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Discussion topic: Settings to configure alternative router to work with Sky Fibre / DHCP Option 61

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This message was authored by DanielUK2 This message was authored by: DanielUK2

Settings to configure alternative router to work with Sky Fibre / DHCP Option 61

What are the settings required to configure an alternative router to work with Sky broadband?
It seems that Sky does require DHCP option 61. What are the parameters?
I see different views ranging from random passwords to some linked to the MAC address of the Sky router.
Sky 'technical support' is shockingly lacking of basic networking knowledge (e.g. they don’t even know what DHCP is). Ofcom forced Sky to allow other modems/routers to be used but Sky does purposely have a complex configuration and doesn’t provide any instructions.
I am leaving to Virgin Media as soon as my contract expires.


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Re: Settings to configure alternative router to work with Sky Fibre / DHCP Option 61

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@DanielUK2 

It's not particularly complicated as long as the router can present MER (DHCP Option 61) rather than PPPoA/PPPoE.  Username: abcdefgh@skydsl Password: 1234567890abcdef should work: there's no need to do password snooping or MAC cloning as some out-of-date information online suggests.  The 'complex configuration' existed before the Ofcom ruling: it's just how Sky decided to implement authentication in their early days as an ISP.

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