We've had two mini boxes for years - one in a conservatory, one upstairs. The conservatory is close to the main box but WiFi has to punch through an extra brick wall and the metal frame of patios doors.
It's never really been a problem until a week or so back when we upgraded the conservatory tv to an OLED - at the same time, I forced software updates on all the boxes to make sure I was getting the best service (hadn't realised at that point that the minis can't support UHD but anyway...)
Since then, we quite often get major cyclical stuttering of sound and picture - I would estimate it's a repeating interruption of c. 1-2Hz (I.e. the sound/vision pauses every 1/2 to 1 secs). Nothing short of a hard restart of the mini box seems to work. What's odd is that when it stutters, the menus have the same interruption - button presses fail during the stutters...
My first attempted fix was to run the mini box off Ethernet via power line adapters (we already have a number) and turn off the WiFi on the main box using the 001 engineer menu. This hasn't solved the issue (leading me to question whether it is the recent software updates) but then again the mini boxes still claim to connect to the hidden SKY1234whatever mesh and I can't be sure they're using the Ethernet...
Anyone struggling in a similar fashion + either with stutters or setting up Ethernet?
