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Message posted on ‎18 Jan 2025 03:46 AM
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Rubbish wifi
I'm on sky hub max and I really struggle to get a decent WiFi signal on any of my devices anywhere in the house. I'm paying for a service I can hardly use
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Message posted on ‎18 Jan 2025 07:47 AM
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Re: Rubbish wifi
@Abbie1990 first thing to check is thst the WiFi signal from the hub is not compromised by its position. Ensure the hub is out in the open aon a surface so its above obstructions like radiators. You may need a longet cable to the ONT or master phone socket as applicable. Ideally the hub should be as central as possible in the property.
Whilst WiFi signals can pass through solid objects like walls they lose power when they do. The denser and thicker the wall the more signal thst is lost. The max hub uses both 5GHz and 2.4GHz WiFi bands to carry data but it is the 5GHz band that carries the most and unfortunately has the higher attenuation so speeds drop. Basically if you live in a property with solid brick or worse stone walls you will inevitably need multiple wifi sources.
Sky like all isos really only guarantee spedds to the hub as they have no control over the customers home. Read https://www.sky.com/help/articles/wall-to-wall-wifi-guarantee this and you will see it is very limited. They will sell you an add-on which can give you up to 3 extenders if required but note the guaranteed speeds shown here https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-wifi-max
Depending on your requirements thst maybe a suitable sokution or you can buy third party wifi kit to get faster speeds but it can get pricy.
65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode
Message posted on ‎18 Jan 2025 08:01 AM
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Re: Rubbish wifi
The WiFi is very poor even in the same room that the router is in, I do a lot of streaming and the poor WiFi is a big issue
Message posted on ‎18 Jan 2025 08:17 AM
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Re: Rubbish wifi
@Abbie1990 iscthe hub out in the open? If it is there maybe an issue with speed to the hub which you can check by running the service checker in the My Sky app.
65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode
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