After some help ..... SKY Q hard wire

[sythai]

Hi All

Hopefully a simple answer I can relay back to Client.

My TV engineer is away on hols at mo, so after bit of advice from others please

Have wired a new build property for SKY Q, fair size place so have hard wired as precaution and Client wants to go with hard wired set up throughout.

This is what we've done :

- Twin ct100 sky box to dish.
- Cat6 socket in each bedroom x4/ linked back to cat6 x4 socket behind SKY box .
- Also have Cat6 socket from behind SKY box which links to router in other room.

They've had Sky engineer out who didn't seem to have a clue ! Spoke to him and said only has x1 data outlet on sky box so can't wire up.

Am I correct in thinking they need something called a switch? The data cable coming out from SKY box goes into this which then splits and feeds the x4 cat6 sockets?

If so, is it just case plugging it all in and will work as hard wired or will it need setting from scratch?

Hope all that makes sense

Thanks very much

Sy

 

[SparkyChick]

You can't shuffle Sky around the house using networking without using their Sky Q boxes. You can do crazy stuff like punt HDMI down Cat 5 using special baluns I believe but I'm talking about the proper Sky Q Master Box -> Mini Box setup. All the decoding etc. is done in the master box (which has I think about 12 tuners in it - I think it's 6 for recording, 4 for the mini boxes and 1 for live viewing) and the video is streamed over IP using what is effectively a bespoke media server based on either BSD or Linux I believe.

As @Shoei says, this stuff is becoming more common. For most home setup's it's fairly straightforward as they very rarely need a network bigger than the 255.255.255.0 subnet mask allows.

I might try and dig out some info and possibly write up a document for the resource section.

 

[Leesparkykent]

You can't shuffle Sky around the house using networking without using their Sky Q boxes. You can do crazy stuff like punt HDMI down Cat 5 using special baluns I believe but I'm talking about the proper Sky Q Master Box -> Mini Box setup. All the decoding etc. is done in the master box (which has I think about 12 tuners in it - I think it's 6 for recording, 4 for the mini boxes and 1 for live viewing) and the video is streamed over IP using what is effectively a bespoke media server based on either BSD or Linux I believe.

As @Shoei says, this stuff is becoming more common. For most home setup's it's fairly straightforward as they very rarely need a network bigger than the 255.255.255.0 subnet mask allows.

I might try and dig out some info and possibly write up a document for the resource section.

Please do sparkychick and try and put it in layman terms....Would be well handy as I’ve struggled with it a few times.

 

[Midwest]

You can't shuffle Sky around the house using networking without using their Sky Q boxes. You can do crazy stuff like punt HDMI down Cat 5 using special baluns I believe but I'm talking about the proper Sky Q Master Box -> Mini Box setup. All the decoding etc. is done in the master box (which has I think about 12 tuners in it - I think it's 6 for recording, 4 for the mini boxes and 1 for live viewing) and the video is streamed over IP using what is effectively a bespoke media server based on either BSD or Linux I believe.

I'm confused, easy done. Why do you need all these CAT cables etc, just keep adding mini boxes; unless the wifi won't reach each mini box?

 

[SparkyChick]

I'm confused, easy done. Why do you need all these CAT cables etc, just keep adding mini boxes; unless the wifi won't reach each mini box?

WiFi is limited speed compared to cabled connections when you consider the bandwidth available gets shared between all connected devices.

The only devices I use WiFi for are my phone and mobile devices like iPads. Everything else is hard wired.

 

[Midwest]

WiFi is limited speed compared to cabled connections when you consider the bandwidth available gets shared between all connected devices.

The only devices I use WiFi for are my phone and mobile devices like iPads. Everything else is hard wired.

Ok, not that savy. I have Sky Q. Never had any issues with 'speed' watching stuff. The main box downloads stuff, and I can watch it on my mini with no issues (apart form lip sync with Ultra HD, even watching on the main box ).

The Sky bod, said some properties he'd been to, had suffered with
wi-fi connection probs, old buildings with thick walls or mansions. He'd mentioned, I think, something what you've suggested, as their fix.

In a typical domestic property, I don't see the need. Just over complicates things IMO.