Wi-Fi providers

[NigelF11]

I have two broadband providers to the house, can I use one for the Sky Q box and the other provider for the mini box ( the fibre broadband doesn't reach the annexe where the mini box is)

[Laing1]

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@NigelF11 wrote:

I have two broadband providers to the house, can I use one for the Sky Q box and the other provider for the mini box ( the fibre broadband doesn't reach the annexe where the mini box is)

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@NigelF11 no if neither are Sky then then mini boxes need to connect to your main Q box and the mesh signal it emits you may need a Sky Q booster or look at other ways to connect the mini ie ethernet to the main box or powerlines 

If one is Sky then all have to connect to the Sky broadband 

[TimmyBGood]

@NigelF11 

A Q Mini box has to be on the same logical data network as the main Q box, because it's the main box which receives live satellite signal from the dish and then retransmits a tuned channel to the Mini.  This is also the case for all recording (only the main box has a hard drive) and internet data has to reach the main box first as well.

When isolated on a separate network, a Q Mini has zero functionality.

[ThePope27]

@NigelF11,

There is a way but it would require some clever routing to get it to work