Hi All,
Hoping someone here can help save my sanity with Devolo Magic 2 Wifi and Sky Superfast broadband / Sky Q. I have attached an image of my set up which isn't overly complex.
Here are my problems:
Thanks for your Help.
Hoping someone here can help save my sanity with Devolo Magic 2 Wifi and Sky Superfast broadband / Sky Q. I have attached an image of my set up which isn't overly complex.
Here are my problems:
- Sky Wifi was dropping out constantly which causes issues with home working and conference calls
- I installed the Devolo Dlan and Wifi power lines and all settled down with a few drop outs now and then
- I switched up to Sky Broadband Superfast as they renewed my package and got the SR203 Sky Q Hub ..... but still the Wifi was flaky
- Recently upgraded the Devolo Magic 2 Wifi Next after glowing reports of major improvements with MU-MiMo and Seamless Mesh with Access Point Steering. Each of the Devolo Magic 2 Wifi's are plugged into their own socket so no interference from double sockets or other devices plugged in. All Devolo Magic 2 Wifi plugs are sync'd with the same SSID and password
- Switched off all Wifi in the Sky Q broadband Hub, the Sky Q main box and the Sky mini so no wifi enabled through Sky boxes anywhere in the house
- Installed the new Devolo Magic 2's and thought I had built a mesh network that would be 21st Century ready
- I have Cat 6 running into kitchen media area - but no Cat 6 yet to the living room area as we haven't renovated there yet
- I am constantly getting 'Proximity errors' and drop outs on the Sky Mini box (which is hard wired CAT6) and it is losing connection to the Sky Q box. Something is interrupting the connection between the main Sky Q box (Cat 6 to Devolo Magic 2 back to the Sky Q Hub) and the Sky Q mini (Hard wired Cat 6 from the Sky Q hub)
- The Wifi is hugely intermittent across the house with regular drop outs and goes incredibly slow intermittently with lots of buffering on end devices
- If I move from room to room with my end devices I have to stop and start Wifi to make the end device connect with the nearest Devolo Magic 2 Wifi, (that indicates to me that Access Point Steering is not working)
- There is a huge range difference in performance speeds for all of the Magic 2 plugs .... in the Devolo cockpit - 1 running at 1070MB/s, 1 running at 571MB\s and 1 running at 401 MB/s as we speak and they are all using the same ring network and in their own sockets
- Today I was watching a training video hardwired directly through Cat 6 back to the Sky Q Hub (SR203) and the video kept buffering intermittently which indicates there is either something wrong with the service coming in (maybe Sky are throttling it) or the Sky modem/router is pants and that's what is causing all the problems.
- Will it help if I get rid of the Sky Q Hub SR203 and bought a suitable 3rd party Modem router like a TP Link Archer or something similar that is compatible with Sky Superfast Broadband service. I am at the end of my tether with the Sky Broadband Super 'Dropout' service!
Thanks for your Help.
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