Help!! I'm killing my Sky Q router!

Robdav · 12 Apr 2019 at 17:13

Hi all,

Challenge: Better wireless throughput / range vs sky Q box. Also need ability to block individual devices during certain time periods or as and when required.

The sky q box is really struggling to handle all our requirements. it's a 40mb fiber line but I sometimes find that it's quicker using 4g on my mobile than our wireless connection! I've installed some powerline adapters upstairs with cat 6 cabling to support 4 xbones, 2 laptops, 2 desktops, as well as having 5 mobile phones hanging off of the sky q's wireless.

Overall there are 20 devices that need internet access of which I would say 14 would be in use at the same time. Ideally I'd like to reduce the number of powerline adapters and move over to wireless but I'm not sure if this would end up just straining the router and causing the wireless to slow down to a crawl.

I'm not prepared (read: my Wife is not prepared) to run cable around the house sp I have been looking at linksys wrt1900acs as well as the 3200acm as a possible solution but am not sure if these would be a wise choice.

Any suggestion would be appriciated.

thanks!

Avalon · 12 Apr 2019 at 20:42

1. Cable it. Anything else is a compromise.
2. The SkyQ can handle what you’re throwing at it and significantly more, powerline/Wi-fi may not, but you read 1 right?
3. If you want better Wi-fi, install a central AP, but again see 1.

You can disregard everything and opt for something mesh based, but if you have properly installed faceplates in each room and a central
AP then you wouldn’t need to, or likely be having issues in the first place.

Double07 · 13 Apr 2019 at 03:26

Puts the kids on ebay. Sorted.

Robdav · 13 Apr 2019 at 09:53

Double07 said:
Puts the kids on ebay. Sorted.

bingo

Robdav · 13 Apr 2019 at 09:54

@Avalon - as much as I would like to run cable, it's not an option at present. However, it's certainly food for thought in our next house.

blueacid · 14 Apr 2019 at 13:49

Couple of suggestions:
1) Just use the one pair of powerline adaptors. Upstairs, run cabling and use a switch so that you can hard-wire everything that's possible. Use the powerline to get the link from the router upstairs to the devices up there.
2) Consider adding a second wireless access point upstairs. If your house is larger than a tiny terrace, it might well help share the load on wifi.

As long as the powerline link is quicker than your internet connection & you aren't using it to shift much data internally (e.g. NAS located downstairs streaming via the powerline to a games console upstairs) then you should be good to go!