WI FI HELP- SKY ANYTIME +

[Pablo1]

I have a desktop PC with no built in WI FI
in the past this has not been a problem as i connected my router via ethernet and enjoy good broadband speed.

Im now able to get SKY anytime + but the router needs to be connected by ethernet to the SKY box, this means I now need to connect the PC wirelessly.

I think the easiest solution is a USB wi fi adaptor but will I lose broadband speed or not ?

What spec should I look for in a WI FI adaptor ??

Incidently my desktop is in possibly the furthest away room from my sky box , will this be an issue ??

Any advice please.

 

[roddy]

Sky did do a wi-fi adapter for there box, maybe a better option ?

 

[Grey Beard]

I have a desktop PC with no built in WI FI
in the past this has not been a problem as i connected my router via ethernet and enjoy good broadband speed.

Im now able to get SKY anytime + but the router needs to be connected by ethernet to the SKY box, this means I now need to connect the PC wirelessly.

I think the easiest solution is a USB wi fi adaptor but will I lose broadband speed or not ?

What spec should I look for in a WI FI adaptor ??

Incidently my desktop is in possibly the furthest away room from my sky box , will this be an issue ??

Any advice please.

I have found WiFi signal extremely dependent on where you are relative to the WiFi signal source/router. Our house has a lot of steel reinforcing in the concrete floors and ceiling and currently the router is in the basement. Unaided with a laptop, it is pretty much a dead loss, though a mobile smart phone is better at picking up the WiFi signal.

As I also had this problem camping in Norway summer 2011 and had difficulty picking up free WiFi signals provided by the sites, I bought an external USB WiFi antenna/amplifier and that makes a huge difference.

802.11n is I think the latest (beta) specification in wireless communication for PCs, but your PC WiFi dongle would also have to support this speed and in any case, the building structure will certainly have more impact on the actual speeds.

Try to have the WiFi signal coming through any walls or floors at right angles to the wall, otherwise the signal will see the wall as many times thicker than it actually is, if the angle passing through the wall is shallow.

EDIT on rereading your post.

I don't know the Sky Box setup but if you are saying you have a separate box producing an ethernet (LAN) cable signal and this must be connected to the Sky Box, presumably you could buy a cheap router box for say UKP10 and plug the source Ethernet cable into that and take off a separate Ethernet cable from this new cheap router to the Sky Box. The cheap router will have usually at least 4 outlets, so you should still have three left which can be fed to your PC.

Grey Beard

 

[roddy]

right had a look about and I have the Sky wireless adapter for the Sky box, that I don't use, your more than welcome to borrow it to see if it works well enough, let me know.

I would keep the PC hardwired into the router and use the wireless adapter on the Sky box, I beleive there meant to be optomised to work well with the Sky box ?

you'll find you don't need a huge speed for the Anytime+ function to work well with SD programmes (I only get about 3 meg) though you do need a good speed for the HD ones to download in a reasonable time or just plan ahead

 

[Pablo1]

right had a look about and I have the Sky wireless adapter for the Sky box, that I don't use, your more than welcome to borrow it to see if it works well enough, let me know.

I would keep the PC hardwired into the router and use the wireless adapter on the Sky box, I beleive there meant to be optomised to work well with the Sky box ?

you'll find you don't need a huge speed for the Anytime+ function to work well with SD programmes (I only get about 3 meg) though you do need a good speed for the HD ones to download in a reasonable time or just plan ahead

Magic matey , thank you, I'll PM you my mobile number, much obliged .