08 Jun 2022 12:57 AM
I recently re-signed with standard SKY broadband (ie non-fibre) and I'm using an old standard SKY router because the new one they sent only has 2 ethernet ports (ridiculous) and the old one has 4 which I need.
Although this works well enough for TV stuff most of the time (Netflix etc), my PC is connected via a powerline adaptor so it gets less than great speeds, especially when downloading game or software updates.
I'd like to upgrade to a router that improves speeds overall, but I gather that only certain specs will work with SKY.
Can anyone recommend which routers would give me a significant speed improvement that will also work with SKY standard broadband ie NOT fibre? And are they easy to configure?
Thanks.
08 Jun 2022 08:08 AM - last edited: 08 Jun 2022 08:16 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreYou could achieve the same result by using the Q Hub plus an unmanaged 8 port gigabit ethernet switch: the last ones I bought were under £20 delivered.
I don't think anything related to the router will improve your Powerline speed though: even a Sky Hub has 100Mbs ethernet which is faster than your FTTC, so the bottleneck is almost certainly the adapters themselves or the mains cabling within the property.
08 Jun 2022 07:16 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Doo-Dah Was there anything wrong with the older router?
08 Jun 2022 08:08 AM - last edited: 08 Jun 2022 08:16 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreYou could achieve the same result by using the Q Hub plus an unmanaged 8 port gigabit ethernet switch: the last ones I bought were under £20 delivered.
I don't think anything related to the router will improve your Powerline speed though: even a Sky Hub has 100Mbs ethernet which is faster than your FTTC, so the bottleneck is almost certainly the adapters themselves or the mains cabling within the property.
08 Jun 2022 08:33 AM
Thanks @TimmyBGood - sounds like a good plan - but what does 'unmanaged' mean and why would I need this type of ethernet splitter?
08 Jun 2022 08:35 AM
For standard Sky essential broadband, an ADSL2+ router that supports PPPoA will work which will almost certainly be all of them that support ADSL2+. 😀
08 Jun 2022 08:40 AM
Managed Ethernet switches have to be configured manually and don't fair well with Sky router setups, usually, they cause issues. An unmanaged ethernet switch doesn't need any configuring and will allow more ethernet devices to be connected to the 2 ethernet ports Sky Q Hub without issues. You should confirm that the unmanaged ethernet switch has 1Gbps ports and you will find these cheap at places like Amazon at and around the price specified by @TimmyBGood in various extra port configurations.
08 Jun 2022 08:41 AM - last edited: 08 Jun 2022 08:42 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
@Doo-Dah wrote:Thanks @TimmyBGood - sounds like a good plan - but what does 'unmanaged' mean and why would I need this type of ethernet splitter?
In addition to @mae-3 comments above, they look something like this (ones with more ports are available):
08 Jun 2022 08:54 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreSwitch, not splitter (that's something different, although confusingly a switch does 'split').
Managed switches are capable of software configuration, but are typically much more expensive without bringing any benefit to a domestic network.
08 Jun 2022 09:21 AM
Thanks @mae-3 - so essentially if I see one that's plug n play it'll be much the same 'unmanaged'? ie I just plug it in and it'll just work
08 Jun 2022 09:22 AM
Correct, just plug cables in and away you go, all done.
10 Jun 2022 10:30 AM
No, it works fine - but someone told me that the newer ones perform far better
10 Jun 2022 12:02 PM
I need to resuldule the engineer as I'm stuck at work. My house phone isn't working plus my Wi-Fi not working still. This is a ongoing problem kind regards Ameet Singh
10 Jun 2022 12:50 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@ameettIs this visit for today?
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