Sky hub only allowing 15 devices

[MagicBoy]

I'm not massively bothered. The Sky wireless is turned off, I'm using an Airport Extreme in bridge (AP) mode....

 

[Avalon]

As above, it's only available when bundled with an expensive TV package.

You can try and justify the lack of features in the SR102 if you want, but the competitors have had dual-band Wi-Fi for ages, and most of them are supplying 802.11ac.

How is pointing out a new hub with improved feature set being available to subscribers upgrading and will be available to everyone shortly justifying the old one? Not that it's relevant, but I replaced my SR102 a while back with an AC based router, then when it became clear that AC and beam forming on consumer grade kit is laughable, I moved the wireless over to Ubiquti Unifi AP's, the difference between consumer and business orientated CPE is night and day.

As most consumers will be WAN limited in terms of bandwidth 2.4 802.11n is still fine in most applications, wifi is a convenience on tablets, phones and connected devices, real men/women/children run a cable

 

[Nazbit]

I've ordered a new netgear router that I believe is compatible with SKY and has dual band WiFi.

That can be a project for the weekend.

I've also got two 54mbps netgear access points running in bridge mode which I will probably look to replace in order to take advantage of the increased internal LAN speed.

Edit - Or should I powerline it....wiring is very old in this house...

 

[Werewolf]

I'd suggest avoiding powerline, especially if the wiring is old.

 

[Dave2150]

Using your own router is fine, that manufacture's may have their own 'struggles' based on the hardware/firmware.

Clearly Sky think 16/32 is an acceptable limit of devices when it comes to their own kit.

Just get a VR900, works a dream I have dozens of devices on for family events at home, doesn't skip a beat.

TBH 32 devices is perfectly fine for 99% of households.

If you want more, simply buy a router of your choice, as many have already done.

 

[Nazbit]

Thanks for all of the replies.

This evening I replaced my SR102 with a Netgear R7800.

Looks decent so far looking forward to setting up some of the more advanced features that I've not had access to in a while after a few years of generic ISP boxes.

Bought some homeplugs but I'm going to return them while they're still sealed, the wiring in this house is very old and I don't expect good results

For now I'll stick with my two 54mbps netgear access points in bridge mode and look in to faster options in the future.

 

[Caged]

How is pointing out a new hub with improved feature set being available to subscribers upgrading and will be available to everyone shortly justifying the old one? Not that it's relevant, but I replaced my SR102 a while back with an AC based router, then when it became clear that AC and beam forming on consumer grade kit is laughable, I moved the wireless over to Ubiquti Unifi AP's, the difference between consumer and business orientated CPE is night and day.

As most consumers will be WAN limited in terms of bandwidth 2.4 802.11n is still fine in most applications, wifi is a convenience on tablets, phones and connected devices, real men/women/children run a cable

2.4 is too congested for reliable operation in a lot of locations.

Compared with Sky's competitors, their standard router offering is terrible. It wouldn't be as much of a problem if the replacement options weren't so limited due to the way that Sky authenticate users onto their network.