HD Elvis
Prominent Member
Hi
I've recently had Sky Fibre installed and I'm enjoying significantly faster speeds than my previously paltry 1.8mb.
However as ever, theres always room for improvement and I wondered whether an Apple Extreme Base Station would improve things a touch given I have a plethora of Apple products, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad Mini, MacBook Air, Apple TV, you get the idea. I understand the AEBS works on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands which the SR101 doesn't so should in theory improve things over WIFI.
The problem arises though when you realise the AEBS can't replace the Sky Router entirely without some sort of degree in Networking. I've seen a few threads on BB forums and it looks to be beyond my simple mind.
I do note though that you can connect the AEBS to the SR101 and allow the Sky Router to act as the router when hard wiring via Ethernet and to also assign IP Addresses etc but then allow the AEBS to cover WIFI duties in what I understand to be Bridge Mode. This does seem a little more straight forward for me to attempt.
I wondered whether anyone else has this set up and whether there are any issues I should be looking out for. Are there any issues around Sky On Demand with this set up for example? I've currently got my Sky box hard wired to the SR101 via a Home Plug so given it isn't over WIFI I wouldn't have thought there would be but thought I'd read something about it somewhere.
Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.
I've recently had Sky Fibre installed and I'm enjoying significantly faster speeds than my previously paltry 1.8mb.
However as ever, theres always room for improvement and I wondered whether an Apple Extreme Base Station would improve things a touch given I have a plethora of Apple products, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad Mini, MacBook Air, Apple TV, you get the idea. I understand the AEBS works on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands which the SR101 doesn't so should in theory improve things over WIFI.
The problem arises though when you realise the AEBS can't replace the Sky Router entirely without some sort of degree in Networking. I've seen a few threads on BB forums and it looks to be beyond my simple mind.
I do note though that you can connect the AEBS to the SR101 and allow the Sky Router to act as the router when hard wiring via Ethernet and to also assign IP Addresses etc but then allow the AEBS to cover WIFI duties in what I understand to be Bridge Mode. This does seem a little more straight forward for me to attempt.
I wondered whether anyone else has this set up and whether there are any issues I should be looking out for. Are there any issues around Sky On Demand with this set up for example? I've currently got my Sky box hard wired to the SR101 via a Home Plug so given it isn't over WIFI I wouldn't have thought there would be but thought I'd read something about it somewhere.
Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.