Router advice

[Magic_x_uk]

Hi.

For starters, if this is in the wrong sub forum, my apologies. Please move if required.

We have a sky q router. Personally I think it is useless. Seems to periodically drop WiFi for no apparent reason (compared to previous isp routers)

Is it worth investing in a different router.

If so, what do I want to look at.

We have a few wifi devices around the house, phones, alexas, Philips hue bulbs, laptops and a printer.

Nothing directly attached to router apart from ps5, av amp and sky q box.

Thanks.

 

[Mr Mcgoo]

Have you configured the sky q tv box to act as a wireless booster? if some devices are going to be closer to the sky q tv box you would get better signal. I have the slightly better sky hub that has 8 antenna's as supposed to the 6 the sky q router has and don't have any signal drop on WIFI.

Also do you have 5ghz setting on as that is a bad frequency to connect to as 5ghz has very limited range and 2.4ghz is always preferred for distance/house coverage

 

[Jamin280672]

Did this with my virgin router where the WiFi didn't even reach the kitchen, stuck it into modem mode and brought a GL inet S1300, totally love it, it's hard wired to the virgin router, it has a 512GB USB stick in it which is acting as file share for anyone wanting to access the files I've put on it within the household, documents and pictures etc, the only downside is you can only have 2 other devices hard wired to it, endless WiFi devices though, everything we own in the household is connected to it except my PC which is hardwired, and that includes all the light bulbs, even the damn kettle lol, lost count of how many fire sticks, Alexa's and mobile phones, TVs, I can tell you there's a lot.