Discussion topic: Slow connection in the mancave
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Message posted on 27 Jul 2025 11:23 AM
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Slow connection in the mancave
Hi I have sky hub in my lounge & run a ethernet cable from the box to the mancave plugging into a mini box but my son has a wireless gaming system set up and when he's playing the speed drops off everywhere can I add a splinter so a cable to run for his gaming or will it still drop connection any help appreciated.
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Message posted on 27 Jul 2025 11:44 AM
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Re: Slow connection in the mancave
@Thomas108 a lotdepends on the speed of the connection to your Sky hub. That bandwidth is shared on a first come forst served basis by the hub. That is great if you have a fast full fibre connection as there is ample to go around but less so on a partial fibre connection on a long line.
Running an ethernet cable from the hub to your son's gaming system will probably improve his gaming as wifi is liable to have higher latency ie lag. However if your son starts downloading the latest game it will still cause issues for your Sky Q box if there isnt enough bandwidth its like having a shower when someone starts running a bath. Gaming as such uses relatively little bandwidth but given games are huge it is downloads which causes the issues.
If you are on a slow connection perhaps agree only to run large downloads overnight
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 27 Jul 2025 12:15 PM - last edited: 27 Jul 2025 12:27 PM
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Re: Slow connection in the mancave
@Thomas108 Not needed, edited...
Message posted on 27 Jul 2025 01:22 PM
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Re: Slow connection in the mancave
@Thomas108 wrote:
can I add a splinter so a cable to run for his gaming
An unmanaged gigabit ethernet switch is the appropriate hardware.
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