Sky Box Anytime Plus

3dcandy · 14 Jul 2011 at 16:51

also, it worked best for me if I hooked up the sky box using the blue port on our router...

paradisiac · 14 Jul 2011 at 16:53

3dcandy said:
it's a step forward in many ways, but maybe not all it's cracked up to be...
downloading something starts quickly and seems pretty rapid, but there isn't vast amounts of programmes like Sky make out to be!

oh, i thought it was going be a HUGE library of programs

how misleading of them :mad:

will see tonight, but their ads make out pretty much the complete series of all their major programs are on there.
i had a similar dispointment with BT Vision when that first came out, looked promising, then lacked content updates.

3dcandy · 14 Jul 2011 at 18:05

maybe it's just me and I expect too much for a newish service. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge improvement from normal anytime in many ways, just not quite as good as I hoped...

R@tman · 14 Jul 2011 at 18:33

Would 85mbps be ok or do i need 200mbps ???

3dcandy · 14 Jul 2011 at 18:58

I don't think it would make much difference...it starts a program downloading, and then when it's got so far (about 10% or thereabouts) you can begin watching it. we just schedule a few (they download to your hard drive) and then watch them later...with the slower speed I guess you'd just wait a couple of mins more before watching

KIA · 15 Jul 2011 at 02:14

85Mb/s is fine. I seriously doubt your Sky line will saturate the homeplug.

paradisiac · 15 Jul 2011 at 09:45

im prettey sure even with the most optomistic figures from sky you can only get 16meg, so im pretty sure 85Mb/s will do as you wont be using it to transfer files or anything.

R@tman · 16 Jul 2011 at 10:05

This would do the trick as well wouldn't it? its got a built in 5 port switch .

http://www.edimax.co.uk/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=348&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=5

paradisiac · 16 Jul 2011 at 10:38

R@tman said:
This would do the trick as well wouldn't it? its got a built in 5 port switch .

http://www.edimax.co.uk/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=348&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=5

cant see why not.

The Deuce · 17 Jul 2011 at 09:13

Skidilliplop said:
You can, but it's a bit of a faff. You'd need to set up internet connection sharing on the PC to allow devices connected to the LAN port access through the Wifi adapter.
There should be an official M$ technet article on doing so.

err no it's not, it's simple. turn ICS on, untick auto assign and tick auto script, plug in sky box via rj45 reboot pc and voila, it's that easy :-)

the sky box will search the network itself and set itself up

R@tman · 17 Jul 2011 at 17:33

The Deuce said:
err no it's not, it's simple. turn ICS on, untick auto assign and tick auto script, plug in sky box via rj45 reboot pc and voila, it's that easy the sky box will search the network itself and set itself up

I am having problems with this could you do me an idiots guide please ?

where do i tick auto script ?

R@tman · 17 Jul 2011 at 18:16

It Lives

Ok all i did was select my LAN connection and my wireless in network connections and bridge them and gave my sky box a static ip and volla it works.

thanks for all your help !!!!

The Deuce · 17 Jul 2011 at 18:34

R@tman said:
I am having problems with this could you do me an idiots guide please ?

where do i tick auto script ?

all you need to do is go into help and support (I use win7) and type in Using ICS in the search box and it will show you what you need to do step by step. hth

3dcandy · 17 Jul 2011 at 19:13

R@tman said:
It Lives

Ok all i did was select my LAN connection and my wireless in network connections and bridge them and gave my sky box a static ip and volla it works.

thanks for all your help !!!!

What are your thoughts on the actual service then?