topic Routers that have Option 61/DHCP Client Identifier in Broadband

Routers that have Option 61/DHCP Client Identifier

Aidan_12945 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:03:00 GMT

Old place I lived in I had a basic broadband and with Sky got sent the Sky Hub 4.2, overkill for that old connection.

Moved into my newer place almost a year ago and upgraded to full fibre gigafast. No new router was ever sent.

And still, nothing ever sent and I'm sick of waiting. I've paid almost a year for a connection I do not get.

Does anyone know what routers, WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 that have these out the box and will be a straight plugin, setup and work.

Thank you for any help possible.

Re: Routers that have Option 61/DHCP Client Identifier

Chrisee — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:45:41 GMT

@Aidan_12945 under 20% of Sky's Openreach connections need DHCPv4 Option 61. The majority can use the simpler DHCPv6 PD method which almost every router can support instead. To be 100% cetain that a third party router will connect choosecone from a manufacturer who offers both methods like Asus. However TP-Link, for example, do not support the first method on their routers.

However therexare simple work rounds if you are only concerned about WiFi coverage/speed buying a whole home WiFi system connecting to the Sky hub by Ethernet and running it in Access Point mode works and is how my own set up works.

Re: Routers that have Option 61/DHCP Client Identifier

Me134 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:56:52 GMT

@Aidan_12945 wrote:
Old place I lived in I had a basic broadband and with Sky got sent the Sky Hub 4.2, overkill for that old connection.

Moved into my newer place almost a year ago and upgraded to full fibre gigafast. No new router was ever sent.

And still, nothing ever sent and I'm sick of waiting. I've paid almost a year for a connection I do not get.

Does anyone know what routers, WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 that have these out the box and will be a straight plugin, setup and work.

Thank you for any help possible.

You didn't take the Sky Hub 4.2 with you or you just want wifi 6 or 7 instead of the wifi 5 that the SR203 gives you?

Re: Routers that have Option 61/DHCP Client Identifier

TimmyBGood — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:05:42 GMT

@Aidan_12945 wrote:

Moved into my newer place almost a year ago and upgraded to full fibre gigafast. No new router was ever sent.

Sky doesn't replace an existing Broadband Hub unless the customer chooses to add the WiFi Max subscription supplement.

The Broadband Hub is compatible with FTTP and Sky Talk Internet Calls. It won't deliver a full gigabit of WiFi, but then frankly in the real world neither will a Max Hub.