'hacking' a Sky router

What am I doing wrong?

I've been to http://dg834gt.mognuts.com/NetgearRouterUtility.html and
gone through the motions to get my Sky username/password combo to try
and configure my own Netgear router (DG834 i think it is) but I cannot
get my router to connect no matter what.

Am I missing something? I've simply put the u/p into the new router, but
it refuses to connect to Sky.

Is there another field I need to be filling in to get it to connect?


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"/Tx2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I've been to http://dg834gt.mognuts.com/NetgearRouterUtility.html and
> gone through the motions to get my Sky username/password combo to try
> and configure my own Netgear router (DG834 i think it is) but I cannot
> get my router to connect no matter what.
>
> Am I missing something? I've simply put the u/p into the new router, but
> it refuses to connect to Sky.
>
> Is there another field I need to be filling in to get it to connect?
>
>
> --
> My reply address is valid, but incoming mail is set to 'auto-delete'
> so will not be seen. Please post replies to the group.
> XPS M1710 / 2.16 GHz dual core / 2Gb DDR2 / nVidia GeForce 7950GTX

Read the topics here, http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-router
It should help you.

"/Tx2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I've been to http://dg834gt.mognuts.com/NetgearRouterUtility.html and
> gone through the motions to get my Sky username/password combo to try
> and configure my own Netgear router (DG834 i think it is) but I cannot
> get my router to connect no matter what.
>
> Am I missing something? I've simply put the u/p into the new router, but
> it refuses to connect to Sky.
>
> Is there another field I need to be filling in to get it to connect?
>
>
> --

What an excellent scam for getting user names and passwords via scripts!
Don't use that site, Google on how to do it yourself instead. There are a
few sites that have info such as Digital Spy.

"/Tx2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I've been to http://dg834gt.mognuts.com/NetgearRouterUtility.html and
> gone through the motions to get my Sky username/password combo to try
> and configure my own Netgear router (DG834 i think it is) but I cannot
> get my router to connect no matter what.
>
> Am I missing something? I've simply put the u/p into the new router, but
> it refuses to connect to Sky.
>
> Is there another field I need to be filling in to get it to connect?
>
>
> --
> My reply address is valid, but incoming mail is set to 'auto-delete'
> so will not be seen. Please post replies to the group.
> XPS M1710 / 2.16 GHz dual core / 2Gb DDR2 / nVidia GeForce 7950GTX

why would you change from an 834 GT to a plain 834?

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>"/Tx2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> I've been to http://dg834gt.mognuts.com/NetgearRouterUtility.html and
>> gone through the motions to get my Sky username/password combo to try
>> and configure my own Netgear router (DG834 i think it is) but I cannot
>> get my router to connect no matter what.
>>
>> Am I missing something? I've simply put the u/p into the new router, but
>> it refuses to connect to Sky.
>>
>> Is there another field I need to be filling in to get it to connect?
>>
>>
>> --
>> My reply address is valid, but incoming mail is set to 'auto-delete'
>> so will not be seen. Please post replies to the group.
>> XPS M1710 / 2.16 GHz dual core / 2Gb DDR2 / nVidia GeForce 7950GTX
>
>why would you change from an 834 GT to a plain 834?
>
>
Can you not upgrade the software like you can a normal 834GT though
http://<router ip>/upgrade.htm&todo=cfg_init

Also don't these need to be returned to Sky once the contract is up, or
do you keep them
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:26:22 -0000 tony h
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> why would you change from an 834 GT to a plain 834?

Who said I was? I quite like the idea of a spare in case the Sky router
goes tits up. Don't assume.



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On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:09:15 -0000 John
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> What an excellent scam for getting user names and passwords via scripts!

You are saying that that site is obtaining u/p by such methods?

> Don't use that site, Google on how to do it yourself instead. There are a
> few sites that have info such as Digital Spy.

I found that site by such a method.

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> Read the topics here, http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-router
> It should help you.

Yeah, it does, as I found a link to a site that does exactly what I've
already done. I've retrieved the username and password as before, they
are the same.... having entered the exact same details as before, the
result will be the same, so I'm still stuck.

I ought to say at this point, I'm no stranger to configuring routers,
especially the Netgear range, but this one has got me stumped, because,
from what i see, i have mirrored the Sky settings exactly.

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/Tx2 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

: Yeah, it does, as I found a link to a site that does exactly what I've
: already done. I've retrieved the username and password as before, they
: are the same.... having entered the exact same details as before, the
: result will be the same, so I'm still stuck.

Wierd! Before I sold the Netgear DG834 - which was my router prior to the
Sky one - I just extracted the username and password as you did. It connected
and peformed flawlessly on Sky Broadband!

Mike <turnpike_user@turnpike_removeuser.thiscomandthi s> wrote:
: >
: Can you not upgrade the software like you can a normal 834GT though
: http://<router ip>/upgrade.htm&todo=cfg_init

No - it is more complex than that! The router sees the standard Netgear
software as an incompatible upgrade. You have to go via the emergency
recovery system.

: Also don't these need to be returned to Sky once the contract is up, or
: do you keep them

Like EVERYTHING Sky supply the free routers are the customers property from
the day they arrive.