topic Re: 3rd party router it vpn in Broadband

3rd party router it vpn

Andyg31 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:27:15 GMT

Hi has anybody replaced there hub with router that has nord vpn or another built in vpn

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

TimmyBGood — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:20:19 GMT

Sky doesn't block the use of other hardware: they just won't help with it either.

Note that accessing Sky Talk Internet Calls requires use of a Sky Hub.

Using a router with a built-in VPN is likely to cause issues with on-demand services (plus everything on Sky Glass and Sky Stream) unless host devices are configured as exceptions.

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

Andyg31 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:19:26 GMT

@TimmyBGood @Cheers mate for that info I'm only using sky for the broad band no tv or telephone

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

JimM1 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:12:26 GMT

@Andyg31 What connection type do you have?

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

Andyg31 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:38:47 GMT

It's full fibre 500

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

Chrisee — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:07:40 GMT

@Andyg31 you can use a third party router if you want but whatever unit you buy will require to be set up to authenticate the connection to Sky's servers. Sky use 2 methods the first is DHCPv4 Option 61 with a log in string in the form of anything@skydsl|anything this works on any Sky line in the UK but router support for this varies. The second method is DdHCPv6 PD which almost every router supports but roughly 20% of lines cannot use this method. It isnt piossible to know whether a specific line will support the second method in advance.

Asus routers are a populst choice for the minority of users who want a third party router as they support either system.

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

Andyg31 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:10:56 GMT

@Chrisee Thank you for that info is that with string common to all sky fibre users or is it unique to each customer if so how do you find your authentic details

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

Chrisee — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:10:11 GMT

@Andyg31 it is a standard string its the format thst matters and you can replace the two 'anything" with anything you like.

Re: 3rd party router it vpn

Andyg31 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:18:44 GMT

@Chrisee @Thank you for the info