topic Re: Plusnet With Sky Router in Broadband

Plusnet With Sky Router

JayLaFunk — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:56:52 GMT

Hi,
Trying to set up my plusnet account with a sky wireless router through windows vista as my plusnet router only has 1 outlet and the sky router has 4, have connected to the sky router no problem Wirelessly with a laptop but where do I put my plusnet account settings to connect to the internet wirelessly, I have no internet connection.
Regards

Re: Plusnet With Sky Router

orbrey — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:26:50 GMT

Hi there,
You'd need to put your username and password into the sky router's interface, and I'm not sure if they allow them to be used on other ISP networks - I believe it's a custom firmware that Sky have the routers shipped with that stops this from happening. You might be able to flash it with a standard netgear firmware (assuming it's a netgear router you have there? If not then you'd need a standard firmware for whatever model it is) which might help, but that's not really something we'd be able to support I'm afraid.
Hope that helps somewhat, sorry it's not really a conclusive answer.

Re: Plusnet With Sky Router

JayLaFunk — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:40:59 GMT

Hi Matt,
Thanks for the reply, I did try to do that through the Sky router IP address but could not see or find an option for my Plusnet account info, you are probably right about it being specific for Sky customers only, pity as it would give me some more ports to play with.
Cheers

Re: Plusnet With Sky Router

NedLudd — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:04:57 GMT

Sky routers use one of two methods of validation. Some (PPPOA) use the username and password which is hard coded in the firmware. Some (MER) use the mac address of the router.
Both types can be flashed to be a 'normal' router. More details can be found at skyuser.co.uk!

Re: Plusnet With Sky Router

HPsauce — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:37:13 GMT

I have used an ex-Sky DG834GT on PlusNet in the past.
I flashed it to standard firmware first though; I would not have expected it to authenticate otherwise and TBH didn't even try.

Re: Plusnet With Sky Router

JayLaFunk — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:59:31 GMT

Thank you all, now realise I will have to have it flashed.