Sky Broadband, is it plug and go?

I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it really
this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume all
that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN cable
from the router to the PC? Is this correct?

Thanks

He Be Out He Be was thinking very hard :
> I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
> username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it really
> this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume all
> that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN cable
> from the router to the PC? Is this correct?
>

Pretty much........if all goes to plan.

I do believe they're supplying a different model router now.

He Be Out He Be wrote:

> I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a
> unique username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is
> it really this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then
> I assume all that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and
> hook up a LAN cable from the router to the PC? Is this correct?
>
> Thanks

Yes, my sister's worked straight out of the box.

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Arecibo

On Nov 27, 9:39 pm, "He Be Out He Be" <he-not-be-in-
he-...@privacy.net> wrote:
> I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
> username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it really
> this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume all
> that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN cable
> from the router to the PC? Is this correct?
>
> Thanks

That's *exactly* how it works, as the fat man said.

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, He Be Out He Be
<he-not-be-in-he-(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
>username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it really
>this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume all
>that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN cable
>from the router to the PC? Is this correct?
>
Or, in my case, 5 months(!!!) of waiting and waiting for $ky to connect
me followed by 5 days while Be did so.

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dave @ stejonda

"He Be Out He Be" <he-not-be-in-he-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
> username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it
> really
> this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume
> all
> that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN
> cable
> from the router to the PC? Is this correct?
>
> Thanks
>
As simple as that. Then my Dad waited 5 weeks for a password that worked so
he could access his email!

he-not-be-in-he-(E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
> I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
> username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it really
> this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume all
> that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN cable
> from the router to the PC? Is this correct?

Yes, as long as the PC is set to auto-assigned IP addressing (which is
the default).
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Regards
Jon

On Nov 28, 8:55 am, "dave @ stejonda" <no$spam!delete&abuse
%d...@stejonda.freeuk.com> wrote:
> In message <5r3h52F12apm...@mid.individual.net>, He Be Out He Be
> <he-not-be-in-he-...@privacy.net> writes>I understand that Sky supply a custom DG834G wireless router, with a unique
> >username and password embedded into the router ready to go...? Is it really
> >this simple to get online with Sky? If this is the case, then I assume all
> >that is needed is to connect the router to the line, and hook up a LAN cable
> >from the router to the PC? Is this correct?
>
> Or, in my case, 5 months(!!!) of waiting and waiting for $ky to connect
> me followed by 5 days while Be did so.

I waited from September last year (when I applied) to May this year.
Apparently Sky had capacity problems on this exchange. On the morning
of the day I was supposed to be connected the phone line went dead (no
dial tone) - not good news on the first day of a Bank Holiday
weekend. But once the phone line was back working, everything else
went like clockwork.