Yes, that would be a nice touch!It All sounds fantastic, but for that price I would want my virtual girl Joi ala bladerunner 2049 as part of the package
I’m going round in circles, is there anything that’s stable My isp is Sky and while Ethernet is fine, WiFi is shocking, just want something reliable, works with Q minis and doesn’t cost the earth. I’ll check out your suggestion thanks
If I do any work on the house, ie lift flooring I run ethernet cable in the hope one day of having sufficient wandering around to help things. As it is there are currently just 3 randomly located lengths dotted about.You cannot change the laws of physics - Wi-Fi transmit power is limited by law and most kit is, and always has been, at or close to the permitted max. If you have issues with signal propagation, whether for backhauls or clients, there's no "magic" box that will fix it. For the nearly 1000 GBP of this particular Wi-Fi offering, you'd be better off paying a professional "cable monkey" to come and install some (proper) wired ethernet backhauls.
I agree with what you are saying in general but once you’ve had a Sky router, you realise there was such a thing as stable WiFi.There's no such thing as "stable" Wi-Fi - by definition Wi-Fi is fickle and unreliable. All we can do when designing Wi-FI systems (including the equipment choice) is create a deployment which has "the best chance" of working.
Think of Wi-Fi like sound: Just as you cannot create a "stable audio environment" by buying some particular sound emitting device, there's not "magic" box that can fix all Wi-Fi issues. There's just too many variables, many of which are out of our control. A "noisy neighbour" is a good metaphor for this - if you have one, you could buy the most expensive set of speakers in the world, but it won't fix the problem that your neighbours are drowning you out on Fridays and Saturdays when they hold their banging wicked beats sessions.
Worse still, if a potential interference source is inside your own locale - baby monitor, microwave ovens (for example) or maybe it's your SkyQ that's causing the problem. Perhaps experiment with turning your SkyQ off for a week and see if your Wi-Fi improves.
If you want fast reliable data networking, then gold standard is to use wired ethernet.
Just buy a wireless access point, plug it into your Sky Router and turn off the router's wifi it will solve nearly all of your woes in one easy hit.agree with what you are saying in general but once you’ve had a Sky router, you realise there was such a thing as stable WiFi.
I was with BT, using the exact same equipment in the exact same location and never had an issue. With the Sky router, Ethernet is fine (and Sky Q is hardwired as are the majority of AV items), WiFi all over the place. I can have all WiFi items (there are only 6) off bar one and it will be fine, then speed drops, then it’s fine, repeat...I’ve been though multiple routers and troubleshooting attempts with them.
For those WiFi devices, disable WiFi and go 4G, boom solid performance (and my 4G signal strength isn’t great).
Their WiFi implementation is poor. Can’t wait to go back to BT.
Agreed - with Vodafone/Unitymedia here in Germany. I already had an Asus RT-AC87U Router which I use as an access point & first thing I always do when they swap their Router out, is switch off the WiFi on it.Just buy a wireless access point, plug it into your Sky Router and turn off the router's wifi it will solve nearly all of your woes in one easy hit.
Its not that a more modern AP has more power, but it will have better dedicated processing and often a better antennae arrangement which is one of the things that makes a big difference.Just buy a wireless access point, plug it into your Sky Router and turn off the router's wifi it will solve nearly all of your woes in one easy hit.
Agreed. My Asus, for instance, has four external Antenna, & "locks on" to any connected device that is in use. You cannot expect much from a box that comes for free with your contract (Unitymedia/Vodafone offers the "FRITZ!Box 6591 Cable" as a rentable upgrade - that tells you their faith in their standard box!)Its not that a more modern AP has more power, but it will have better dedicated processing and often a better antennae arrangement which is one of the things that makes a big difference.
Nonsense. But if you are determined to believe whatever you want to, nothing I can say using expertise and understanding of how it really works is likely to change your mind.Agreed. My Asus, for instance, has four external Antenna, & "locks on" to any connected device that is in use. You cannot expect much from a box that comes for free with your contract (Unitymedia/Vodafone offers the "FRITZ!Box 6591 Cable" as a rentable upgrade - that tells you their faith in their standard box!)
Oh My,Nonsense. But if you are determined to believe whatever you want to, nothing I can say using expertise and understanding of how it really works is likely to change your mind.
Interesting points, though my phone is 2 years old and has Wifi 6E, my laptop a year old and has it too so I hardly think it's new.Yeah good luck with wifi 6E. It will have even less range than 5Ghz (as it uses 6Ghz). Maybe if you live in a field or a house made out of paper. Real world tests show it to be less effective than wifi 6. Just because a manufacturer advertises their latest £1300 phone using wifi 6E - give me a real world application where it is even relevant ? a 4 Gig connection to your phone, for what? Its just more willy waving. Less than 0.001% of the population even has a broadband connection that will support those speeds, no matter the internal infrastructure or a router than can actually route traffic effectively at that bandwidth. If e-peening is what floats your boat, good luck to you. For the rest of the professionals that live in the real world, Wifi 6 is barely out of the starting blocks. Wifi 6E, if it ever gets traction, is at least 2 - 3 years away in reality, and by then current kit will have been superseded.
There are a bunch of WiFi chipsets which are now certified including Intel AX210 and one from Broadcom so may devices will be certified even though the actual devices isn't certified.Those currently are the only 2 smartphones that are Wifi6E enabled. Also the Wifi Alliance only started certifying Wifi6E devices on January 7th 2021 and to date there appears to be 1 laptop that is 6E certified which is the MSI GE76 Raider which does not come with Wifi6E but you can but an intel upgrade for it. That laptop starts at £2300 without Wifi 6E
We already broke it with WiFi5 with WiFi5 Wave 1 and Wif5 Wave 2.I thought they were trying to make it simple with the WiFi X branding, but now they've created subversions with 6E???
I use my phone for work & bits of YouTube. I admittedly don't play games or watch movies on it (??????)Yeah good luck with wifi 6E. It will have even less range than 5Ghz (as it uses 6Ghz). Maybe if you live in a field or a house made out of paper. Real world tests show it to be less effective than wifi 6. Just because a manufacturer advertises their latest £1300 phone using wifi 6E - give me a real world application where it is even relevant ? a 4 Gig connection to your phone, for what? Its just more willy waving. Less than 0.001% of the population even has a broadband connection that will support those speeds, no matter the internal infrastructure or a router than can actually route traffic effectively at that bandwidth. If e-peening is what floats your boat, good luck to you. For the rest of the professionals that live in the real world, Wifi 6 is barely out of the starting blocks. Wifi 6E, if it ever gets traction, is at least 2 - 3 years away in reality, and by then current kit will have been superseded.
Its not just about speed, WiFi6 has other benefits allowing you to use what signal you have better and across multiple devices. 6E adds a few more channels but the real benefits are in 6 / AX.I am not sure that 80% of the world even know what wifi 6 is no matter wifi 6E. For many it will be little more than marketing blurb to sell the latest doohickey. Given that something like 70 -90% of broadband users use whatever their ISP supply they wont even realise that their New Samsung / Apple device isnt benefiting from this new technology as their old BT / Virgin Hub is still only Wifi5. And those that do realise it, will probably NEVER have an Internet connection fast enough to benefit from 6E. I still struggle to understand how a phone is going to benefit from a 4GB/s connection... Maybe somebody can enlighten me?