re: Hard wiring wi Fi boosters

Ricko1 — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:05:19 GMT

We use Virgin as our provider. Will a sky q booster work hard wired to this.
ps all the main sky q boxes are hardwired. Thanks.

Re: Hard wiring wi Fi boosters

TimmyBGood — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:42:19 GMT

@Ricko1

In theory, yes, but note that the specification for the Q mesh is now approaching a decade old and really cannot be expected to compare favourably with modern mesh technology.

Re: Hard wiring wi Fi boosters

Chodley — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:07:51 GMT

I would just use a modern mesh if you have the hard-wired backbone & switch off the sky wifi completely. Not insignificant cost but way better.