I am having Sky Q installed in our penthouse and the dish is already in place with a good signal. The router is going to be the Sky Broadband Hub that provides a Superfast connection with boost. We have opted for a 2TB main Sky Q box and 3 mini-boxes. Sky is also going to be our ISP.
I have been told that the signal can be boosted even more by using Powerline Adapters with Wifi. Furthermore, I was told to plug the Sky Broadband Hub via the adapter and then connect the TV, blu-ray player, sky main box and the adapter itself to the hub via Category 6 ethernet LAN cables. In the rooms with the mini-boxes (where there is no router), I was advised to plug the sky mini box through the '3-ported 'slave' powerline adapter and then connect the TV, Sky Q mini box itself and blu-ray player to it.
If this is correct, I'll need a total of 13 category 6 cables but as these are cheap at Cables4less tec, no big problem. But the only Powerline Adapter with the sort of functinality that I need is TP-Link's TL-WPA8630P KIT (1 single ethernet portd 'master' and one 3-ported 'slave') at £99.99; but I need 2 additional TL-WPA8630P slaves and these are £84 each.
Including the cables that comes to almost £300 and I am wondering it it is really worth the cost. I could. of course, leave it and see how the signal works without the Powerline Adapters but there is an issue with that decision. The TVs will be wall mounted and the AV kit professionally installed, and they have those rods to pull through cables behind panels etc. If I need the Powerline Adapters and miss installing those too during the main installation, I might be stuck.
Any related advice would be appreciated.
I have been told that the signal can be boosted even more by using Powerline Adapters with Wifi. Furthermore, I was told to plug the Sky Broadband Hub via the adapter and then connect the TV, blu-ray player, sky main box and the adapter itself to the hub via Category 6 ethernet LAN cables. In the rooms with the mini-boxes (where there is no router), I was advised to plug the sky mini box through the '3-ported 'slave' powerline adapter and then connect the TV, Sky Q mini box itself and blu-ray player to it.
If this is correct, I'll need a total of 13 category 6 cables but as these are cheap at Cables4less tec, no big problem. But the only Powerline Adapter with the sort of functinality that I need is TP-Link's TL-WPA8630P KIT (1 single ethernet portd 'master' and one 3-ported 'slave') at £99.99; but I need 2 additional TL-WPA8630P slaves and these are £84 each.
Including the cables that comes to almost £300 and I am wondering it it is really worth the cost. I could. of course, leave it and see how the signal works without the Powerline Adapters but there is an issue with that decision. The TVs will be wall mounted and the AV kit professionally installed, and they have those rods to pull through cables behind panels etc. If I need the Powerline Adapters and miss installing those too during the main installation, I might be stuck.
Any related advice would be appreciated.