Hi all,
I was helped in a recent post to setup my second router correctly. However I still have some strangeness I don't understand.
I do however believe the fault lies with the Sky Router somehow. When removed from the equation everything works fine. But I need it plugged in for WiFi access downstairs. I'd rather not have to buy another router/access point, as this should just work and be honest, who doesn't want an emergency backup
My Setup:
Virgin Hub 3.0 (modem mode) connected to an Asus RT-AC66U_B1 as the main router and then a Sky Hub as a second line (it's cheaper to have the whole package, which I why I even have 2 connections at home) through Virgin I get 4 times the highest speed Sky can provide in my area. But Sky do cheaper (and better) TV in my opinion. I need to have a WiFi Access Point downstairs as my house seems to be a collection of Faraday cages. The new Asus router wasn't as powerful as I had hoped (but is still a great router, I don't blame it).
Virgin is Top Tier and usually gets 380Mbs
Sky is Bottom Tier and usually gets 1Mbs
The difference is obviously noticeable.
Now I have the Sky router setup as a fail over WAN as per this section of my router:
It's definitely connected to the right port on the back.
I can't see any other settings that I might need to change to get this to work right.
What was fixed (and why I closed the last post):
Previously some devices like my phone were defaulting to the slower Sky router for everything. Once I ran the cable and set the above config on the Asus router I got full speed. I made a few more checks on other devices and connecting from a few different points and closed the previous post a happy bunny.
The New Problem:
Now I power off the Sky Hub entirely and try again and there is no issue at all, everything is super fast. Including YouTube as I would expect. MS Teams doesn't seem to randomly disconnect neither.
I can't see any settings on the SkyHub or the Asus Router that might cause behavior like this. Can anyone explain this?
As I say I blame the SkyHub, it may simply be that it doesn't expose everything I need to change in order to fix this.
Willing to perform any checks and tests request to help, I run Linux and Windows if that matters.
Additional Info:
I like diagrams (I have an average of 10 devices connected at any one time, it's not as clogged as it looks)
I was helped in a recent post to setup my second router correctly. However I still have some strangeness I don't understand.
I do however believe the fault lies with the Sky Router somehow. When removed from the equation everything works fine. But I need it plugged in for WiFi access downstairs. I'd rather not have to buy another router/access point, as this should just work and be honest, who doesn't want an emergency backup
My Setup:
Virgin Hub 3.0 (modem mode) connected to an Asus RT-AC66U_B1 as the main router and then a Sky Hub as a second line (it's cheaper to have the whole package, which I why I even have 2 connections at home) through Virgin I get 4 times the highest speed Sky can provide in my area. But Sky do cheaper (and better) TV in my opinion. I need to have a WiFi Access Point downstairs as my house seems to be a collection of Faraday cages. The new Asus router wasn't as powerful as I had hoped (but is still a great router, I don't blame it).
Virgin is Top Tier and usually gets 380Mbs
Sky is Bottom Tier and usually gets 1Mbs
The difference is obviously noticeable.
Now I have the Sky router setup as a fail over WAN as per this section of my router:
It's definitely connected to the right port on the back.
I can't see any other settings that I might need to change to get this to work right.
What was fixed (and why I closed the last post):
Previously some devices like my phone were defaulting to the slower Sky router for everything. Once I ran the cable and set the above config on the Asus router I got full speed. I made a few more checks on other devices and connecting from a few different points and closed the previous post a happy bunny.
The New Problem:
- Now I went to YouTube and to watch a video and had some hiccups, but thought nothing of it.
- After trying a few times I get the following consistent behavior:
- Open speedtest.net and perform a run > 380Mbs result and the page loaded quickly.
- Now open YouTube and pick a random trending video. Pages load is snappy.
- Video itself is black with a loading icon, after 15 seconds it decides to set the video to minimum quality and it buffers around 3 seconds. Playback stops while it buffers some more, 10 seoncds of nothing, then a few more seconds of playback.
- If I force higher quality like 1080p it buffers again retrieving nothing.
- Give it around 30 more seconds and suddenly it decides oh you want FAST internet, and boom the video loads and plays without a stutter as it buffers several minutes of video at the higher quality selected in a a split second!
Now I power off the Sky Hub entirely and try again and there is no issue at all, everything is super fast. Including YouTube as I would expect. MS Teams doesn't seem to randomly disconnect neither.
I can't see any settings on the SkyHub or the Asus Router that might cause behavior like this. Can anyone explain this?
As I say I blame the SkyHub, it may simply be that it doesn't expose everything I need to change in order to fix this.
Willing to perform any checks and tests request to help, I run Linux and Windows if that matters.
Additional Info:
I like diagrams (I have an average of 10 devices connected at any one time, it's not as clogged as it looks)