Ben G
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Currently have an ethernet cable running between carpet griper and skirting, so I can connect my sky box to the hub so I can access their on demand service.
Are there any decent wireless products that do this? Something I can plug into the back of the box to allow it to pick up the Wi-Fi.
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John
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Sky do one, worth phoning and seeing if you can get it for free.
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Ben G
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Cheers john, didn't know that.
I got their wireless booster thing. Didn't see anything about a wireless connector at the time. Will have a browse on the site.
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John
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http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/on-demand-connector/
That's a newer model than the one I have, they were giving them away free at the time.
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Ben G
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Cheers, just saw it. Cheeky bastards only.give it away free if you haven't used on demand before.
Will just ring up and say I want one but dont want to pay for it 
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pow
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Cable will ALWAYS be better than a wireless card.
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Ben G
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The one I bought keeps Falling out the back of the router, usually half way through downloading stuff.
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3CorsaMeal
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My dad has had 3 of them for free now, they keep breaking, latest one seems alot better.
Might be worthing pretending yours isn't working or something.
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pow
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Have you broken the little tab off?
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Ben G
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It was just a cheapo eBay one pow. Want to get rid of the wire though. Box is in the same room as the router, about 10ft apart, so connection shouldn't be a problem.
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Gaz
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I'd always opt for hard wiring the connection if you can. It's just better.
Go grab a new cable and re-run it.
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John
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Hard wiring is better, but in this case, the sky boxes will buffer a certain amount before allowing you to watch anyway, and in the same room, wifi will be faster than it can be downloaded.
Not really any downfall.
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Ant B
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ive just had the same problem,but i couldent be arsed to run a cable from downstairs to the upstairs sky box,so i went on the sky website and sighned up for one of there free wifi boxes,it said they would email me to se if im elegable and it could take 3 month.but the otherday i recived a small parcel and it was that!cuffed to bits took 5 mins to plug in and works a treat
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Ben G
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Thats a wireless booster is it not? Already have one of those. I need something to connect my box to my hub wirelessly in order to receive the on demand service.
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Ant B
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No it's wifi reciver,it alows me to connect my sky box upstairs to my hub downstairs to get on demand on the sky box
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Ben G
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Might try that then. I have the box already, but it's not doing anything. Was going to re-locate it upstairs to boost the signal.
Is it white or black? Mines a tiny white square.
[Edited on 31-01-2014 by Ben G]
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Ant B
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Black with 2 white lights on
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Ant B
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Here it is
http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/on-demand-connector/
You can register for a free one at the bottom
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Bart
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or you can do what I done this week, email the sky executive, complain about how badly your sky box is running, about the disgusting prices for engineer call outs and get a free call out and a free new 2TB wifi box (along with a reduced monthly DD), all while out of contract 
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N16K
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
or you can do what I done this week, email the sky executive, complain about how badly your sky box is running, about the disgusting prices for engineer call outs and get a free call out and a free new 2TB wifi box (along with a reduced monthly DD), all while out of contract
When you say out of contract do you mean from last "free / subsidized box" contract period (12 - 24 months)? if you could pm the email address I would very gratetful (not for me but my mum). thank you.
[Edited on 01-02-2014 by N16K]
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Ant B
Here it is
http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/on-demand-connector/
You can register for a free one at the bottom
Thats the one john said about. You can only get that if you've never used on demand on your sky box before. I have, so it won't let me get it for free.
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