Sky BB - Sorry if been asked before but can't find it on Google.....

.......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
is it just simply plug and play?

"Tom Bradbury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:MFGWh.237$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
> the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it,
> or is it just simply plug and play?
>

You need to initially use the sky router to extract your username/password
and then you can use any you like.

> ......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than the
> supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or is
> it just simply plug and play?

There's a stack of useful info here -

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:20:28 GMT, "Tom Bradbury"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
>the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
>is it just simply plug and play?
>
It's in the t's&c's that you use the router they supply. Why would you
want to use a different one? There's nothing wrong with the one they
send.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

> ......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
> the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
> is it just simply plug and play?

As others have said about the username and password - however I
believe it's against the T&Cs to do so (as is flashing it with the
latest firmware)

The supplied router doesn't seem too bad to be fair, although it has a
couple of minor quirks - UPnP is supposed to be a little unstable, so
switching it off is rumoured to help, and the line stats can sometimes
"stick" at 7.5dB and 15.1dB, irrespective of the true line conditions
at the time.

Having said that, i'm not that keen on the port forwarding setup, but
it's easy enough to do - it's just that my old router was easier (all
done in a single line, as against setting it up as a service, then a
seperate page to tell it which internal IP to send it to)

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:34:17 +0100, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:20:28 GMT, "Tom Bradbury"
><(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>
>>......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
>>the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
>>is it just simply plug and play?
>>
>It's in the t's&c's that you use the router they supply. Why would you
>want to use a different one? There's nothing wrong with the one they
>send.

See message 46250247$0$17253$(E-Mail Removed) and my reply
(E-Mail Removed) for one reason, not
insurmountable, but at a cost.


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brightside S9

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:19:12 +0100, brightside S9
<address@replyto_is_not.invalid> mused:

>On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:34:17 +0100, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:20:28 GMT, "Tom Bradbury"
>><(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>>
>>>......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
>>>the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
>>>is it just simply plug and play?
>>>
>>It's in the t's&c's that you use the router they supply. Why would you
>>want to use a different one? There's nothing wrong with the one they
>>send.
>
>See message 46250247$0$17253$(E-Mail Removed) and my reply
>(E-Mail Removed) for one reason, not
>insurmountable, but at a cost.

That doesn't actually answer my question, I already know why you could
change the router, I was wondering why the OP wanted to change their
router, not why you thought they might.

FWIW, that's not a great reason, if people didn't buy wank equipment
in the first place then they wouldn't have a problem.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed) o.uk> wrote
in message news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
>> ......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
>> the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it,
>> or
>> is it just simply plug and play?
>
> As others have said about the username and password - however I
> believe it's against the T&Cs to do so (as is flashing it with the
> latest firmware)
>
> The supplied router doesn't seem too bad to be fair, although it has a
> couple of minor quirks - UPnP is supposed to be a little unstable, so
> switching it off is rumoured to help, and the line stats can sometimes
> "stick" at 7.5dB and 15.1dB, irrespective of the true line conditions
> at the time.
>
> Having said that, i'm not that keen on the port forwarding setup, but
> it's easy enough to do - it's just that my old router was easier (all
> done in a single line, as against setting it up as a service, then a
> seperate page to tell it which internal IP to send it to)

i use a sky branded router with vivacity (reflashed firmware). much more
stable than my dlink 604-t.

(E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:20:28 GMT, "Tom Bradbury"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>
> >......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
> >the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
> >is it just simply plug and play?
> >
> It's in the t's&c's that you use the router they supply. Why would you
> want to use a different one? There's nothing wrong with the one they
> send.

Lack of VPN endpoint support would be an issue for me. Lack of built in
VoIP. There are many reasons.
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Regards
Jon

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:55:32 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)>
mused:

>(E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
>> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:20:28 GMT, "Tom Bradbury"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>>
>> >......can you use any other router to connect to Sky Broadband other than
>> >the supplied one they send. If so, what do I need to do to configure it, or
>> >is it just simply plug and play?
>> >
>> It's in the t's&c's that you use the router they supply. Why would you
>> want to use a different one? There's nothing wrong with the one they
>> send.
>
>Lack of VPN endpoint support would be an issue for me. Lack of built in
>VoIP. There are many reasons.

As I've already pointed out, I know of reasons why anyone might not
want to use the DG834GT. I was asking what particular reason the OP
had for not wanting to use it.

Not that I've used the DG834GT for VPN's, but I thought it did support
VPN endpoints?
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Regards,
Stuart.