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Discussion topic: Using a second wifi router on a sky network

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This message was authored by: Daplatt

Using a second wifi router on a sky network

Is it possible to add a second wifi 6e router to my 5Ghz Sky router via an ethernet cable so that I can use it as dedicated wifi link just to a quest 3 vr headset

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This message was authored by: Chrisee

Re: Using a second wifi router on a sky network

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@Daplatt youdo not want two routers on the same network as a rule as devices on the different  networks wont be able to communicate if that isnt a problem then your only concern would be apps running on your Quest head set can run through a double NAT set up which they probably will.

 

If you add a second WiFi source which is not matched to your Sky hub can cause interference if they use the same or adjacent WiFi channels. You can to some degree control the channels the black Sky hubs use but the newer white Sky hub selects channels automatically. If you have 3 or more Sky Q boxes finding an unused 2.4GHz channel can be impossible.

 

Obvious question why not turn off the Sky WiFi and judt use the superior WiFi on your expensive new router? 

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Re: Using a second wifi router on a sky network

Thanks for your quick response.  Just to clarify:

 

If I want to use the second router wifi only for playing the Microsoft flight simulator -  I am not bothered about using the quest 3 for anything else, then,  can I use the second wifi, effectively as an extender, and just dedicate it's wifi just to the quest 3 so the high speed wifi 6e signal only goes to the quest 3. I can configure the new router so that it has a different address , say 192.168.0.2 to the sky router which has this address: 192.168.0.1 . This ensures that the second router is on the same network with the Sky router. I would also disable the DHCP setting on the second router. 

 

I would imagine that it would be very problematic to replace the sky router with the new 6e one because , besides a Q box I have several Mini Q boxes. 

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