Sky compatible routers

[Spen+H]

That answers that question then!!

Thanks for the advice, looks like I'm staying as is then.  It works fine for the most part, just a few little niggles that's all.

[Spen+H]

@mae-3 one other question then.

With my DECO, is it possible to have a pass through device which authenticates as a modem, plugged into my DECO which then runs as a router, or do the settings have to be compatible on both?  I think i did something similar in a previous house when Virgin sent me their waste of space router, although that wasn't with DECO's then

And is there any benefit in this do you think?  I think my DECO does much more than the Sky Router is capable of, if I could get it to work.

If not, I'll leave as is.  Thanks

[mae-3]

@Spen+H 

There are no benefits in doing so, you could try authenticating with DHCPv6 PD on the Deco mesh but that isn't guaranteed to work as only 80% of broadband exchanges support it. See https://www.tp-link.com/uk/support/faq/2642/ 

[ShaunC85]

@mae-3  @TimmyBGood  @cookiemonsteruk 

quick question guys, just been looking at the Draytek Vigor 166. I've seen it's not wireless. How will I access the interface on it to put into bridge mode? I don't own a pc or laptop, could probably get if needs be from a family member. 

[TimmyBGood]

@ShaunC85 

The setup guide says:

The Vigor 166 can be used either as a modem, bridging G.Fast or VDSl2 to its Ethernet ports, or as a router, connecting directly to the Internet and providing connectivity to any connected devices.
The Vigor 166 is pre-configured to work with most UK ISPs, with ideal settings for connecting to the Openreach G.Fast / VDSL2 network, adding VLAN tag 101 to any traffic passing through it.
Out of the box, the Vigor 166 operates in Modem/Bridge mode. To use the Vigor 166 as a modem for G.Fast or VDSL2 connections, connect it up to the DSL line and connect your router to one of the Vigor 166’s LAN ports.

It's been a while since I last used one, but from memory that's correct, and all configuration (if any) for a specific ISP is done on the router.

[ShaunC85]

@TimmyBGood  Thanks I'll report back when it arrives and I fail to sort things

[ShaunC85]

@mae-3  hey me again haha. I haven't ordered the Draytek yet I am going to today. Just a quick question. Do I have a healthy line? 

the whole reason I'm replacing my sky hub etc is I want more control over my internet. I live in a busy house most and I'm a gamer. 

 

[mae-3]

@ShaunC85 

Yes, you have a healthy G.fast broadband line which is at maximum 150Mbps/30Mbps for the service subscribed with plenty of spare noise margin.

[ShaunC85]

@mae-3  Thanks for the quick response. 

is there any reason why the system up time is only 57 hours? I can't remember resetting the hub in the last 2 and a half days. Also are them collion pkts okay at 13?

[mae-3]

@ShaunC85 

Sky has been pushing out new firmware over the last week, and the collisions are very low and nothing to worry about.

[CN4382]

Hi there,

We recently switched from Virgin to Sky in ROI. Our installation included the SIRO/ONT white box on the wall and we have a sky hub for the modem/router.

Previously with Virgin I just ran their modem in bridge mode and used my google nest for router/wifi. I've learned that this isn't possible with sky and instead I just have the wifi as a separate network (I think) and then the sky hub routes the rest of the traffic to my physical computer/NAS.

My question is, are there any modems that I can buy to replace the sky one and go back to using my google nest as my router/wifi.

Thanks!

[mae-3]

@CN4382 

It is possible to use the Google Nest setup connected to the ONT in ROI. Sky uses PPPoE for authentication and the username is 'anything@skydsl' and the password is 'anything' where anything is in its pure self meaning anything.

[CN4382]

So I can just plug it directly into the google nest wifi pro and forego the sky hub entirely and it should in theory work?

As long as I set it to PPPoE and fill in the correct details and I think as you had said previously to turn everything off for 30 minutes before turning it all back on again?

I will give this a go tomorrow and report back.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@CN4382 

From memory fttp users in the ROI need to enable vlan id and enter 10 as the value

[Highlinder]

@cookiemonsteruk  Was it not 101 for the vlan ID. Could be wrong also.