Jon Weaver
Distinguished Member
I recently had SkyQ fitted which has been nothing but trouble.
I always planned for the Minis to be connected via Twisted Pair but my cabling had problems, so they did it wirelessly with 2 repeaters.
This was horrible as I had nothing but trouble and the Repeaters broke my network.. So I fixed the Twisted Pair and moved them over to a Cabled setup.
This was fine for 2 rooms, but not the 3rd as I had no Ethernet.. So I used a Powerline adaptor.. This has been problematic with low transfer rates and its only going to get worse as I need to RCD protect the socket they plug into which will cause no end of problem.
So I decided to install a Wifi "Mesh" network which I wanted anyway.. And my plan was to use them like Powerline Adators in that I would plug the cable from the Mini to the Mesh..
I installed the Mesh today and all looked good. I tested the LAN port on the mesh with a PC which gave good speeds.. So I plugged in the Mini hoping it would work.
I had to do a bit or re-activation and reset the network, but it came on with the 2 ticks.. But I just get "Technical Fault" instead of video.
Connecting a Laptop to the same port is just like plugging into the router.. I get good speeds and can connect to the internet, but for some reason the Mini doesn't like it.
I am wondering if it doesn't like the "routed" network? My main network is 192.168.1.x where as the mesh is 192.168.68.x
But I can ping/connect all devices to each other across both these networks.
It doesn't surprise me that this doesn't work.. But its really disappointing as this is the only way I am going to get a cabled connection to this Mini.. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might be wrong?
Jon
I always planned for the Minis to be connected via Twisted Pair but my cabling had problems, so they did it wirelessly with 2 repeaters.
This was horrible as I had nothing but trouble and the Repeaters broke my network.. So I fixed the Twisted Pair and moved them over to a Cabled setup.
This was fine for 2 rooms, but not the 3rd as I had no Ethernet.. So I used a Powerline adaptor.. This has been problematic with low transfer rates and its only going to get worse as I need to RCD protect the socket they plug into which will cause no end of problem.
So I decided to install a Wifi "Mesh" network which I wanted anyway.. And my plan was to use them like Powerline Adators in that I would plug the cable from the Mini to the Mesh..
I installed the Mesh today and all looked good. I tested the LAN port on the mesh with a PC which gave good speeds.. So I plugged in the Mini hoping it would work.
I had to do a bit or re-activation and reset the network, but it came on with the 2 ticks.. But I just get "Technical Fault" instead of video.
Connecting a Laptop to the same port is just like plugging into the router.. I get good speeds and can connect to the internet, but for some reason the Mini doesn't like it.
I am wondering if it doesn't like the "routed" network? My main network is 192.168.1.x where as the mesh is 192.168.68.x
But I can ping/connect all devices to each other across both these networks.
It doesn't surprise me that this doesn't work.. But its really disappointing as this is the only way I am going to get a cabled connection to this Mini.. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might be wrong?
Jon
