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Orbi with Sky Q
Hi, I installed my Orbi’s the other day , all devices are getting a strong stable wireless connection except the Sky Q’s. Connecting them to the orbi network (my virgin hub is in modem mode) is ok...
Okay. I will disable the daisy chain setting later and see how it works out. If I get another satellite I assume I will have to turn it back on?
For the actual TV shows and programs, Sky does not require internet just a satellite signal 📡. But for features like Catch up TV, sky cinema , demand ext it requires broadband. However, where the second WiFi is created, is where the Sky box communicates with sky minis. Basically instead of having lots of sky boxes you have sky minis which connect to the main sky Q box via WiFi (they run of the main sky box, all recording are shared so you can start a show right where you left off on any box). This is very helpful as then only one cable from the satellite dish is required to go into the the main sky Q box and it makes life easi. (The minis only require a power cable and then everything on TV is accessible!)
However as I said if I Ethernet all my Sky q devices to the Orbi’s , they can communicate with the main Q box like via the Orbi WiFi instead , theoretically. So I will do this and get back to you, hopefully it will work out and I can turn of the Sky Q WiFi!
I have already set my Orbi WiFi to channel 48 5GHz and the Sky Q WiFi to channel 36 5GHz, they still collide with eachother but not as much as before.
Thanks for the help! :)
For the actual TV shows and programs, Sky does not require internet just a satellite signal 📡. But for features like Catch up TV, sky cinema , demand ext it requires broadband. However, where the second WiFi is created, is where the Sky box communicates with sky minis. Basically instead of having lots of sky boxes you have sky minis which connect to the main sky Q box via WiFi (they run of the main sky box, all recording are shared so you can start a show right where you left off on any box). This is very helpful as then only one cable from the satellite dish is required to go into the the main sky Q box and it makes life easi. (The minis only require a power cable and then everything on TV is accessible!)
However as I said if I Ethernet all my Sky q devices to the Orbi’s , they can communicate with the main Q box like via the Orbi WiFi instead , theoretically. So I will do this and get back to you, hopefully it will work out and I can turn of the Sky Q WiFi!
I have already set my Orbi WiFi to channel 48 5GHz and the Sky Q WiFi to channel 36 5GHz, they still collide with eachother but not as much as before.
Thanks for the help! :)
Aronius wrote:
Okay. I will disable the daisy chain setting later and see how it works out. If I get another satellite I assume I will have to turn it back on?
Daisy Chain is required only when a new satellite will connect to an existing satellite rather than directly to the Orbi router. Enabling Daisy Chain actually turns on another pair of WiFi channels for that link. The intention is to allow customers to extend WiFi farther than a satellite can reach by itself by "daisy chaining" onen satellite off another (and perhaps another!)
Most customers who deploy more than one satellite are able to make them "star" off of the router, and thus do not need to activate Daisy Chain. (My personal belief is that Netgear ships Orbi's with Daisy Chain enabled because "Even if it's not the most efficient, it will always allow customers to add another satellite.")