Broadband trouble!

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Hi, having trouble with the internet from a distance ! Mainly sky Q mini box in bedroom, just think I have too many things connected ie 2 WiFi extenders one for hikvison alarm and one for a full hikvison Cctv system. I’m currently with bt any ideas how I could make it better ?
Thanks
 
For devices that have Ethernet ports consider running cables or, as a distant second-best, Powerline adapters (AV1300 or better).

If you're going to stick with a purely wireless solution a decent mesh system is a much better option than using wireless extenders.

If you are willing/able to run cables (internally or externally) you've got more options.
 
Sky Q Minis are trouble some on a mesh system, the Qs need a direct link back to the box or to go through a sky booster to work well, I have a mesh system and the Qs are the only thing that don't work properly on this as the Qs are on a different switch to the main box.

First call Sky, tell them your system is not getting Wifi reliably to the mini, they might send you a booster free of charge, though as you are on BT they might not, you can fit midway between the main q and mini q to boost wifi, you need to get 20-30Mb to the box reliably. once you have the sky box working this way you might not need your extenders as the mini will give coverage.

If that doesn't work and you can't wire then Powerline is a reliable way to fake a direct link to a mini, I actually do this, to get this to work you have to connect to ethernet of powerline and mini, reset the network on the mini and do not press WPS to link mini Qs, once connected go into engineers menu on the mini and turn off wifi, downside to that approach is that the Minis are actually a Wifi Mesh system (when you have Sky BB at least, not 100% sure that holds true if you are with someone else ) and unknown to you, you might actually be relying on it for coverage in your house, so once this is down you might have buggerall wifi where the mini is.

A Mesh wifi system will give you great wifi around the house and you won't need extenders that are often poor for wifi performance in general but sky help forum is full of people who can't make this work well on minis without down grading one of the mesh satellite to be a simple AP which is not desirable if you want mesh for wifi coverage.

The fact you are using extenders suggests you don't have good wifi and this is the main thing you need to fix, this could just be the case of getting a good wifi or mesh router but if you have to access servers remotely then you will have double NAT to deal with due to BT modem not havng a modem only mode.
 
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I use a Mesh system and have the Wifi on Sky turned off. The Sky Q Mini are connected to the Mesh node via Ethernet. Works fine for me, but previously the connection to the Sky Main box was quite poor.
 
Sky Q Minis are trouble some on a mesh system, the Qs need a direct link back to the box or to go through a sky booster to work well, I have a mesh system and the Qs are the only thing that don't work properly on this as the Qs are on a different switch to the main box.

First call Sky, tell them your system is not getting Wifi reliably to the mini, they might send you a booster free of charge, though as you are on BT they might not, you can fit midway between the main q and mini q to boost wifi, you need to get 20-30Mb to the box reliably. once you have the sky box working this way you might not need your extenders as the mini will give coverage.

If that doesn't work and you can't wire then Powerline is a reliable way to fake a direct link to a mini, I actually do this, to get this to work you have to connect to ethernet of powerline and mini, reset the network on the mini and do not press WPS to link mini Qs, once connected go into engineers menu on the mini and turn off wifi, downside to that approach is that the Minis are actually a Wifi Mesh system (when you have Sky BB at least, not 100% sure that holds true if you are with someone else ) and unknown to you, you might actually be relying on it for coverage in your house, so once this is down you might have buggerall wifi where the mini is.

A Mesh wifi system will give you great wifi around the house and you won't need extenders that are often poor for wifi performance in general but sky help forum is full of people who can't make this work well on minis without down grading one of the mesh satellite to be a simple AP which is not desirable if you want mesh for wifi coverage.

The fact you are using extenders suggests you don't have good wifi and this is the main thing you need to fix, this could just be the case of getting a good wifi or mesh router but if you have to access servers remotely then you will have double NAT to deal with due to BT modem not havng a modem only mode.


How many power lines can you have on one modem ? Thanks
 
Yes you can have a lot, I ran 5, there are things to consider with powerline though, just as with wifi, what you will get is very much dependent on how good your electric wiring is and whether the devices you are connecting are on the same circuit, so it really is a suck it and see, try two see how it goes but if you are going to use a lot them don't buy anything that isn't at least AV2 600, as these support more than one stream concurrently (MIMO) bigger the number the later the tech typically :)

Point to note, the frequency of power line devices interferes with G.Fast broadband if you have that you might want to re-consider, or place them far from modem/phone line via ethernet cable.

Sounds like you need a Wifi mesh setup though if you have lots of extenders etc, in fact as it security stuff, perhaps getting some one to wire the premises/cams along with some Ubiquiti gear etc. will just make everything more reliable.
 
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