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Therefore a Username/Password is required.

If so where is it input?
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It's generated from the router's MAC code, (plus its serial number with some models). As such it actually authenticates the router, not the Sky customer themself.

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Mac encapsulated routing - no userid/password required.

It has been confirmed by a Sky customer on another forum that, as I suspected, Sky's MER implementation does use some form of DHCP authentication. Therefore a Username/Password is required.

Do you have a link for that?

There are some threads about it on sky user I think.

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It has been confirmed by a Sky customer on another forum that, as I suspected, Sky's MER implementation does use some form of DHCP authentication. Therefore a Username/Password is required.

Do you have a link for that?

There are some threads about it on sky user I think.

Well, what you say may or may not be correct - there's no way to tell.

Hey,

This wiki contains info about MER and the user / pass you were referring to.

http://wiki.ph-mb.com/wiki/MER

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In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

My router is running in MER mode so does that mean that the hardware firewall isn't enabled by default ?

No, everyone on Sky LLU will be using MER - its an alternative way Sky use to not require issuing userID and password to everyone (as almost every other ISP does). Its similar to the BE/O2 way of connecting users.

Im on LLU phone and broadband and i connect with PPPOA so not every ones on MER,
although my line dose detect as a BT wholesale line even thought i pay rental to sky and they requested the line fitting never been BT before, So maybe its something to do with that

Ash

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Im on LLU phone and broadband and i connect with PPPOA so not every ones on MER,
although my line dose detect as a BT wholesale line even thought i pay rental to sky and they requested the line fitting never been BT before, So maybe its something to do with that

My sky connection is also PPPoA not MER.

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Do you have a link for that?

There are some threads about it on sky user I think.

Well, what you say may or may not be correct - there's no way to tell.

Well, if you don't wish to take my word for it, then I suggest you learn to use a search engine.

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There are some threads about it on sky user I think.

Well, what you say may or may not be correct - there's no way to tell.

Well, if you don't wish to take my word for it, then I suggest you learn to use a search engine.

No need, someone has already posted a link

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In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

My router is running in MER mode so does that mean that the hardware firewall isn't enabled by default ?

No, everyone on Sky LLU will be using MER - its an alternative way Sky use to not require issuing userID and password to everyone (as almost every other ISP does). Its similar to the BE/O2 way of connecting users.

Im on LLU phone and broadband and i connect with PPPOA so not every ones on MER,
although my line dose detect as a BT wholesale line even thought i pay rental to sky and they requested the line fitting never been BT before, So maybe its something to do with that

Ash

If your line is via BT wholesale, then your phone service is set up for Sky using carrier pre select or whatever BTW call it, and not LLU. Your ADSL may be LLU via Sky's former Easynet DSLAMs. You can usually tell from the traceroute, and also by checking the --vendor option on a broadcom router (the dslam chipset shows as Globespan).

You would also still connect using PPPoA even if you are connected to one of their new MSANs if you are using a router that hasn't been updated with firmware supporting MER, apparently they've recently started to roll new firmware out for the Netgear DG834GT, and the new firmware for the Netgear DG934G is still to be rolled out by sky. You'd also be on PPPoA if you were on Sky connect.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

When Insecure in what way?

Well no passwords are in use.