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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 11:13:04
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Sky Router won't work before broadband migration? Really?


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I'm due to migrate to Sky on Monday. I thought I'd take a look at the router last night, so connected it to a PC, but could not connect to it at all.

I phoned up Sky who said, until the router makes contact over ADSL (on Monday) it will not work?

Really? Sounds a bit odd to me!?
Standard User XRaySpeX
(knowledge is power) Wed 16-Mar-11 12:56:42
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As long as you already have ADSL, you should be able to connect it to ADSL line as well as PC, and it should sync with exchange, altho' not connect to Net. You should then be able to login to it and see its stats. User/pwd usually "admin/admin" or maybe one of them is "sky".

I was sent a Sky locked router in error, when I thought I bought a generic Netgear, and it sync'ed OK with my Orange line and showed my normal stats.

1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU BB => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU BB
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(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 13:07:24
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But what I'm confused about, is why I couldn't even get to a logon screen? ie: Without it connected to ADSL? Does something magical take place the first time it's connected to the internet?

I'd certainly expect to be able to connect to any (other) router if no ADSL was available for example!?


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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 13:09:51
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In reply to a post by NeilFawcett:
But what I'm confused about, is why I couldn't even get to a logon screen? ie: Without it connected to ADSL? Does something magical take place the first time it's connected to the internet?
Yes, the router is configured the first time it connects to Sky. This realisation led to the password-hacking site.
Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 13:12:52
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In reply to a post by BatBoy:
In reply to a post by NeilFawcett:
But what I'm confused about, is why I couldn't even get to a logon screen? ie: Without it connected to ADSL? Does something magical take place the first time it's connected to the internet?
Yes, the router is configured the first time it connects to Sky. This realisation led to the password-hacking site.
Aha! OK! I'll leave it till Monday then!

Many thanks!

Going to be interesting to see how the speed/pings compare to my current O2 connection smile
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(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 14:08:22
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I have the Sagem modem and I could logon without connecting to any ADSL service, you need to make sure your computers network card is on the same network, ie 192.168.0.xx or 192.168.2.xx depending on what the router is set to as I'm not sure if it has its DHCP server running by default.
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(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 14:15:17
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Hmmm... Aha!

My current (O2) router is 192.168.1.254, and my PC is hardcoded to:-
IP Address: 192.168.1.99
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.254

Is that going to be the (simple) reason it cannot liaise with 192.168.0.1?
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(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 14:16:37
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Yes, set it to auto
Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 14:24:06
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I need it to have a specific IP address, so on Monday I'll change it to:-
IP Address: 192.168.0.99
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.0.1


Can't believe I over looked that - Doh!
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(deleted) Wed 16-Mar-11 14:27:07
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You may find you need to set to to auto just once so you can connect to the router to reconfigure it's DHCP settings.
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