moving ISP need to know WAN details

[robertkwild]

hi all,

im moving from Zen to sky BB

is anyone on sky here and have they setup there opnsense with it?

ive seen this guide

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/SkyUK.html

anything else i need to know

thanks,
rob

[jamesn123]

@robertkwild 

The doc looks fine to me, should work

[robertkwild]

i have googled around and aparently you can type in anything in the dhcp client identifier

anything@skydsl|anything

is that true?

[jamesn123]

@robertkwild 

Yes thats correct. The string that has worked for me in the past is abc12345@skydsl|abc12345

[robertkwild]

i dont understand then, if you can put anything bogos in the string whats the point of it?

[Chrisee]

@robertkwild the string doesnt matter anything works but you seem to need the @skydsl section in the user name. 

[jamesn123]

@robertkwild 

Its about presenting the right format of characters to Sky's authentication servers

[robertkwild]

but surely anyone without sky can put this string in, then they will get sky BB or no...sorry for the stupid question

is there a way to get your actual sky BB username and password then

[Chrisee]

@robertkwild there used to be a specific log in you could find and use but Sky now authenticate on the line which is connected back to their servers. 

[cookiemonsteruk]

@robertkwild 

I believe if you extracted the actual client identifier string you would get

Mac_address@skydsl|last 6 characters of mac address

But the one you quoted works fine

[robertkwild]

thanks guys appreciate it

what about the other info, do i need them ie

dhcp-class-identifier

DHCP Unique Identifier

[Chrisee]

@robertkwild you shouldn't need anything else just follow the guide you linked to and it should work assuming you are in the UK Ireland is different.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@robertkwild 

That info isn'nt required just client identifer option 61

[robertkwild]

nice thanks so just option 61

let you know when im connected as my switchover from zen to sky is tomorrow

[jamesn123]

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@robertkwild wrote:

but surely anyone without sky can put this string in, then they will get sky BB or no...sorry for the stupid question

is there a way to get your actual sky BB username and password then

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No because your line still needs to be connected to Sky's kit back in the exchange