10 May 2024 07:55 PM
Hi. Migrated to Sky from Vodafone just before midnight. Here's the weird thing - I have changed nothing at all. Router is Draytek 2866 configured to use PPPoE only, nothing else. Creds are same as for Vodafone, I literally haven't touched a thing. Was waiting for the service to drop and was then going to configure for DHCP Option 61. Service didn't drop because it migrated and reconnected just before midnight, to Sky.....
Hostna*e:2e4****9.skybroadband.com
ASN:5607
ISP:SKY UK Limited
Now I haven't rebooted the router as yet.....
16 May 2024 10:13 AM
Just to complete the thread I have now tweaked the Draytek to use DHCP and all is well.
11 May 2024 08:39 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Sph7 this has been reported before it seems to be method of providing a connection for test purposes for engineers and drops after a short period.
11 May 2024 10:08 AM
Ah OK thanks, so I should expect a router reboot to break it. I'll wait for my "customers" to be at school or work on Monday and then reboot and see what happens. I'll feedback results then.
13 May 2024 10:26 AM
I powered down the router and ONT for 5 minutes this morning. I switched everything back on and the connection has come back up using PPPoE with old Vodafone creds. I'm a bit loathe to change anything, does anyone have any clue as to how long this will work for before it breaks? Any Sky or Openreach employees here who can explain this behaviour please?
13 May 2024 10:43 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Sph7 are you in the Republic of Ireland? Sky use PPOE there.
13 May 2024 11:07 AM
Hi, no I'm in the UK (Manchester). I've now rebooted the router multiple times as finally got around to enabling IPv6 on my LAN and WAN connections - this also works by the way, using PPP. I'm baffled at this point
13 May 2024 11:11 AM
Connection details (with IPs obfuscated) for both IPv4 and v6
13 May 2024 01:26 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Sph7 Sky use two methods of authentication the first is DHCPv4 Option61 with a standard user/password string which clearly you router is not using. The other is DHCPv6 PD which does not require a string it is possible thst is how your connection is able to work. Around 75 to 80% of connections support this second method.
13 May 2024 01:31 PM
Hmm, I've only just enabled router support of IPv6 though, on reboot this morning it was still strictly v4 only. You can see the v4 connection is using PPPoE in the scree snip attached above. You can see why I'm baffled hopefully 😊
13 May 2024 02:13 PM
Just to backup my last statement DHCP is disabled and always has been (I always enable just what I need) Please see screen snip below:
13 May 2024 04:36 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more
@Sph7 wrote:You can see why I'm baffled hopefully
@Sph7 you can add me to the list of the baffled.
14 May 2024 11:23 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreIf I recall correctly someone else posted with a similar scenario and for them it lasted days to weeks before it suddenly just stopped working
14 May 2024 11:59 AM
OK thanks. I will wait and see, I'd rather it breaks so I can see the need to reconfigure and get it working again. It does beg the question as to why the Option 61 DHCP connection is needed at all.
14 May 2024 12:15 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Sph7 as I explained there are two options the DHCPv4 Option 61 is the older system but the DHCPv6 PD method is newer but doesnt work on every line as the exchange gear doesn't support it.
14 May 2024 12:21 PM
Thanks, I will need to look into that to get IPv6 working as it's currently on PPP. Below I have shown what I think might be the right option, unsure of what's needed to configure it though?
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