Connecting to sky using a Linksys router

Hi all. Thanks to reading the posts here, I found my username and password for sky, so thought I'd give it a go to connect using my old router which was Linksys WAG354. Sadly, I've had problems, where when I try to connect in the page you connect from, both the connect and disconnect boxes are greyed out so you can't use them. These are the settings I am using, can anyone see offhand what I am doing wrong please? Any help gratefully appreciated (if I don't reply over weekend it's because I'm away till Monday but please do help if you can).

Encapsulation: RFC 2364 PPPoA

Multiplexing: VC

Qos Type: UBR

Autodetect: Enable



PPPoA Settings User Name: (entered)
Password: (entered)
Keep Alive: Redial Period 20 Sec.

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Optional Settings
(required by some ISPs)
Host Name:
Domain Name:
MTU: Auto Manual
Size:

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Network Setup
Router IP Local IP Address: 192.181.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

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Network Address
Server Settings (DHCP) Local DHCP Server: Enable

Starting IP Address: 192.168.1.64
Maximum Number of DHCP Users: 191
Client Lease Time: 0 minutes (0 means one day)
Static DNS 1: 0.0 0. .0
Static DNS 2: 0.0 . 0 .0
Static DNS 3: 0. 0. 0.0
WINS: 0. 0. 0.0

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Time Setting Time Zone:
England (GMT+01:00) Time Interval: 3600 seconds
Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes

AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS ON THE DSL CONNECTION PAGE:

DSL Status: DOWN
DSL Modulation Mode: NOT TRAINED
DSL Path Mode: INTERLEAVED
Downstream Rate: 0 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 0 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 0 db
Upstream Margin: 0 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 0
Upstream Line Attenuation: 0
Downstream Transmit Power: 0
Upstream Transmit Power: 0

PVC Connection

Encapsulation: RFC 2364 PPPoA
Multiplexing: VC
Qos: UBR
Pcr Rate: 0
Scr Rate: 0
Autodetect: Enable
VPI: 0
VCI: 0
Enable: Yes
PVC Status: Down

You haven't connected it to your phone line right. It's not syncing up. Are you trying to use both routers at once, for example?

Also, for the PPPoA connection settings, remove any autodetect options for the connection itself and make sure you can specify the VPI and VCI values; these should be VPI = 0, VCI = 38.

I found on some modems/routers I used to use, autodetect didn't always work properly is - although this shouldn't be a problem!

Hi, no I unplugged the netgear one and plugged in the linksys to the phone line. The dsl light is flashing on the linksys router.

thanks i'll give this a go

Just for clarification - I assume that there is no problem with your Sky BB connection (i.e. it works okay when you use the Sky Router)?