topic Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile in Broadband

Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:33:37 GMT

I have FTTP going live on the 15th

I run various services and servers over my connection including my own VPN server and various other servers

i also have no interest in the fragmentation issues and such due to implementing this

so require it to be disabled which Richard Patterson stated can be requested by end users if they require it

which i do

I would like the MAP-T Disable Profile set please

Not MAP-T 1:1 or MAPT 8:1

Can you apply this to my account before i go live please to minimize my headaches on the 15th

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:45:28 GMT

Here's an image of what i would like set

that Richard Patterson talks about at the 2024 Anual IPv6 UK Council Meeting

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Daniel0210 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:15:18 GMT

@Shonk_ wrote:

Can you apply this to my account before i go live please to minimize my headaches on the 15th

@Shonk_

We can't apply anything. No idea who Richard Patterson is but just to point out you haven’t contacted Sky by posting here. This is a customer ▶️ customer discussion forum.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:21:53 GMT

Im aware how the forum works

Joined: Apr 14, 2011

I moved away from sky in 2021 because sky where never going to offer g.fast 330

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

daveNOS — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:34:37 GMT

@Shonk wrote:
Im aware how the forum works

Joined: Apr 14, 2011

I moved away from sky in 2021 because sky where never going to offer g.fast 330

@Shonk If you are aware of how the forum works then why make the account settings request in your post? Surely you would have known that not going to happen by posting here.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:39:12 GMT

maybe because i have read other threads and seen

Posted by a sky employee and them sending a chat to said user

and them doing what they require

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Daniel0210 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:40:47 GMT

@Shonk_

The Escalation process which I think you're referring to has been unavailable since the summer.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Daniel0210 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:46:45 GMT

@Shonk_ @Shonk

You are also using two user names for some reason. You just needed to stick to the one from 2011. That's why we thought you were new to the forum.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:46:52 GMT

Im using this account as its tied to my order and current account

my old accound isnt tied to my order and such

i just logged into it for a second to reply to you

I filled out the form for VPN users stickied and explain in one of the fields why and what i want done

hopefully they will do it

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Chrisee — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:54:47 GMT

@Shonk or @Shonk_ there is a pinned post at the top of the forum which contains a form which goes to the relevant team. While you request is not strictly the same use case that is your best appproach.

However the simplest solution is to use a third party router rather than the Sky Max hub which has many other restrictions as it is heavily locked down. Sky can only use MAP-T where the router tells the authentication server it supports DHCPv6 Option95.

For thise who dont know Rich Patterson is a senior network architect at Sky.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:15:14 GMT

Yes i did the form a couple of hours ago

I will be using an Asus RT-BE88U as the primary router + GT-AX6000 in AP mode

There are a couple of things you have to do though

Option 95 has to not be used on IPv6

Option 60 on IPv4 has to not have MAPT1 in the string

Im aware that i can force the issue

which is ofc what i will be doing

No form of CG-NAT is ever acceptable to me for my usecase

at some point in the future they will stop offering the MAP-T disable profile

so its best to get it applied to my account straight away

in the same manner as i had the fastpath profile applied to my account in something like 2008 with easynet before it transfered to sky

as sky didnt offer fastpath to end users even though the option was there and my line synced at the max 20480 1312 or whatever it was

as it was applied to my account i managed to keep it until VDSL2 went live then went G.fast 160 for a couple of years

realised they where never going to offer G.fast 330 so transfered away

I have been on the internet since 1994 and had broadband the day it launched in 1999 in my area

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Chrisee — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:55:24 GMT

@Shonk_ according to the information we have been given Sky only apply MAP-T to connections using the Sky Max hub. There was an isdue where some Ubquiti routers starting hitting issues where the routers advertised Option95 but did not in fact support MAP-T which Ubquiti fixed a mear 8 years after the first report. No mention of any other changes.

As previously stated it looks like Sky are a poor choice on an ISP for you. I wish you luck with youri insistance of no CG-NAT as most if not all ISPs will be using it within a few yesrs if the internet does not switch to IP6.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:01:24 GMT

they are not a poor choice for me

the sky backbone is the best out of all major isp's

with the lowest average latency and jitter

and they allow you to apply a no MAP-T Profile on request

and once something is applied to your account sky usually dont remove access

even when they stop offering it

you can go watch the Richard talking about it in a november 2024 rundown of sky's implementation

he even says you can contact me directly to get it disabled if required

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:12:10 GMT

sky already have enough ipv4 for all users they but dont it causes issues with leases and having to juggle between

dhcp servers the ranges

under 1% of users need MAP-T 1:1 by sky's own statistics

so 99% of users are using MAP-T1:8 so they have 8x the needed ipv4

once all users transition to newer sky routers

they have also stated they are not backporting MAP-T to older models

so are always going to offer a standard dual stack

they ipv4 spare pool will only get larger as people transition

people in my usecase are going to be something like 0.1%

it makes no difference to sky if i us dual stack or MAP-T 1:1

so there's no point forcing people onto MAP-T from a dual stack

in my scenario

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:31:53 GMT

OK its solved i just had an e-mail from the form request i did last night

Hi,

We've deactivated MAP-T for you.

Kind Regards

Sky Network Team.

sorry about the 200 typo's in the last post lol

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Chrisee — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:50:24 GMT

@Shonk_ Well you appear to know Sky's business better than the Sky staff who brief the Forum Super Users so dont think I can add anything except we have seen zero reports of MAP-T affecting users of Asis routers.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:57:21 GMT

Im a big fan of sky's old easynet core network it was maintained second to none

they where the first in the uk to go 100G backhaul for example with good peering to all pops

hopefully it hasnt degraded since i left in 2021

most complaints in the past about sky was poor internal wiring on dsl lines or wifi complaints

i know i will get zero issues atm but at some point in the future think 5 or 10 years

they will force upgrade legacy users to newer router's once there isnt many left in the wild

so its good to get opted out now so im in the database on dual stack and not MAP-T

so with luck i wont get forced onto it when the time comes

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Chrisee — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:00:07 GMT

@Shonk_ in 10 years time we will all be using IP6 so the issue disapears.

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Shonk_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:03:11 GMT

lol i have been running a dual stack for 16 years

the whole time people have been saying that

Re: Set MAP-T Disable Profile

Entz — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:34:23 GMT

Which from did you use to request this, I need to get it disabled on my connection so I can get my VPN to work at home?