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AMExtreme
Aug 31, 2017Aspirant
Sky Q TV connects to orbi network, but then drops out
I have set up an orbi network, successfully connected all my devices, except my sky Q box. The sky Q box initialliy connects to the orbi network, and then finds my BT home hub (acting as a gateway to...
- Sep 06, 2017
All sorted. Turns out it was a setting on Sky Q which was causing the problem. I needed to have the standby mode on each box set to ECO and not to Active. Why that would impact comms on the network I have no idea, but it was worked perfectly since then!!
DarrenM
Sep 05, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello AMExtreme
Do you need any port forwarding for the sky box? also are you bridging the modem or running orbi in access point mode?
DarrenM
AMExtreme
Sep 06, 2017Aspirant
All sorted. Turns out it was a setting on Sky Q which was causing the problem. I needed to have the standby mode on each box set to ECO and not to Active. Why that would impact comms on the network I have no idea, but it was worked perfectly since then!!