20-03-2017 22:14
Hi, is there anyway to replace the standard NowTV router, my major issue is that I am unable to add in any sort of the control over the times that certain devices can access the internet.
I had a BT router before which was great for this.
I've tried using the firewalll scheduler but it just blocks everything.
cheers
24-07-2018 11:22
03-01-2019 9:46
Hi,
I have joined up Now TV yesterday. Looking through the forum it looks Now TV provides standard router which is not good for WiFi connectivity.
I am looking for Sky Q hub on ebay. Are these dual band routers? So if I purchase any one of them on ebay will it work?
Can anyone suggest one please?
03-01-2019 12:09 - edited 03-01-2019 12:13
Hi @Anonymous User
The NowTV Hub 2 router that comes with your NowTV broadband package is a clone re badged Sky Q Hub router so you won't see any difference in wifi performance between the two.
Never had a problem myself with the NowTV Hub 2 router, where the first thing that i did with the dual band Hub 2 router was to rename both the 2.4ghz & 5ghz wifi bands to make it more easier to connect to my home network.
03-01-2019 13:38
Thanks for replying back.
I have various forums all complaining about WiFi issues. I currently have plusnet and WiFi all works fine. Obviously I don't want problems when moving to Now TV.
Other forums has suggested buying a sky box which worked fine with Now tv.
I don't think sky q box and now tv boxes are same. If they were then WiFi connection should also be the same
03-01-2019 16:17 - edited 03-01-2019 16:20
Hi @Anonymous User
When nowtv was using the older Hub 1 router (which has now been superseded by the Hub 2), then a few nowtv broadband customers was swapping the Hub 1 router with the Sky Q Hub router from places like ebay due to the poor wifi performance on the NowTV Hub 1.
As far has i know the NowTV Hub 2 is a clone of the Sky Q Hub router, so you won't notice any wifi performance improvement with the Sky Q Hub over the NowTV Hub 2.
Why don't you wait until the NowTV broadband goes live, then see if the NowTV Hub 2 meets your wifi needs in your setup, then if not look at an alternative router ?
03-01-2019 18:19
Thanks again.
Yes I will wait for it to be changed over. The change date is 16th Jan.
Thanks
27-09-2019 19:44
No, the "HUB" is the bad one...not got a "HUB2" - maybe thats similar to a Q box???
27-09-2019 19:42
Hi Frank, just found this! Perfect, thanks...I've just bought a TP-Lin...and if it has the sky settings, thats great!
14-01-2018 9:07
14-01-2018 9:14
@Anonymous User
Welcome to the forum. Yep it should be as simple as that.