Hi all
Going to be moving into a new build property soon and as such will require some planning and thinking of my network. This is where all you lovely lot come in
Currently I have Virgin 200Mb and am using the SH3 in router mode. This works for me because the bedroom which has a FireTV in it is directly above the lounge where the SH3 is. I will be moving my Virgin service to the new property as it is the only high speed service I can get. BT FTTC is oversubscribed on my cabinet and as such I cannot order the product.
The new build is a three story affair. The master bedroom on the third floor will have a FireTV in it, the two bedrooms on the second floor MAY have FireTV's in them at some point but this is not a necessity. The Virgin line will come into the lounge on the ground floor and into the router which will sit inside a sideboard and have my PC and PS4 wired in.
There may be a requirement for Sky Q, I am trying to hold the Mrs off on it (she barely watches anything) hopefully until such time as they announce their dish-free product but lets factor it into the requirement list just in case.
So my idea was to run the SH3 in modem mode and buy an Amplifi HD system. This gives me 4 Gbit ports for devices in the lounge and then a decent mesh network for the rest of the house. Any thoughts on this plan?
My ignorance comes in when you add Sky Q to the mix. If we get it it will be a 2TB Q box in the lounge (can wire this in too if it is a better solution) and a Q mini on the third floor. My understanding is the Q ecosystem runs it's own mesh and this can interfere with other mesh devices/networks? I have read about changing your non-Sky Q mesh to ch54 or above to get around this. Can the Q mini not just use your existing WiFi/mesh network at all?
I don't need an all singing all dancing affair, I don't need masses of security on my home network or settings to the Nth degree to tinker with. I "set and forget" stuff at home. I have enough of this to do at work to want to mess about with it at home lol.
So with all that in mind, what do you think? Thanks in advance
Going to be moving into a new build property soon and as such will require some planning and thinking of my network. This is where all you lovely lot come in
Currently I have Virgin 200Mb and am using the SH3 in router mode. This works for me because the bedroom which has a FireTV in it is directly above the lounge where the SH3 is. I will be moving my Virgin service to the new property as it is the only high speed service I can get. BT FTTC is oversubscribed on my cabinet and as such I cannot order the product.The new build is a three story affair. The master bedroom on the third floor will have a FireTV in it, the two bedrooms on the second floor MAY have FireTV's in them at some point but this is not a necessity. The Virgin line will come into the lounge on the ground floor and into the router which will sit inside a sideboard and have my PC and PS4 wired in.
There may be a requirement for Sky Q, I am trying to hold the Mrs off on it (she barely watches anything) hopefully until such time as they announce their dish-free product but lets factor it into the requirement list just in case.
So my idea was to run the SH3 in modem mode and buy an Amplifi HD system. This gives me 4 Gbit ports for devices in the lounge and then a decent mesh network for the rest of the house. Any thoughts on this plan?
My ignorance comes in when you add Sky Q to the mix. If we get it it will be a 2TB Q box in the lounge (can wire this in too if it is a better solution) and a Q mini on the third floor. My understanding is the Q ecosystem runs it's own mesh and this can interfere with other mesh devices/networks? I have read about changing your non-Sky Q mesh to ch54 or above to get around this. Can the Q mini not just use your existing WiFi/mesh network at all?
I don't need an all singing all dancing affair, I don't need masses of security on my home network or settings to the Nth degree to tinker with. I "set and forget" stuff at home. I have enough of this to do at work to want to mess about with it at home lol.
So with all that in mind, what do you think? Thanks in advance
