R3 and Sky Max Hub

[ThatDisguise]

Hello.

I'm currently in the process of switching from virgin to sky due to their insane price hike.

Right now I currently have the virgin hub acting as a modem and the the R3 as the main router but the WiFi isn't the best in my house when it comes to upstairs due to where I have it placed.

 

Is there a way I can have the R3 act as the main router for all my ethernet connections and then use the new Sky Hub router I get to act solely as a WiFi router? That way I can use their WiFi boosters upstairs also to get the best coverage and speeds possible.

Problem I have currently is my virgin hub is coax, I'm not sure if this will change when sky comes out to do what they got to do and of course the R3 doesn't have a coax input.

 

[Netduma Fraser]

In theory yes it's possible if you don't require coax and Sky allow you to use a third party router instead of their main router - I think you may just need to enter a DHCP identifier to do so

[ThatDisguise]

12 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said:

In theory yes it's possible if you don't require coax and Sky allow you to use a third party router instead of their main router - I think you may just need to enter a DHCP identifier to do so

From what I've read, it seems only Virgin Media use coax cables.

 

If that's the case, what would the process be to set up the above mentioned?

If allowed, does the sky router need to be in a certain mode? Does WiFi need to be disabled on the R3?

[Netduma Fraser]

No major differences in the process, just enter the details I mentioned/they say that is needed, verify you get internet, connect the Sky router to the R3, if possible set it in AP mode and that's it. Don't need to disable WiFi on the R3 unless you specifically want all WiFi devices to connect to the Sky router.