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Old 02-09-2016, 15:10
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Occasionally the signal from my Sky Q silver / router drops to one or both of my mini boxes. I expect that powerline will solve this..but in the meantime it is not good when it drops with 15 mins to go on a football match !!
So...does anyone know when Sky are going to activate this powerline in the box?
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Old 03-09-2016, 16:23
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future use its when its intended to be enabled, but no one knows until sky turn it on
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Old 03-09-2016, 17:59
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Just turn it on now. I've been using it for many months now with no issues.
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Old 03-09-2016, 18:31
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Just turn it on now. I've been using it for many months now with no issues.
I believe a software push is needed for Powerline to be live. Yes, you can switch it on in one of the menus. But without the software update it wont work.
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Old 03-09-2016, 19:32
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I believe a software push is needed for Powerline to be live. Yes, you can switch it on in one of the menus. But without the software update it wont work.
Nope. It works fine. Like i said, i've been using it for months.
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Old 03-09-2016, 19:40
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Nope. It works fine. Like i said, i've been using it for months.
It is not working through power line will be working through wifi regardless of wether it is switched on in the menu. It's like switching on the Ethernet but not having a cable connected it's pointless and will make no difference to how the system runs.
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Old 03-09-2016, 20:22
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Nope. It works fine. Like i said, i've been using it for months.
100% incorrect. Sorry, your misleading others.
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Old 04-09-2016, 00:09
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It is not working through power line will be working through wifi regardless of wether it is switched on in the menu. It's like switching on the Ethernet but not having a cable connected it's pointless and will make no difference to how the system runs.
Totally wrong. I've tried a full reset of my mini, then only enabling powerline and it connected to my Silver. It didn't have any saved WiFi settings so can't have connected that way.
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Old 04-09-2016, 04:21
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There seems to be some oddness surrounding this now.

I had it working and it worked perfectly for many other people before the last update with Sky even putting out a statement saying they know people are using it, but they won't support it. Now it seems the boxes force wifi back on even though you turn it off on both boxes like i have.

That being said, some people including me think it still works. My reason is we had really bad cut out's before turning it on. Now it's on, the mini works flawlessly with no cut out's.
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Old 04-09-2016, 04:30
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100% incorrect. Sorry, your misleading others.
No, really, it's not.
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Old 04-09-2016, 06:52
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How do you turn it on?
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Old 04-09-2016, 09:46
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How do you turn it on?
Highlight settings then press 001 select. The option should be in that menu.
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Old 04-09-2016, 10:42
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Lets hope they never activate it. PLT is bad technology that causes interference to other users of the RF spectrum. Imagine the problems if all Q users used it. I strongly suspect this is why sky has not activated it.
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Old 04-09-2016, 11:15
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Just wondering, if you use the powerline instead of wifi will the minis then not act as hotspots?
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Old 04-09-2016, 12:04
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Lets hope they never activate it. PLT is bad technology that causes interference to other users of the RF spectrum. Imagine the problems if all Q users used it. I strongly suspect this is why sky has not activated it.
If it's that bad, why on earth would they have put the necessary hardware for it into the boxes in the first place?
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Old 04-09-2016, 12:40
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Lets hope they never activate it. PLT is bad technology that causes interference to other users of the RF spectrum. Imagine the problems if all Q users used it. I strongly suspect this is why sky has not activated it.
Sorry to disappoint, but it's simply because the software layer isn't considered stable enough yet. They will be activating it in the future.

Given that many households are already using PLT technology (either purchased themselves or supplied by BT with their TV packages), I don't think widespread adoption of Q will make that much difference. I don't think the average household is negatively affected by PLT use in their area either...
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Old 04-09-2016, 13:44
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If it's that bad, why on earth would they have put the necessary hardware for it into the boxes in the first place?
It isn't that bad, Winston has a 'bee in his bonnet' about the technology, and routinely posts his deliberately misleading comments every time it's mentioned.

Where Winston claims it WILL cause interference, the actuality is that it MAY cause interference in an incredibly small number of cases, under certain specific circumstances. The actual number of confirmed cases is incredibly small, and there are millions of the devices already in use.

The tiny number of complaints all come from Radio Hams and SWL's, and only a tiny percentage of those have had any problems - with many Radio Hams even using PLT's themselves.
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Old 04-09-2016, 14:28
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It isn't that bad, Winston has a 'bee in his bonnet' about the technology, and routinely posts his deliberately misleading comments every time it's mentioned.

Where Winston claims it WILL cause interference, the actuality is that it MAY cause interference in an incredibly small number of cases, under certain specific circumstances. The actual number of confirmed cases is incredibly small, and there are millions of the devices already in use.

The tiny number of complaints all come from Radio Hams and SWL's, and only a tiny percentage of those have had any problems - with many Radio Hams even using PLT's themselves.
Would an engineer be able to identify whether PLT was actually the cause of the problem?
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:14
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No, really, it's not.
Ok, I will play along. lol
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:25
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Sorry if this sounds dumb but still considering getting Sky Q but still don't quite understand the 'mesh' think. Currently have BT broadband as use PLT as everything was in the wrong place. If Sky start to
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:25
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Ok, I will play along. lol
OK lol...
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:31
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Sorry if this sounds dumb but still considering getting Sky Q but still don't quite understand the 'mesh' think. Currently have BT broadband and use PLT as everything was in the wrong place. If Sky start to use this will it be the same circuit as I thought you can only
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:33
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Sorry if this sounds dumb but considering getting Sky Q and still don't quite understand the 'mesh' thing. Currently have BT broadband and use PLT as everything was in the wrong place. If Sky use this, will it be the same circuit as I thought you can only have one at once. Hope that makes sense.
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:34
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OK done a bit of testing there and the powerline does indeed still work. Sky must not have disabled it in the last update.

Basically what i did was turn wifi off on both boxes then check. Powerline still worked.

Disconnected the Q hub and it still worked.

Checked using a wifi scanner on my Android phone and there was no wifi signal in my house anywhere detected and the mini still worked.

Moved the mini into a room where there is no wifi signal in the house and using wifi, no signal on box. Turn powerline on and works no problem.
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Old 04-09-2016, 15:36
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Lets hope they never activate it. PLT is bad technology that causes interference to other users of the RF spectrum. Imagine the problems if all Q users used it. I strongly suspect this is why sky has not activated it.
What a load of absolute twaddle.
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