Sky FTTP TP-Link Router AX1500

[Ladders]

Hello, 

Just thought I would give some advice regarding my setup with Sky 900mb FTTP and TP Link routers AX1500. 

Before I joined Sky I was constantly looking for an answer and could never get exactly what I wanted to thought I would share here. 

I have 2 routers. AX1500 in my living room which is connected directly to my ONT box. No Sky Hub. I then have an ethernet from this to my AX12 to my outside office which runs my smartlights, alexa etc etc. 

There was talk about needing Option 61 or using IPv6. I didn't need to do any of this. I just have Dynamic IP set up and I have set the 'Mac Clone' to that of the Sky Hub. This has been working since we had Sky installed back in September. Even if I need to restart it will come back online. 

The Sky Hub do have faster Wifi Speeds when I use speedtest on my phone, but I don't need that much to my WiFi devices, I did need the 900mb up and download for packaging applications for my place of work. I easily get this speed hardwired to my Mac in my outside office. I also need to remote in using OpenVPN to access my Rasberry Pi when I am away from home for Home Automation, Flight tracking etc. 

If you are thinking of switching to Sky but are worried about this not working with your setup, think again, it works! And the consistency of the network has been great. 

Thanks

[Chrisee]

@Ladders you are using Sky's alternative authentication systems of DHCPv6 PD which works on roughly 80%  Openreach lines. GivenTP-Link do not support the main authentication systems of DHCPv4 Option 61 they are not guaranteed to connect directly to Sky's UK services.

[Thomato]

@Ladders, I may copy your lead and see if it works for me as well! 

The Sky router is in theory WiFi 5 and the AX1500 is WiFi 6. The Sky one is nowhere near as powerful as our old Virgin one, and through it I find the signal sometimes drops out for no reason. A laptop connected by either Cat 5e or Cat 8 cables has lower speed through speed tests than WiFi, plus the speeds drop sharply at any distance on the WiFi as well. 

If there's a chance the TP Link I already have will work better plugged in directly, I'll give it a go! 😁

[Ladders]

I got given the white hub and noticed on my phone I would hit 900mb no probs. TP-Link I hit around 800mb. 

I just needed the featured of my TP-Link for my home setup and really pleased with the results. 60m ethernet from the main router to my outside office router, hardwired in to my work mac and I get 900mb easily up and down and 5ms ping! 

Really happy with it. 

[JimM1]

@Ladders That's always going to happen, there are just no two Hubs/Routers that are alike, strength's and weakness all down to what is going on, even the whole gambit off adding in easy or one mesh on Tp, throws the dynamic about, but at 800Mb/s your there so as you say who cares and at least you understand how it all works out, some would be freaking out what a 100Mb/s loss JESUS!