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19 Dec 2021 09:33 AM
Since removing my Sky ER115, and replacing it with an ASUS DSL-AX82U, I am no longer able to connect to the Sky Q recording, neither from hardwired nor Wifi connected devices in the house. I've rebooted the Sky Q box, but no success.
The 2 Sky Q minis can access recordings and get their Sky TV without any issues.
I'm assuming that this a setting in the new router, and nothing to do with Sky Q or the app, hence posting it in this forum.
Can anybody suggest what might be wrong please, and/or a setting I can change?
06 Jan 2022 01:24 PM
I've identified the cause of the issue.
The router installation wizard did not use the DHCP option 61 with user@skydsl|password to configure the WAN.
Instead, it enabled 802.1Q , set VLAN ID to 101, the 802.1P setting to 0, and put a 6 digit code in DHCP option 61.
The managed switch in my picture in the 2nd post above is old. It does not support 802.1Q protocol.
If I plug the Sky Q box directly into the router, bypassing the switch, I can access the recordings.
Time to buy a new switch I guess, since I have failed several times to manually set the user@skydsl|password option that others have suceeded with.
Thank you @TimmyBGood@jamesn123 @TomThumb5ive for all your suggestions. They helped me focus in on the root cause. It is strange though that with the router provided by Sky (ER115), it was all working perfectly.
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19 Dec 2021 09:51 AM - last edited: 19 Dec 2021 09:54 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreI think you'd be looking for a security setting on the router: something like 'wireless client separation' or 'isolation'.
19 Dec 2021 10:16 AM
Thanks, I'll take a look. I've used Pain(t) on my laptop to visualise the setup I now have, if it helps. Intuitively though, I think it will be a router setting rather than the physical connectivity. Neither the hardwired PC nor wireless devies can find the Sky Q box. There were able to do so when I had the Sky router and Sky mesh. I've used the same name and password for the new wifi mesh.
19 Dec 2021 10:32 AM
@TimmyBGood just to stress that this is also happening on hardwired devices, not solely wireless.
19 Dec 2021 10:32 AM
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https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1044821/
19 Dec 2021 10:39 AM
My Sky Q has all wireless switched off. Not sure how this AP isloation mode is relevant? It's off currently.
19 Dec 2021 10:54 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreSky Hubs don't do isolation. On non-Sky router hardware it can prevent wireless clients seeing the main Q box.
19 Dec 2021 10:58 AM
But it's off anyway? Are you suggesting it needs to be on? Sorry if I'm being dim.
And how does wirelss isolation mode help with the fact that my hardwired device (windows 10 PC) cannot find the hardwired Sky Q box?
19 Dec 2021 01:50 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreWhat happens if you switch the mesh off and just use the single router
19 Dec 2021 01:56 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
@DRY411S wrote:
But it's off anyway? Are you suggesting it needs to be on?
Isolation should be off. Wired connection issues are more likely to come from an inadvertent VLAN or misconfiguration of IP range or subnet mask.
19 Dec 2021 02:07 PM
Thanks for persevering with me.
I used the setup wizard to configure the router 'out of the box' for sky fibre broadband and haven't tweaked any settings since that. Perhaps the wizard settings don't cope with Sky Q/Go being on the LAN side of the router.
19 Dec 2021 02:13 PM
@jamesn123 there is only 1 router . My ASUS router is plugged into the VDSL connection that's presenting in the house .
20 Dec 2021 10:58 AM
Update. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app on a phone, the app no longer has the 'Recordings' option available, which had been available before I shut down the Sky mesh and removed the Sky router.
Clearly, since making these changes, something has changed that makes the Sky Q box unreachable.
06 Jan 2022 09:37 AM
Just bumping this to see if anybody has any ideas.
To summarise the problem:
Since replacing my Sky broadband router with an ASUS DSL-AX82U:
Steps taken so far to try and resolve:
I have to assume that this is related to the router.
06 Jan 2022 11:33 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
@DRY411S wrote:
I have to assume that this is related to the router.
I note that model is one advertised as coming with 'Air Protection Pro'
Is this something you've investigated?
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