Sky q in converted garage

[Ben90]

Hello all. I have converted my garage and wish to extend my Sky q to the garage . it is around 50 feet from the house. Would a sky q mini box work out there?

[TimmyBGood]

@Ben90 

WiFi may well be a problem, particularly if the conversion used foil-laminate foam insulation boards.

[Ben90]

Thanks for your response. 

I was actually thinking of running the main Sky q box from the converted garage. Would the 3 miniboxes in the house be able to connect from around 50 feet away on the bluetooth.

[TimmyBGood]

@Ben90 

Same problem either way (although it's WiFi, not Bluetooth)

Remember that it's the main Q box which requires the dish feed cable.

[oldfella]

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@Ben90 wrote:

Hello all. I have converted my garage and wish to extend my Sky q to the garage . it is around 50 feet from the house. Would a sky q mini box work out there?

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Hi @Ben90 

Looks like you need exterior grade Ethernet from your Main Q box to the Garage.

[Ben90]

Yes I was planning to feed the satellite cable into the garage. So if it is all run by WiFi would a good WiFi extender do the trick

[oldfella]

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@Ben90 wrote:

Yes I was planning to feed the satellite cable into the garage. So if it is all run by WiFi would a good WiFi extender do the trick

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Hi @Ben90 

Afraid WiFi will not reach.   Only Q WiFi extenders will work with Sky Q

As I said you will need to run Ethernet cable between your garage and your house.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Ben90 wrote:

Yes I was planning to feed the satellite cable into the garage. So if it is all run by WiFi would a good WiFi extender do the trick

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I'd suggest if you are running satellite cable then adding an ethernet run would seem sensible.

[Ben90 · Accepted solution]

Thanks @TimmyBGood and @oldfella. 

Very helpful comments and my questions answered. Very grateful to you both