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jonp1331
Oct 16, 2024Aspirant
Need to isolate a Sky Stream streaming device on a WBE750?
Hi, I need to isolate a Sky Stream streaming device on a wbe750 as support says its trying to connect to multiple bands and weak signals causing it to freeze up and black screen on occasion. After cal...
jonp1331
Oct 22, 2024Aspirant
Morning Brian,
Apologies as rang sky back Monday lunch in my lunch hour. Didn't go well. Ended virtually shouting at each other. Was same as first advisor wouldn't accept its their devices and blamed my WiFi/network as cause and retensions wouldn't send new devices out as same thing would happen again. I repeated 2 devices were wired and he tried to say it was my 5ghz down the cable! and at his end they showing as being on WiFi. 11.37am UK yesterday sky texted me asking for a feedback survey lol. Had forgotten get same via email after first call Tues last week. Had forgot my guest network was 5ghz too blush so last night changed that to 2.4ghz only too but it was a different ssid too btw. Kitchen device still stuttered within mins whilst having dinner at kitchen table. Parents had living room & kitchen TVs on terrestrial all day. Then 7.45pm I settled down to football on sky sports plus red button and it stuttered a couple of times in first half but also 3 times during game black screened will buffering circle then turned itself fully off and that was wired on living room device. Parents went out 7.15pm and returned 10.15pm. After their return it black screened for a few secs then came back on not turned off that time. I ended the call I'm cancelling as now down. He replier sorry my friend can't resolve over phone need a site visit to investigate. Not even bothering. But last night also read on virgin forum that their stream box which I have as got for £10 when got hub 5 approved also has issues but have not subscribed to any channels through it yet. Not wanting to now either. So researching other suppliers. As having both as suppliers for products at same time is an issue. Been on virgin since 2011 and had their cable TV uptill sky stream march 2023. Dad had satellite before that and I had sky satellite before him from 1995. Were single supply for broadband in our street until recently when openreach entered so it was virgin or dial up/ADSL Contracted to virgin till Oct 25 as had to resign march 23 to get hub 5 and £10 stream box at time was £35 activation fee for existing customers. Won't be renewing. They want full contract money to end early nearly £800 as of now so not an option. EE offered a Max of £300 to buy out our contract as a sweetener but still lumbered till end of may and need to sign 2 years with EE too. So researching suppliers for ISP too now. Blush.
Apologies as rang sky back Monday lunch in my lunch hour. Didn't go well. Ended virtually shouting at each other. Was same as first advisor wouldn't accept its their devices and blamed my WiFi/network as cause and retensions wouldn't send new devices out as same thing would happen again. I repeated 2 devices were wired and he tried to say it was my 5ghz down the cable! and at his end they showing as being on WiFi. 11.37am UK yesterday sky texted me asking for a feedback survey lol. Had forgotten get same via email after first call Tues last week. Had forgot my guest network was 5ghz too blush so last night changed that to 2.4ghz only too but it was a different ssid too btw. Kitchen device still stuttered within mins whilst having dinner at kitchen table. Parents had living room & kitchen TVs on terrestrial all day. Then 7.45pm I settled down to football on sky sports plus red button and it stuttered a couple of times in first half but also 3 times during game black screened will buffering circle then turned itself fully off and that was wired on living room device. Parents went out 7.15pm and returned 10.15pm. After their return it black screened for a few secs then came back on not turned off that time. I ended the call I'm cancelling as now down. He replier sorry my friend can't resolve over phone need a site visit to investigate. Not even bothering. But last night also read on virgin forum that their stream box which I have as got for £10 when got hub 5 approved also has issues but have not subscribed to any channels through it yet. Not wanting to now either. So researching other suppliers. As having both as suppliers for products at same time is an issue. Been on virgin since 2011 and had their cable TV uptill sky stream march 2023. Dad had satellite before that and I had sky satellite before him from 1995. Were single supply for broadband in our street until recently when openreach entered so it was virgin or dial up/ADSL Contracted to virgin till Oct 25 as had to resign march 23 to get hub 5 and £10 stream box at time was £35 activation fee for existing customers. Won't be renewing. They want full contract money to end early nearly £800 as of now so not an option. EE offered a Max of £300 to buy out our contract as a sweetener but still lumbered till end of may and need to sign 2 years with EE too. So researching suppliers for ISP too now. Blush.
jonp1331
Oct 22, 2024Aspirant
Also,
He said sky stream device when turned on is designed to shout out connect to me to reduce lag. Which is a design flaw as doesn't lock on to strongest 5ghz signal it senses. Also in insight it says the root to node signal strength is -85 poor to my room (nearest AP) and kitchen device is through 2 walls to node not 1.
Couldn't see it possible in insight but it is possible to assign WiFi channel to each ssid to make guest network different as don't want to force guests to 2.4ghz long term? Just channel selectable per band not ssid? Sky stream and guest were on different ssid. Not allowed to have any other WiFi at your location God forbid neighbours you can't control.
He said sky stream device when turned on is designed to shout out connect to me to reduce lag. Which is a design flaw as doesn't lock on to strongest 5ghz signal it senses. Also in insight it says the root to node signal strength is -85 poor to my room (nearest AP) and kitchen device is through 2 walls to node not 1.
Couldn't see it possible in insight but it is possible to assign WiFi channel to each ssid to make guest network different as don't want to force guests to 2.4ghz long term? Just channel selectable per band not ssid? Sky stream and guest were on different ssid. Not allowed to have any other WiFi at your location God forbid neighbours you can't control.
- jonp1331Oct 23, 2024AspirantAlso Brian,
I put guest ssid on 2.4ghz and made no difference. Now had a thought: am I able to set minimum RSSI's so the kitchen sky stream box will not connect to the node in the living room and only the stronger root in my room through 1 less wall? As Insight says its -85 poor between the wbe750's? - jonp1331Oct 23, 2024AspirantWired living room device was still doing issues last night so was returned to terrestrial :(.
- BrianLOct 27, 2024NETGEAR Moderator
Hi jonp1331,
Thanks for the information that you have provided. I think it would be best if we could have our support team continue to help you on this one and have our Wireless Engineering check the proper setup and placement between your WiFi 7 APs at home.
Kind regards,
BrianL
- jonp1331Oct 28, 2024AspirantOK Brian will contact UK support when back home tonight as now at work.
Cheers.
John P
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