Virgin with BT Whole home discs

[abmunro]

Hello

I have Virgin Media broadband and use 6 BT mini discs to take Wi-Fi around my home.

The kids bedrooms seem slow so I was wondering

Can I take a cable from my router and run it into my loft then use Netgear 5 port gigabit network switch to run to the discs in each of the 4 bedrooms. 

Will this work?

Thanks Tony

[Keith_Beddoe]

@abmunro 

Welcome to this user forum for BT Retail phone and broadband customers.

It would be best to give the WHW product helpdesk a call on 0808 100 6116 ( Mon to Fri 9am to 5.30pm and Sat 9am to 2pm) or drop them an email to: btconnectedhome@bt.com and they'll be happy to help.

You may also like to ask for advice on the Virgin Media forum.

https://community.virginmedia.com/

[Les-Gibson]

My guess is yes, you can.

Effectively you would be connecting all six discs directly to the hub which, according to BT Whole Home Wi-Fi FAQs - Set-up and installation | BT Help is permissible.

"Can I connect more than one disc to my hub (router) using the Ethernet cables?

If you're using Whole Home Wi-Fi or Mini Whole Home Wi-Fi, you can. If you wish, you can locate a disc a long distance from your hub (router)"

[Crimliar]

While it should work, you may be supplying too much WiFi.  It's worth testing but unless the house has solid granite walls, you'll probably get better performance using fewer discs!