Connecting Sky Mini in Outbuilding

[Warrens]

Hi

I have recently moved away from sky broadband in favour of better speeds from an alternative provider.

i wish to maintain sky Q with my main box and 2 minis connected via WiFi in my house.

In addition, I have a mini connected via Ethernet to the new modem in my detached garage, but I can't seem to get it working.

Specifically it seems to fail at the wps (stage 2) of the set up. 

Can anyone offer a step by step to determine where I may be going wrong, please?

Thanks in advance.

[oldfella]

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@Warrens wrote:

Hi

I have recently moved away from sky broadband in favour of better speeds from an alternative provider.

i wish to maintain sky Q with my main box and 2 minis connected via WiFi in my house.

In addition, I have a mini connected via Ethernet to the new modem in my detached garage, but I can't seem to get it working.

Specifically it seems to fail at the wps (stage 2) of the set up. 

Can anyone offer a step by step to determine where I may be going wrong, please?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi @Warrens 

Exactly what is the new modem in your garage?

The mini must be on the same network as your main Q box.

[Warrens]

I don't think my grammar helped.

The modem is a Linksys provided by BeFibre and there is a network cable running directly from that to a sky Q mini in my detached garage.

The main sky Q and two other minis are connected to the same network via WiFi as they are in all in my house.

[oldfella]

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@Warrens wrote:

I don't think my grammar helped.

The modem is a Linksys provided by BeFibre and there is a network cable running directly from that to a sky Q mini in my detached garage.

The main sky Q and two other minis are connected to the same network via WiFi as they are in all in my house.

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Hi @Warrens 

Afraid the mini will only connect to the same device as your main Q box.

Unless you have Sky Broadband in your House the mini must be connected to the main Box

[Warrens]

The main sky q is connected to my new BeFibre network via WiFi.

the sky q mini is connected to the same network via an Ethernet cable.

Should this work, in theory?

[nigea99]

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@Warrens wrote:

The main sky q is connected to my new BeFibre network via WiFi.

the sky q mini is connected to the same network via an Ethernet cable.

Should this work, in theory?

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hi @Warrens 

Unfortunately not - when your home network is not SKY, a mini connected via ethernet must also connect to the Main box via ethernet - this can be direct,  via a router or unmanaged switch but both must be ethernet

[Warrens]

I appreciate the feedback.

i presume if i simply put a wireless access point in my garage (connected back to the hub in my house via Ethernet) and then connect the mini to that via WiFi, it should work? 

[oldfella]

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@Warrens wrote:

I appreciate the feedback.

i presume if i simply put a wireless access point in my garage (connected back to the hub in my house via Ethernet) and then connect the mini to that via WiFi, it should work? 

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That's still not the same as connecting by WiFi to the same hub as the main Q box @Warrens 

Sky minis will not connect to 3rd party WiFi extenders.

[Warrens]

I guess it's time to ditch the sky mini box in my garage then...more hassle than it's worth!

appreciate the feedback

[oldfella]

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@Warrens wrote:

I guess it's time to ditch the sky mini box in my garage then...more hassle than it's worth!

appreciate the feedback

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Hi @Warrens 

Only way I can it working is to run Ethernet cable between main Q box and mini.

You would need External grade Ethernet.