Best setup for new SkyQ Hub?

Soarer

Afternoon guys.

Currently I have a FTTC connection, and have an Eir F2000 sitting behind the tv in the living room at the front of the house.
Hardwired to it are the tv, the SkyQ box, and the Xbox (via homeplug to the playroom).
I also have a Sky mini box (also doubles as a wifi booster) in the next room back (family room).
I have oodles of devices connected wirelessly. The furthest away of these is the laptop, which resides in the dining room (next room back again).
When I bring the laptop into the living room, I get download speeds of ~90mps.
When I'm out in the dining room, that drops to about 10.

My new SkyQ hub (only 2 ethernet ports!) arrived this morning, and my service is due to be switched over on Friday.
I also have a new Netgear R7800 (thanks bk!) arriving tomorrow.

So what do you reckon is the best way to hook everything up?

1. Maintain the Xbox via homeplug (port 1), use a second homeplug (port 2) to connect to the minibox, boost the signal from the family room, and ignore the R7800? This would involve connecting the tv and SkyQ box via wifi, but seeing as they're next to the hub, I can imagine there being too much of a drop in performance?

2. Connect the R7800 to the hub behind the tv, and hope it'll boost the signal sufficiently to the dining room?

3. Put the hub out in the family room by the minibox, connect it to the hub via homeplug, and use it to boost everything from there?

4. Any other suggestions?

P.S. I know, ideally, the hub wouldn't be behind the tv. But it is, and can be moved.

ED E

Sky Hub at the MDP (socket), R7800 via homeplug in an AP setup. Disable wireless repeating function on the Q mini.

Soarer

Cheers ED E.

The Sky Hub tech specs state:

Physical Connections
2x 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet RJ45 port

Connectivity
Supports Powerline AV1.1

Can you recommend a set of homeplugs that'll take advantage of these specs? Probably a tripe pack so I can hardwire the xbox too.

ED E

I thought Sky decided Powerline was a bad idea and dumped it...?

Soarer

Haven't a clue.

I'll need to use one anyway.

Soarer

Went ahead and bought a Devolo Starter Pack with an extra adaptor.

So the sender will go behind the tv, attached to the SkyQ Hub.
One receiver will go out in the family room, connected to the R7800 router.
Second receiver to go into the playroom, connected to the Xbox.

Hopefully it'll work.

Soarer

Well now....

Got switched over to Sky today. The difference between them and Eir is like night and day.

I've the minibox in the back room connected via wifi to the SkyQ Hub in the front room, boostig the signal. Getting a solid 70mb+ over wifi out the back now.
Considering my line is rated at "up to 90mb", that's not a bad result.
That 70mb might even rise a bit once the powerlines arrive.

So I'm wondering if the Netgear R7800 is a bit OTT at this stage? Will it bring much more to the party?

Soarer

Morning all.

Was away all weekend so didn't get any chance to fiddle.
Anyways, even though everything seems pretty good at the minute, I'd probably be future-proofing myself if I got the R7800 up and running.
So for 2no. ethernet connections from the modem behind the telly, I've two options...
1 - One powerline to the R7800 out in the back room, and powerline to the Xbox.
2 - One powerline to the R7800 out in the back room, leave the second socket spare, and powerline from the R7800 to the Xbox.
Maybe for speed, the direct route? But traffic management, through the R7800?

As for incorporating the R7800 into the system with the SkyQ Hub, I found this while Googling.

"When setting up, connect the laptop via LAN cable to each router independently. This is the easiest way to do this, as there might be conflicts in IP addresses if they're both connected at the same time.
Just make sure that both routers are setup using the same IP range and they are on the same subnet mask.
I have router A (connected to the phoneline) as 192.168.0.1, and router B set as 192.168.0.2.
Turn off DHCP on router B.
On router A, disable Wifi and set the DHCP start range to 192.168.0.3.
Connect them together physically with a LAN cable, or if you're going to have them in seperate rooms, then use powerline adapters and LAN cables to connect them".

I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to this stuff, so I'd appreciate any info as to whether the above is all that is required.