Using my own router instead of Sky supplied

[ian2512]

I agree the Asus routers are fab and i loved mine just gave up the ghost a AX58u. The replacment i bought a TUF AX4200 was really quick too but really unstable hence i went with the TPLINK. SUS TUF 3200 i bought was really unstable too think asus have firmware issues with these 2 models. Both the Asus models connected to the FTTP connection 900 without any configuration.

[MMMIIIUUUT]

Thanks all, I will keep an eye out.

[JimM1]

@MMMIIIUUUT No problems. Orbi range you are talking about just way over priced, lot better in there range, but all depends on what is needed to be covered area/unit wise!

[AJCrowley]

So on Thursday night my internet went down. My first thought was obviously to bring out Sky's router and plug that back in, which confirmed that the connection was down.

I called support, and they blamed OpenReach, but I didn't see how that was possible, since I was able to get a DHCP lease from their servers, so obviously there's connectivity. Called back the next day, and they escalated it and said it should be fixed in 72 hours (far from ideal for a disabled homebody). Today, it came back on, but it was really spotty, couldn't reach half the internet.

After some troubleshooting, I realised that the issue was with IPv6, anything IPv4 was fine. I hadn't changed any settings, so I didn't know what the issue was. Long story short, I switch IPv6 on my router from DHCP to MAP-E, and it seems to be behaving itself for the most part. Just wanted to update the thread in case anyone has any similar issues, and if the connection doesn't remain stable, I may need more suggestions to troubleshoot and get to the heart of the problem, but for now at least, everything seems to be working again.

Cheers!

[JimM1]

@AJCrowley Are you still using the Cuddy as your router, did it per chance do a FW update? Still using the Asus same iPv6 as before but has had a couple FW updates recently but no issues as yet!