Anyone familar with the Sky supplied broadband router?

Hi Folks,

Picked up a Sky badged broadband router without PSU at a car boot today.
Cost me all of 3 quid

I briefly connected it up to a 12V PSU and was pleasantly surprised to see
signs of life. I connected to it using a laptop and correctly guessed the
admin password as sky

The splash screen suggests that it is a rebadged Netgear DG834GT which isn't
that bad a bit of kit. It has a number of Sky specific settings in as
defaults.

Ever the adventurous one, I downloaded the latest firmware for the DG834GT
from Netgear and attempted to flash it, but it stuck the finger up at me

So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware and/or use
it with other ISPs?

--
Peter <X-Files fan>

"Trust No One®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> Picked up a Sky badged broadband router without PSU at a car boot today.
> Cost me all of 3 quid
>
> I briefly connected it up to a 12V PSU and was pleasantly surprised to see
> signs of life. I connected to it using a laptop and correctly guessed the
> admin password as sky
>
> The splash screen suggests that it is a rebadged Netgear DG834GT which
> isn't that bad a bit of kit. It has a number of Sky specific settings in
> as defaults.
>
> Ever the adventurous one, I downloaded the latest firmware for the DG834GT
> from Netgear and attempted to flash it, but it stuck the finger up at me
>
>
> So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware and/or
> use it with other ISPs?

yes, have, it was quite easy to do.. If you have a look at skyuser.co.uk
there are a few guides on there. Hope it helps.

On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:21:47 +0100, "Trust No One®"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>Picked up a Sky badged broadband router without PSU at a car boot today.
>Cost me all of 3 quid
>
>I briefly connected it up to a 12V PSU and was pleasantly surprised to see
>signs of life. I connected to it using a laptop and correctly guessed the
>admin password as sky
>
>The splash screen suggests that it is a rebadged Netgear DG834GT which isn't
>that bad a bit of kit. It has a number of Sky specific settings in as
>defaults.
>
>Ever the adventurous one, I downloaded the latest firmware for the DG834GT
>from Netgear and attempted to flash it, but it stuck the finger up at me
>
>So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware and/or use
>it with other ISPs?

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/view-flash.html

Trust No One® wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Picked up a Sky badged broadband router without PSU at a car boot today.
> Cost me all of 3 quid
>
> I briefly connected it up to a 12V PSU and was pleasantly surprised to see
> signs of life. I connected to it using a laptop and correctly guessed the
> admin password as sky
>
> The splash screen suggests that it is a rebadged Netgear DG834GT which isn't
> that bad a bit of kit. It has a number of Sky specific settings in as
> defaults.
>
> Ever the adventurous one, I downloaded the latest firmware for the DG834GT
> from Netgear and attempted to flash it, but it stuck the finger up at me
>
> So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware and/or use
> it with other ISPs?
>

There's a version conflict with a straight flash. Use the netgear
"recovery utility" and follow the instructions - worked first time for
me (after I tried and failed a flash as you did).

PeeGee
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"Trust No One®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Folks,
>
> Picked up a Sky badged broadband router without PSU at a car boot today.
> Cost me all of 3 quid
>
> I briefly connected it up to a 12V PSU and was pleasantly surprised to see
> signs of life. I connected to it using a laptop and correctly guessed the
> admin password as sky
>
> The splash screen suggests that it is a rebadged Netgear DG834GT which
> isn't that bad a bit of kit. It has a number of Sky specific settings in
> as defaults.
>
> Ever the adventurous one, I downloaded the latest firmware for the DG834GT
> from Netgear and attempted to flash it, but it stuck the finger up at me
>
>
> So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware and/or
> use it with other ISPs?
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files fan>
>
Also, try and find a 15v psu, thats the supplied psu.....should be a bit
more stable then

Alex

> Hi Folks,
>
> Picked up a Sky badged broadband router without PSU at a car boot
> today. Cost me all of 3 quid
>
> I briefly connected it up to a 12V PSU and was pleasantly surprised to
> see signs of life. I connected to it using a laptop and correctly
> guessed the admin password as sky
>
> The splash screen suggests that it is a rebadged Netgear DG834GT which
> isn't that bad a bit of kit. It has a number of Sky specific settings
> in as defaults.
>
> Ever the adventurous one, I downloaded the latest firmware for the
> DG834GT from Netgear and attempted to flash it, but it stuck the
> finger up at me
>
> So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware
> and/or use it with other ISPs?
>

When I got my Sky router the first thing I did was flash it so that I could
use it with my existing ISP at the time - worked a treat.

The Sky User site as another person has linked you to has a guide, it's dead
simple.

Kev

"enter name here" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>
>> So has anyone managed to flash this router with standard firmware and/or
>> use it with other ISPs?
>
> yes, have, it was quite easy to do.. If you have a look at skyuser.co.uk
> there are a few guides on there. Hope it helps.
Thanks for the link.

Will have a look.

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Peter <X-Files fan>

"Alex Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Also, try and find a 15v psu, thats the supplied psu.....should be a bit
> more stable then
>
Is that 15V at 1A? I thought the standard Netgear DG834T took a 12V 1A PSU?

--
Peter <X-Files fan>