Best Broadband for multi-device use family

JJ_Egan

(The only similarity is between the master socket and the fibre termination point at the headend exchange.)

But is that not the area where most problems exist as opposed to any non BT backhaul cabling .

Loanranger

My BT superfast broadband kept dropping out in spite of the most up to date BT router.
Nothing would fix it so a couple of months ago I resorted to paying a telephone engineer to diagnose the problem. Initially he rewired from the main socket to the router socket, put some gel in the old GPO box in the porch circa 1955 and replaced the splitter.
It now never drops out. So it was nothing to do with BT, it was an internal problem though not sure which part was at fault. I strongly suspect it was the rewiring which sorted out the problem.

were

lee111s wrote: »

Buy your own router.

Carefull with buying your own router as Sky in most cases do not use standard protocols, and use MER, which many routers do not support. http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/technical-discussion/46464-skys-mer-why-does-not-work-other-routers.html

There once were ways think with a packet sniffer to get account and p/w info like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvmn3xI77Os

lee111s

Again, use a supplier which have no issue with you using your own kit.

macman

Changing your ISP won't magically improve the wifi. What construction is the property, how many floors, any solid internal walls?
I'd use powerline networking to carry the signal to the weak spots, and then fit wifi plugs at those points.

inspector_monkfish

Just coming back on this finally....

I am really pleased to report that I managed to blag a Sky Q Router and installed it over the weekend, and all seems to be working really well so far :-)

I think I just need a compatible Booster to get some signal down the garden, as the Q is not compatible with my old booster. But thats all.

So pleased my perseverence paid off. I just knew that old Sky Router was not fit for purpose for a typical family with many devices connected.

:-) :-) :-)

phillw

were wrote: »

Carefull with buying your own router as Sky in most cases do not use standard protocols, and use MER, which many routers do not support.

Mister_G wrote: »

Providing you can get hold of your Sky login.

I have been using a WNDR3700 for years. No matter who I was with (Pipex, Plusnet, Virgin, Plusnet, EE, Talktalk, Plusnet, BT). When the ISP supplied router has a modem only option then I've used it, otherwise I just plug it in as a separate device. This can cause problems if you need to run something like a web server or some peer to peer connections as you are using double NAT.

I have been looking to replace it with one that supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.5ghz/5ghz and is also supported by OpenWRT/LEDE/DD-WRT. I'll probably buy a Netgear R7800 eventually, even though it's really ugly.

It seems this will even work as a replacement for sky's own equipment.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/DSL-Modems-Routers/Will-D7800-work-with-Sky-Fibre-Pro-UK/td-p/1003616

You can post on there if you want any more advice first.

If you just use it as a second router for phones etc, then you don't even need anything that expensive or fast. You can use powerline so that the second hub can be somewhere else in your house, which can be helpful if you don't get wifi coverage where you need it (garden etc) and moving the main router is not possible.

I wouldn't pick an ISP based on the router they supply. I have used my old plusnet ADSL router from many years ago with other ISPs.