Sky Fibre - Sky Q Crashing
Sky Fibre - Sky Q Crashing
So i've moved my Sky Fibre router to a VR2100.
All devices connected ok and working - apart from Sky Q which appears to randomly freeze and totally crash my box - the only way to fix being to power off sky and on again.
Sky q was working fine for the last 12 months on the old sky router so i know its related to my new setup.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I really dont want to move back as i have much better wireless strength and throughput all round the house and QOS is working well for my playstation!
Thanks,
Phil
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Thank you for posting on the TP-Link Community.
Can you please provide more details as below, then we can try to investigate?
1. What is the detailed symptom when the Sky Q box freeze, can we have a short video about the issue?
2. Is the Sky Q box connected to the 5G network or 2.4G? What if you try the other? Is it possible to connect the Sky Q box to the VR2100 with an Ethernet cable?
3. How about other services and devices in the network, are they working properly? Is the YouTube application on the Sky Q box working? How about the Netflix and Disney+ app on your mobile phone when it is connected to the VR2100's wireless?
4. Are there any special requirements for the modem settings, such as on the old Sky router? Try to confirm with the Sky Q box support.
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Hi, I too have recently just bought an AC2100 TPLink dsl router and get exactly the same problem.
All other devices work perfectly but as soon as i connect my SkyQ box to the wifi network, the whole box crashes (even the remote becomes unrespoonsive) and i have to do a full power down by removing the power lead. Even when i reboot my SkyQ box, i often dont have time to reset the SkyQ network settings before it locks up again.
I have seen several posts recently about this being a common issue with TPLink's routers but find it strange what could cause the incompatibility.
I have comnnected via Ethernet and that works ok, but I cannot keep this method as i would rather not run very long ethernet cables half way round my house and would like to utilise the WiFi of the router.
I have also tried using powerline and that works but not very well with constanmt loss of network conenction & resets required.
Any help here TPLink please would be appriciated. I would rather not have to request a refund from my vendor.
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Does it mean when you connect the Sky Q box to the VR2100 via an Ethernet cable, it will work properly?
Are there other Sky Q devices such as Sky Q mini? If there are, please set up its own SSID on the Sky Q box, then pair the Sky Q Mini box to the Sky Q box via the WPS button on the Mini box, confirm if the issue persists.
We understand that this is not a solution, our engineers are working with the dev team to analyze this, we will update a solution.
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Hi, when I connect the main box via ethernet it works OK. I have a sky q mini connected via WPS and both worked OK.
I am unable to test this on the mini box by connecting via WiFi as the sky q box freezes before I can set up the mini to connect to the main box by WPS.
I have only experienced this fault when connecting via the WiFi.
Hope this helps
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@Phil4wd Update...
I've sorted the issue:
I moved the TP-Link wireless router closer to the main Sky Q box and its resolved the issue.
When the engineer came, he could see that the Sky Q box was struggling to hold a constant connection to the wireless due to weak signal & interference which in turn was overloading the box and causing it to freeze.
I've moved the TP link closer but also setup QOS (quality of service) with sky q at high priority.
5 days in and not one crash so far 😊
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How do you set up QOS?
Signal is not an issue where my box is, but interested to know how you set up better quality signal.
Thanks and sorry for highjacking your thread.
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Thanks.
Worth a try while the admins try to find out whqt is really going on.
I don't think signal is an issue as my phone and wife's laptop get 3/4 signal where sky q box is, but willing to try anything at the moment.
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My SkyQ box was freezing daily, I noticed how hot it got. put it on a ethernet cable and no more freezing.
Won't suit everyone but it's what worked for me.
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That's what I've seen but this is not a sustainable option for me, and tbh, I shouldn't have to hard wire just because the router wifi signal causes the sky to crash. It used to work perfect on my old routers, so seems very focused on the TPLink signal.
Still not found a non ethernet fix and hoping TPLink can help.
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