Portable router to fix broken WiFi

[Steve0987]

So my WiFi has just gone down and Sky can't come to fix it for 3 days .

My wired connection from the  router to my desktop via  Ethernet cable seems to be working fine so I'm assuming there may be a fault with the WiFi transmitter within the router .

My question is;

Can I connect my portable WiFi router into the Sky router via Ethernet cable and use that to transmit WiFi until the Sky router is either fixed or replaced?

if it can be done what settings to I need to have on the portable router as the ones now don't seem to be working? 

[Chrisee]

@Steve0987 You can try by connecting an ethernet cable from the mobile router to the socket labelled number 4 on the back of your Sky hub which might work but dont be surprised if it doesnt. Honestly it is probably simpler to connect your devices directly to the mobile router.

[Steve0987]

I didn't think that would work 

I thought only specific routers worked with Sky 

Will any router work with Sky then?

[TimmyBGood]

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@Steve0987 wrote:

I thought only specific routers worked with Sky 

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For broadband from Sky, yes, but cellular data isn't Sky broadband.

[Steve0987]

So I've plugged the portable (Tenda) router into my wall socket by-passing the Sky router and i have no internet conenction.

I used to use the prtable router for relaying images from a camera to an iPad years ago and have a feeling it needed to be confirgured in a way to do so.

Should this work straight out of the box? Woulda factory reset fix the issue?

Below is what i have

[Steve0987]

I need broadband Wifi so i can browse the net and watch Netflix etc.,

[TimmyBGood]

@Steve0987 

Hang on: are you trying to use the cellular router for cellular data reception, or for Sky (terrestrial) broadband?

The latter won't work.

[TimmyBGood]

@Steve0987 

Ah, you appear to be trying to use the cellular router as a wireless access point to redirect the Sky broadband from wired to wireless.

That's definitely not going to work.

[Steve0987]

Its not just a cellular router.

Its a  portable wifi router. 

Back in the day when there was no either wifi or you had to pay for wifi in hotels people used to buy these portable routers to plug into the ethernet port in hotel rooms so they had wifi.

[Steve0987]

 from the manual

[Steve0987]

I uloaded the wrong image and can't delete is so this is the correct one

 So in theory, if i use the Sky router as a modem it should work

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Steve0987 

For 4g/5g home broadband three supplies a mobile data modem router and an unlimited data sim

https://www.three.co.uk/broadband/home-broadband/broadband-without-landline

[Steve0987]

thansk but i'll have my issue fixed by Sky on Friday and it will take that long for a 4G device to arrive.

I'm trying to see if i can get wifi using what i have

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Steve0987 

Do you have a mobile phone?

What speed do you get via mobile data?

Could you try tethering or using the mobile as a wifi hotspot?

[Steve0987]