TP-link Archer VR2100 not connecting

[Elryrith]

after some help

so decided to replace the Sky router after discovering it contains not even a nod towards QOS

picked up a TP-Link Archer VR2100 after reading it works with Sky. 

The router syncs to the exchange without a problem. Can I get it to actually negotiate and connect. Not in the slightest. 

selected Sky(MER)_VSDL

used the normal username and password. 

abcdefgh@skydsl

1234567890abcdef

it then fails the internet test

any help would be much appreciated.

[Chrisee]

@Elryrith those are the correct connection instructions for the Sky Superfast service over copper in the UK and wont work for other products including direct copper or for Ireland. Can you confirm the product your are buying and where you are please?

[Elryrith]

I am on super fast fibre over copper. 

router syncs in seconds but then just doesn't want to connect

[Elryrith]

And in the U.K. 

[Chrisee]

@Elryrith thanks for confirming that it saves an aweful lot of going back and fro to find the customer is in Dublin and needs completly different log ins! Hopefully somebody with a similar router can point you to the answer  @cookiemonsteruk can you help?

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Elryrith 

@Chrisee i think because you select sky mer vdsl under atm ppp with tp link has maintained the seperation between username and password . And essentials is something like  Username: install at o2broadband.co.uk (the at needs changing to @ and spaces removed)

Password: Leave blank
Connection Type: PPPoA
VPI: 0
VCI: 38

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Elryrith 

@Chrisee might be format my asus auto fills option 61 with 

12 digit mac@skydsl and last 6 digits

Ie username format 12345678abcd@skydsl

Password 12abcd

[Chrisee]

@cookiemonsteruk don't think @Elryrith is on ADSL as Superfast over copper so MER is correct. Found this walk through which reads as it should work https://kevq.uk/how-to-use-a-tp-link-router-with-sky-fibre-optic/

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Chrisee 

I nominate @Skull+Treaty for the misbehaved tp link dsl modem router challenge 😁

[Elryrith]

So do I also need to use MAC address spoofing as well to assign the new to-link to have the same Mac as the old Sky router. 

This has to be something to do with the login credentials or Mac as the exchange sync works a treat and the sky isn't authentificating the connection

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Elryrith 

MAC address spoofing 

No sky will grant dhcp leases to any mac address. Mac spoofing is a thing of the past. Sky will pick up your tp link mac automatically so maybe its expecting the format of client id to match. Give the tp link mac address combinationwa go.

[Elryrith · Accepted solution]

well as a great man once said

"once you have discounted all of the possible then try the impossible"

So i went to the old sky router and obtained the internet interface MAC address.

Then repalced the router with the TP-link and in the setup I set up the MAC address spoofing to make the new TP-link have the same MAC as the old SKY POS.

pressed save and had an internet conntection in seconds. At the same time I had also captured my VDSL username and password using Lineshark.

the username was macaddress@skydsl

password some some hyper secure 8 char random string.

I have left the username/password as the generic set as posted earlier but to solve my connection i had to spoof the MAC address..

[Chrisee]

Well done @Elryrith Sky tell us privately you don't need to clone the mac address but clearly your line did. 😀