Adding another Router to a FTTP Smart Hub 2 to add broadband to garden annex.

[edavsto]

Hi Darren,

Agree, staying within the BT products was my original idea but looking at the range between the main house SH2 (front of house) to the garden annex will be some 60m away through the majority of both properties i didn't feel adding additional wifi extenders was going to work (especially as the annex is timber frame with aluminium backed celotex insulation so somewhat a faraday cage). 

Also the wifi only (no ethernet ports) option would restrict the connectivity of the legacy peripherals (printers etc) and the connection of the BT TV main box needs GigE connection if I'm correct?

I like the YouView boxes idea though so will look into this thanks

If I'm missing something in your suggestion please let me know as I'm not anti BT I just couldn't see any obvious solution 🐵

[DarrenDev]

Both Complete Wifi and Whole Home Wifi allow wired backhaul - i.e. you can use the Cat 6 to connect it. You could use any switch (or even a hub) at the garden annex end to connect the Wifi disc(s) as well as all your legacy peripherals. The BT TV Pro and Mini boxes have both wired and wireless connectivity options. If you have older boxes, then they need to be wired.