Do Sky Q mini boxes connect to eachother?

[TechmanagerMal]

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@DavidW67 wrote:

Quick question for you @Lisa-P1987 , and anyone else who replied here and may know the answer

Would Sky engineers generally put an ethernet cable over a roof to hardwire a mini box to a booster, if I desperately wanted another mini box and needed another booster?

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• Not ever!

[bob1234]

@DavidW67With one extender connected by ethernet to the new box and the other one by Ethernet to any working Q device that has a spare Ethernet port. If none have a spare port get extra ones by using a basic unmanaged switch at the router to get extra ports and use an extender there.

[bob1234]

@DavidW67 

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@DavidW67 wrote:

Quick question for you @Lisa-P1987 , and anyone else who replied here and may know the answer

Would Sky engineers generally put an ethernet cable over a roof to hardwire a mini box to a booster, if I desperately wanted another mini box and needed another booster?

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Almost certainly not apart from Sky's safety rules they will not carry external quality Ethernet cables.

Use a powerlink extender very reliable and much easier.

[DavidW67]

@bob1234 Thank you very much for explaining this to me Bob

Please can I clarify to make sure I'm understanding correctly

If I wanted a new Q box in the other bedroom,

• I plug in an adapter to the socket and connect it via ethernet to my 1TB box (does this affect the connection between the HH6 and Booster SE210?
• I then would plug another one in to the bedroom I want a box in, ethernet that to the box and that should be it?

@TechmanagerMal would this be correct? I am determined to do it ha

[bob1234]

@DavidW67Yes that is correct and it should not effect your normal WiFi from the HH6.

[TechmanagerMal]

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@DavidW67 wrote:

@bob1234 Thank you very much for explaining this to me Bob

Please can I clarify to make sure I'm understanding correctly

If I wanted a new Q box in the other bedroom,

• I plug in an adapter to the socket and connect it via ethernet to my 1TB box (does this affect the connection between the HH6 and Booster SE210?
• I then would plug another one in to the bedroom I want a box in, ethernet that to the box and that should be it?

@TechmanagerMal would this be correct? I am determined to do it ha

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• You got it, spot on @DavidW67 

[DavidW67]

@TechmanagerMal , I cannot thank you enough for all your help and advice with this.

Do you recommend any particular powerline adapters?

[TechmanagerMal]

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@DavidW67 wrote:

@TechmanagerMal , I cannot thank you enough for all your help and advice with this.

Do you recommend any particular powerline adapters?

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TP link just waiting for the model number and speed from my son who  has mine, will post asap

[DavidW67]

Thank you very much!

[DavidW67]

@Lisa-P1987 

Hi Lisa, just a quick question - if I go through the process of trying another Qmini in the other bedroom, is the £50 for another box refundable if you want to send it back due to it not being able to work?

Thanks

[bob1234]

@DavidW67I would not think it was refundable however if it does not work Sky should come out and solve  the problem free.

[TechmanagerMal]

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@TechmanagerMal wrote:

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@DavidW67 wrote:

@TechmanagerMal , I cannot thank you enough for all your help and advice with this.

Do you recommend any particular powerline adapters?

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TP link just waiting for the model number and speed from my son who  has mine, will post asap

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• He was unable to access mine but these are similar go for 1000Mbps, price has gone up since I bought mine I'm afraid.
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[DavidW67]

Thanks Mal.

Just to confirm I would be doing it right now.

Plug a powerline adapter into a socket, put an ethernet cable from that into the 1TB Q box.

Plug in another powerline adapter in the bedroom with the prospective box, ethernet that up to the mini box and voila?

[TechmanagerMal]

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@DavidW67 wrote:

Thanks Mal.

Just to confirm I would be doing it right now.

Plug a powerline adapter into a socket, put an ethernet cable from that into the 1TB Q box.

Plug in another powerline adapter in the bedroom with the prospective box, ethernet that up to the mini box and voila?

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• C’est ca, mais vous devez coupler les adaptateurs.

[Rhonny · Accepted solution]

@DavidW67

I go main Sky Q to router by ethernet (to get the most reliability on the main box before using powerline), then router to powerline by ethernet, then Sky Q mini to powerline by ethernet.

Make sure the powerline you buy has the MIMO 2x2 protocol which uses all three of the electric mains wires.

I use TP-Link TL-PA8033 powerlines (or TL-WPA8630 if extending my wifi too).