Ps5 and sky internet
- Thread starter Whitburnmakem
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Bummer. I’ve got an ASUS RT-3200 you can have. It will be fine for the speed you have with your Sky FTTC as it’s only 67Mbit. You could connect it to your Sky router and set it to accesss point mode so that your Sky router is still doing the DHCP and routing thus avoiding a double NAT. You could connect it using an Ethernet cable hidden where carpet meets wall closer to the ps5. It’s got 6 directional antennas so you can direct the WiFi signal. It served me well for years until I upgraded to WiFi 6 mesh. You can have it, I don’t want any money for it.
One other thing you can also try is on your Sky router change your DNS settings to 8.8.8.8 as primary and 8.8.4.4 secondary. It’s googles fast DNS servers and they’re generally quicker than your ISP’s, including ping times.
Whitburnmakem
Winger
That’s really good if they do, as if you do end up having to use WiFi, you want as few boosters / repeaters as possible as every ‘hop’ introduces lag. Let us know how you get on and if you want this router posting.Jesus mate that’s like Chinese to meThanks for the offer mate thats really kind of you the skyWi-Fi expert bloke is coming out Friday to see what they can do I’ll let you know they crack they might put a hardwired socket in his room or summit
Whitburnmakem
Winger
I doubt your boosters will be in a chain i.e router > booster 1 > booster 2, if they are that will be your problem but they’re probably set up to both talk directly to your sky router.
If they’re too close they won’t be helping as logic would suggest your device would connect to the closest and therefore the one with the strongest signal but I know from experience that this isn’t always the case. I’ve got two mesh nodes downstairs and my Mac was connected to the one in the living room despite being 1ft away from the other one. Hopefully the sky bloke gets you up and running.
AndrewP
Striker
Might still work. It worked for me, not different fuses, but across different RCDs.
Whitburnmakem
Winger
Upstairs downstairs and kitchen all on different fuses on the loop dunno how signal would travel
AndrewP
Striker
It's some kind of voodoo shit, but it often works. Are the fuses all in the same consumer unit?
Whitburnmakem
Winger
Yeah mate
Honest mate, try it. As @AndrewP said - they often do.
It isn't as good as hard wired, but better than bog standard wifi repeaters etc..
Grab from Argos, try them and if no good take them back, no hassle. Avoid places like Curry's as you will have to try and fight with their "experts" to return it!
squidly diddly
Central Defender
If he had a sky mini box in his room, plug the Ethernet into that and into the ps5, set it up as a LAN connection and you get your full speed.
That’s what I done with the q box in the living room as our router is in a cupboard under the stairs in the same room. New build problems !
That’s what I done with the q box in the living room as our router is in a cupboard under the stairs in the same room. New build problems !
Whitburnmakem
Winger
How don’t get a sky mini box ?
they're a bit like streaming boxes you connect to other TV's you want to watch sky on, they have a built in booster for wifi and act as a repeater. you can buy them if you have sky q.
googleboogle
Midfield
Did they dirt it ?
