topic Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room in Sky Q

WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:01:35 GMT

Hi - I'm building a garden room 20m from house and would like to use sky Q mini box and get WiFi in the room. I'm going to run cat 6 Ethernet from router in house to room. What do I need to get WiFi for phone/laptop etc and will mini box work wirelessly? Do I need a specific WAP? All help much appreciated

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:05:17 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Hi - I'm building a garden room 20m from house and would like to use sky Q mini box and get WiFi in the room. I'm going to run cat 6 Ethernet from router in house to room. What do I need to get WiFi for phone/laptop etc and will mini box work wirelessly? Do I need a specific WAP? All help much appreciated

Hi @HOOPERT

For that to function you need to be on Sky Broadband.

If on 3rd party broadband then you either need to run the Ethernet to the main Q box or put all Q boxes on Ethernet to your router.

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:12:05 GMT

Hi - thank you, I'm on Sky broadband. What WAP would I need in the room for laptop/phone etc? Would I just cat 6 into mini box?

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:14:32 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Hi - thank you, I'm on Sky broadband. What WAP would I need in the room for laptop/phone etc? Would I just cat 6 into mini box?

If you connect the Ethernet to the Mini you can use its Hotspot for other device WiFi.

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:28:03 GMT

Thank you, would that work by moving an existing mini box out there or should I order a new one (£50). Would the WiFi from a mini box plugged into Ethernet on sky fibre broadband give a good enough signal for laptop (work) and mobile phone? Or would I need to purchase a WAP and have 2 Ethernet cables running from router in house to garden room

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:40:46 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Thank you, would that work by moving an existing mini box out there or should I order a new one (£50). Would the WiFi from a mini box plugged into Ethernet on sky fibre broadband give a good enough signal for laptop (work) and mobile phone? Or would I need to purchase a WAP and have 2 Ethernet cables running from router in house to garden room

If the Mini WiFi hotspot is not suitable @HOOPERT you don't need another Ethernet cable.

You just need a simple unmanaged Ethernet switch. These have 5 ports and so you can connect the mini and other devices as well as amWiFi access point.

Something like the following

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:47:08 GMT

Thank you very much. Is there a recommended WAP to use with Sky broadband via a router port?

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:51:55 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Thank you very much. Is there a recommended WAP to use with Sky broadband via a router port?

I suppose a Sky Q WiFi booster would be the best option as this would give the same SSID as your Sky Network.

However you would need to obtain this from Sky

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:01:33 GMT

Thank you ..is that done via a phone call to them?

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:10:13 GMT

Hi, I believe the booster is no longer available and I now require a sky max pod, would that work the same way as you described?

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:13:39 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Hi, I believe the booster is no longer available and I now require a sky max pod, would that work the same way as you described?

If you have a Sky Max router then yes @HOOPERT .

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:18:35 GMT

Thank you for your swift reply, I have a new Sky Max router which is working and the pod is due to arrive in the next few days. My plan is to run ethernet from the router to the office (20 metres) and use a 5 port switcher. If i put a Q mini box into that router switch will it work and if i put the pod into that router switch will it generate wifi in that room?

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:19:39 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Thank you for your swift reply, I have a new Sky Max router which is working and the pod is due to arrive in the next few days. My plan is to run ethernet from the router to the office (20 metres) and use a 5 port switcher. If i put a Q mini box into that router switch will it work and if i put the pod into that router switch will it generate wifi in that room?

Yes on both counts @HOOPERT

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:36:42 GMT

Thank you, if the Sky Q setup in the house uses Wifi via sky max router, will that cause a problem by having 1 mini box using ethernet cable, presumambly they cant talk to one another but will it still work to view content? sorry for all the questions.

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:50:29 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Thank you, if the Sky Q setup in the house uses Wifi via sky max router, will that cause a problem by having 1 mini box using ethernet cable, presumambly they cant talk to one another but will it still work to view content? sorry for all the questions.

Hi @HOOPERT

The Max router is quite new and apparently works a bit different to previous Sky routers. Not sure how this will work with the main Box on WiF and not Ethernet.

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:57:17 GMT

Ok - If I ran an ethernet cable from router to Sky Q box would it work, does Sky q work with Sky Max hub via ethernet? trying to work out a solution to get internet and Sky Q in the house and to a garden room/shed 15-20 m from the house

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:00:03 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Ok - If I ran an ethernet cable from router to Sky Q box would it work, does Sky q work with Sky Max hub via ethernet? trying to work out a solution to get internet and Sky Q in the house and to a garden room/shed 15-20 m from the house

If the main Q box is also on Ethernet then yes this is better @HOOPERT

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

HOOPERT — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:05:55 GMT

Ok - would that be router out into Sky Q (2m distance) via short cat 6 cable? would I have to do that with the other mini in the houe (upstairs) or can that still access Q via wifi? presumambly this will not affect the wifi signal in the house as that is generated from the new Sky max hub.

Re: WiFi and mini box in garden room

oldfella — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:23:30 GMT

@HOOPERT wrote:

Ok - would that be router out into Sky Q (2m distance) via short cat 6 cable? would I have to do that with the other mini in the houe (upstairs) or can that still access Q via wifi? presumambly this will not affect the wifi signal in the house as that is generated from the new Sky max hub.

hi @HOOPERT
Ethernet to the main Q box from the router should guarantee the function of the Ethernet mini in your garden room.

With a normal Sky router the house mini would work on WiFi.

However with the max router I just don't know if the house mini would work on WiFi.

Ideal situation is all Q box connected to the router by Ethernet either directly or via simple unmanaged Ethernet switches. in this case all Q boxes WiFi can be turned off.