Sky MINI SD501 Wireless Connector

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A secondary problem is deciding to connect your main Sky box via Ethernet, as this can interfere with your mesh network. If you decide to use Ethernet from your main box, you need to properly configure your entire system again. This will disable 2.4GHz network connections, forcing the rest of the system to use the 5GHz band. If you have Sky broadband, your Sky Q Mini boxes will act as Wi-Fi hotspots. This is mostly a good thing, but some people have had problems where devices ping between the Mini’s Wi-Fi and your router’s Wi-Fi, which can cause connectivity problems for some devices. In this case, you may want to temporarily disable 2.4GHz networking to see if it fixes your problems. Be aware that this will mean your hotspot is only working on the 5GHz band, so connecting other devices to it may impact bandwidth and cause streaming problems. In other words, be really careful before you decide to disable 2.4GHz.

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Sky Q uses a 5GHz mesh network for video streaming to Sky Q Mini boxes. A mesh network means that, in the system, every Sky Q device (main box, Mini boxes and boosters) acts as a booster, but it’s the system that finds the most efficient and fastest way of transmitting data: your Sky Q Mini box in the bedroom, for example, might send its signal to a Sky Q Booster, which then sends it to the main box.

The next mistake is that Mini boxes are then connected directly to the 2.4GHz network, as there seems to be no other option. Doing this joins the Mini to your 2.4GHz network only, and makes streaming unreliable and prone to interference. I assume you haven't got an Ethernet cable connected to the Sky box, if you have disconnect it or the box won't recognise the wi-fi box. I’ll show you how to set Ethernet up on the main box, but I’m not going to cover how to make your entire system Ethernet-based: this is a specialist setup for when there’s a massive issue with getting wireless to work properly and should only be done by a Sky engineer. 1. Connect your main box USB version works fine on my DRX895, so you mean only works on "newer" than DRX890/895? Hard to belive but many of these boxes are now into their 5th year of operation .

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I don't think the original Ethernet connected Sky wi-fi adapter boxes had that function, but I could be wrong.While this does mean you can’t choose which network to connect to (2.4GHz or 5GHz), the system is supposed to intelligently choose which network your device should connect to.Connecting your main box via Ethernet can also cause problems, as you have to properly reconnect all of your Mini boxes and Boosters to your network, so that the mesh network can be rebuilt. One of the main pieces of advice in the forums is to disable the 2.4GHz modes on the Sky Q Mini boxes. This forces the boxes to use 5GHz networking, which sounds great, but you shouldn’t have to do this at all. In fact, in a properly set up Sky Q system, all streaming is performed over 5GHz, and 2.4GHz is only used for Wi-Fi hotspots, as a failover and for some updates. In other words, streaming problems are not caused by the 2.4GHz network!

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However I am not sure if the recent update to R008 for those boxes will they now work with the mini connector, or if the hardware isnt capable. Clueless1970Sky used to have a guide explaining which kind of connector you need for specific boxes, but it's long gone, I'm afraid.One common problem is that people split the wireless networks, using the option in the Sky Q Hub’s networking settings, so that they can physically choose which network to join: the 5GHz network has less range, but is considerably faster. However, doing this causes problems, as it breaks down the mesh network and can force Sky Q Mini boxes to connect via 2.4GHz networks. For a stable system, you have to use the default settings.