In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by ian72:

Think they mean the username and password for the connection not the router interface. There are websites that will generate it for most but I am not sure if they work for 100% of connections.

They work for any line that still works with PPPoA but not with any line that is MER only - although I read that MER is being reserved for fibre users, most ADSL users are on PPPoA now.

http://www.cm9.net/skypass/

Sky are gradually switching to MER for all customers. I was on MER for months before I switched to fibre.

BTW the website will work with any supported Sky router because the username/password are actually based on the routers LAN MAC address (well the Sagem ones are).

In reply to a post by simon194:

Sky are gradually switching to MER for all customers. I was on MER for months before I switched to fibre.

The SkyUser forum is full of people on Sky ADSL services who have been switched BACK to PPPoA and the fibre people are on MER. The complete guess is that MER is slightly more efficient so makes the fibre look better, and its technically easier to support MER with the Openreach VDSL modem.

BTW the website will work with any supported Sky router because the username/password are actually based on the routers LAN MAC address (well the Sagem ones are).

And the two Netgear ones. It DOESN'T yet work with the new Sky router (as in the news story on the main site).

Edited by jchamier (Wed 17-Oct-12 18:53:37)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by simon194:

Sky are gradually switching to MER for all customers. I was on MER for months before I switched to fibre.

The SkyUser forum is full of people on Sky ADSL services who have been switched BACK to PPPoA and the fibre people are on MER. The complete guess is that MER is slightly more efficient so makes the fibre look better, and its technically easier to support MER with the Openreach VDSL modem.

As far as I'm aware the idea behind switching to MER was part of Sky move towards an IP based network because it's easier and cheaper to maintain than the old ATM based one.

Edited by simon194 (Tue 23-Oct-12 00:54:19)

In reply to a post by simon194:

As far as I'm aware the idea behind switching to MER was part of Sky move towards an IP based network because it's easier and cheaper to maintain than the old ATM based one.

That would make sense - removing the PPP from the network means no RAS I suspect - and they have no requirement to carry other companies traffic.

Except Easynet traffic

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Except Easynet traffic

Doh! Yeah, I'd forgotten about them.

Maybe they use the same approach O2 Wholesale do and select by the DSLAM port.