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This message was authored by Cecilia2 This message was authored by: Cecilia2

Work laptop not connecting to broadband

Hi

 

My partner and I both work from home. He works for a council and I work for a private company. We joined Sky in mid-July and in the beginning, everything worked fine. For the last two weeks or so, my partner has been unable to log in to remote access on his work laptop. The broadband connects fine on all our devices (2 laptops, 2 phones, playstation and fire stick) and I have no issues to log in to my company's VPN. His IT department claims Sky is blocking his work IP addresses. 

 

We have called Sky 3 times. So far we have tried:

Turning the router off for 30 mins

Pressing the reset button for 30 seconds

Disable the shield -this worked temporarily, until he had to restart his laptop. Then it stopped working.

Adding the VPN address in custom settings as approved website.

 

We are not sure what to do now. He has to hotspot from his phone, which is not ideal, but a temporary fix.

 

Any ideas?

 

Many thanks!

 

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This message was authored by TimmyBGood This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

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@Cecilia2 

 

Do you have a white or a black Sky Hub?

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Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2
Cecilia2
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Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

A white one.

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Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

@TimmyBGood A white one

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Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

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@Cecilia2 

 

Issues with the Max Hub and business VPNs are typically related to Sky use of MAP-T, so I'll escalate your post.

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Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2
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Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

@TimmyBGood Thank you so much!

This message was authored by Lisa-P1987 This message was authored by: Lisa-P1987

Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

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Thanks for escalating this. We’ve sent Cecilia2  an invite to chat.

Thanks

Lisa - Sky Tech Team Expert
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This message was authored by Cecilia2 This message was authored by: Cecilia2

Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

Thank you @Lisa-P1987 

I look forward to hearing from you.

This message was authored by JKMskyuser This message was authored by: JKMskyuser

Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

Hi. I am having the same problem. I work for a government department. They say it is a Sky issue and when I have contacted Sky they say it is a work issue. So I am very frustrated with no one able to help me. Is there anything you can do? @Lisa-P1987 

This message was authored by EStott This message was authored by: EStott

Re: Work laptop not connecting to broadband

I am also having this problem, I work for a Gov Department. @Lisa-P1987 would you be able to help me in finding a solution.

 

Kind regards.

This message was authored by EStott This message was authored by: EStott

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I have found a solution, it was an issue with the VPN which has been solved.

 

Kind regards

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