New Sky Hub

[highdef]

Just installed it after having the old Netgear.
I was confused at first when I powered it up as the Box kept on powering down on the wif-fi and then coming back on again. This has now settled and remains on. I dont know why at first it was doing this but mabe it was seaching for the best Channel? Its now settled on Ch11.
The router is in the same place as the old one and the wi-fi is a bit down overall in signal.

Also the WPS is on. as I though at first this may have something to do with the powering down?

Overall Review: Not bad, shame about Wi-Fi Signal as I have no where else to site the Hub.

Would it help to shut the WPS down, as I dont understand the point of it ??

[itype]

If you have no use and none of your devices use WPS then I would shut it down and use the standard approach to securing your network.

[Scubbie]

As I have previously tried to mention, and I am aware of the recent blog where someone has managed to hack a WiFi n router by using the WPS, there is no need to disable the WPS feature. If someone attempts to hack the Sky Hub SR101 using this method, the feature is locked out for a period of time. This would mean that such a hacker would have to try and hack the Sky Hub SR101 over a period of many days and still be unsure about the progress.

There are quicker ways to hack the WiFi of any WPA2-AES encrypted WiFi router. One would be to capture the packets and decrypt those. This has already been done with the use of cloud computing.

Getting back to the apparent restart of the router, this is relatively normal when the Sky Hub SR101 is first connected. It is trying to log onto the Sky servers and may also pick up a firmware update. If a firmware update is happening, the power LED will turn orange and blink.

Basically the first time the Sky Hub SR101 is connected, please wait. Allow the router to connect to the Sky servers and wait for it to settle down for say 5 minutes with no sign of activity, other than the LEDs all on.

As I have mentioned before, the initial connection may take up to an hour to complete.

[Isitme]

Overall Review: Not bad, shame about Wi-Fi Signal as I have no where else to site the Hub.

I would try the old fashioned method of setting the Channel manually. Set it to the same channel as the Netgear for a start and if that does not help, download and use Inssider(link below)

Sky have stated publicly that their new hub has better wireless than their competitors, I don't think they would have said this if they could not back it up.

I would also turn off WPS, as even if it is secure, it must be using resources which can be better used elsewhere.