Recent content by Chippy_boy

Sorry for bump but just to let people know, it transpires this is not an XT8 issue - it's the Sky Q Mini that's dropping the connection every night. Thanks anyway!

Just to add, this is what's happening at 02:30 in the morning, every morning! Dec 24 02:30:21 kernel: eth1 (Ext switch port: 0) (Logical Port: 8) (phyId: 0) Link DOWN. Dec 24 02:30:24 kernel: eth1: sysport_tm port shaper set to 99900 kbps, 35000 mbs (phy speed 100000 kbps) Dec 24 02:30:24...

Hi - quick question - is anyone using the XD4 Plus as a media bridge? And if so is it stable? Good experience? I’m currently using an XT8 in bridge mode, connecting to an Orbi WiFi mesh to provide Ethernet connectivity to a Sky Q Mini box. (I don’t use Sky’s WiFi - I connect my Sky boxes over...

Somewhat unrelated, a couple of months or so back, I decided to get off the Asus firmware merry-go-round and front my network with a pfsense firewall/router and consign my XT8's to mesh duties only. Thereby eliminating - or at least reducing - the need to keep updating the XT8's to keep up to...

Thanks everyone for your helpful replies. I will stay clear of Netgear for the reasons mentioned. Regards ethernet cabling, yes that would be marvellous wouldn't it. If only life was that simple. But people really need to understand that retro-fitting it in some domestic properties is...

BTW, I have since managed to bump the HT-A9 onto channel 149, which is well away from my 80Mhz bandwidth 5GHz backhaul and also front haul. But the front right speaker is still prone to dropouts and breakup. It seems to be VERY dependent upon how close it is to my XT8. If I move it a foot...

Won't work. Sky Q boxes will not connect to third party WiFi networks - they need ethernet, or their own WiFi.

I see, thanks. Wires dangling from the ceiling doesn't sound very appealing to be honest. Unless we're back to chiselling plaster and re-decorating again, i.e. square one.

Thanks for your input. To clarify though, I don't use WiFi for the Sky Q or Sky Q mini boxes, i.e. I don't use their own WiFi. My Sky Q main box and most of the Sky Q minis are connected via ethernet, to local XT8 mesh nodes. So there's no WiFi coming out of the Sky kit - I have it switched...

Well, it's a problem at the moment until I can fiddle about with it some more to get it working reliably. To be honest I am not sure whether the speakers use WiFi specifically (I think they do) but they certainly communicate at 5 GHz radio frequency and can (automatically) set themselves to...

Hi I've been using Asus for years, so don't know much about how to configure Netgear these days, but I am considering moving over to a new Orbi RBKE963B system to take advantage of 6GHz wireless backhaul (for various reasons I need not go into). Currently, I am using pfSense as my...

Thanks. The problem is my ISP's modem (Virgin Media) is in the office. My Sky Q main box is in the lounge on the other side of the large-ish house. The Sky Q box needs a decent network connection so it can stream content to various Sky Q mini boxes all around the house. I cannot move the Sky Q...

Not really sure what that means

Thanks - yes, the ET8 is the obvious option. Regards the wired backhaul, unfortunately it really is not a option at all. We've recently spent $$$ on having the lounge decorated and it is immaculate without a wire in sight. There's no way on this God's earth the Mrs would sanction carving up the...

Hi folks I have a bit of a problem in that my Asus XT8 mesh system (wireless backhaul) is not playing nicely with my new Sony HT-A9 home theater system which uses 5Ghz WiFi for communication between the speakers. I have tried forcing the XT8s to different channels but this doesn't seem to help...