Changing from Sky Router to Third Party One

[drake55]

@cookiemonsteruk 

No gamers in our house! Just want stronger Wifi with better each. Many thanks for your insights.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@drake55 

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@drake55 wrote:

@cookiemonsteruk 

No gamers in our house! Just want stronger Wifi with better each. Many thanks for your insights.

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Then you'll not beat the rt ax58u and a few rt ax56u's if needed.. 

Also do you have sky q as they operate differently to 3rd routers

[drake55]

@cookiemonsteruk 

No, I don't have Sky Q, just the Fibre broadband. My children use the Firestick (which is WiFi 6 compatible) for Netflix, Amazon etc and of course, they have laptops, phones etc., so several units are looking for WiFi. I think I'll get the AX 58u first and see how it goes. I can add the AX 56u's if needed.

Again many thanks

[SlackDarren]

@cookiemonsteruk 

Im taking Sky supports other modems too, Not Just Asus, Maybe TP-Link ?

Thanks

[cookiemonsteruk]

@SlackDarren 

What connection do you have superfast fttc or fttp?

Are you in the uk or ireland?

[SlackDarren]

@cookiemonsteruk 

Thanks for the reply I have FTTP provided by City Fiber. I am in North Yorkshire England.

Regards

[cookiemonsteruk]

@SlackDarren 

City fibre have their own network and equipment and isp's and do not supply sky

Are you thinking about moving to sky?

Could you enter your full postal address below and post the table and notes after removing your address from the image

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressHome

[SlackDarren]

Thanks again for the reply.

I have a sky puck and trying to chase down a fault.  Wondering if its the HX220 the puck doesnt like.

Do you Sky have a list of routers they work with ? I know its meant to work with any ISP.

Im not wanting to change to Sky Broadband just yet.

Regards

[cookiemonsteruk]

@SlackDarren 

Pucks should work with any isp and router.  But as city fibre use their own equipment and authentication (which i wouldn't have a clue about) you'd best contact city fibre to see if settings are right on your tp link

[SlackDarren]

@cookiemonsteruk 

Thanks again. My settings appear to be correct as all my other devices are working fine.

In all your other posts you seem to be recomending Asus routers. Are these supplied by Sky or What routers do Sky provided. Is there a list of what Sky recomends, claims to work okay.

Im wanting to elimenate my Tp-link as it seems the Puck doesnt like it.

Regards

[cookiemonsteruk]

@SlackDarren 

On fttp sky supplies the broadband hub and the sky max hub however these won't work with city fibre.  The asus rt ax hubs  should work with all isps and can be purchased online at currys, dixons and pc world 

The btwholesale link above will tell you what speeds are available at your address via openreach should you consider moving to sky

Other than that i would not know why the hx220 is playing up

[jamesn123]

@drake55 

I have the Asus RT-AX88u and speeds are blistering as well as good range

[drake55]

@jamesn123 

Thanks for the reply. I have ordered the AX 58u. So hopefully that will suffice.