Sky Broadband with a Different router

[neonplanet40]

Hi guys my house has sky broadband max which i have to say for £10 a month is excellent value. However we got a pi*h sagem router with it and i want to change it for one of my own. Is this possible? Or do sky make you use their own router?

[SiM]

You can do it... Look here

It breaks the terms and conditions of your service though....

[moogle]

i think its against their t&c to use any other router iirc. shouldnt you have a netgear router with them?

[SiM]

Routers known to work on Sky ADSL2+ - Sky User - The unofficial support forum for everything Sky!

[neonplanet40]

well i have the sagem and want to replace it with a netgear

Dont care about the t&c tbh cause the router they give me is utterly crap.

Thanks for the link!

[s_kinton]

Just buy a Sky Netgear router that someone is selling off. There were some for sale on here and loads on eBay. You can also flash the Netgear with hacked firmware to open up a plethora of options.

[neonplanet40]

Tbh ive spent over £1500 this week and i really don't want to spend anymore

I will try and get it to work with this netgear first. At the end of the day its still a router and all i should need is my username and password.

[Blitzen]

Hi guys my house has sky broadband max which i have to say for £10 a month is excellent value. However we got a pi*h sagem router with it and i want to change it for one of my own. Is this possible? Or do sky make you use their own router?

Phone them up and tell them its DOA.
Then ask for a Netgear V2 (black one that looks like a mini HD Box).

They are very good.

Saying that..........the V1's were very good aswell. (and the new SKY firmware for them is being released now).

[dc72]

I'm pretty sure that it's only the Netgear routers from sky that can be hacked, if not just the black v2. That was the situation when I last investigated anyway.

Sky won't give out your log-in details to you and they are encrypted and locked in your router.

Some useful info here: Sky User - Unofficial Help and Support for Sky Broadband and everything Sky! - Username & Password from a Sky DG934G Router

Also check out the link from SiM above.

[Blitzen]

I'm pretty sure that it's only the Netgear routers from sky that can be hacked, if not just the black v2. That was the situation when I last investigated anyway.

Sky won't give out your log-in details to you and they are encrypted and locked in your router.

Some useful info here: Sky User - Unofficial Help and Support for Sky Broadband and everything Sky! - Username & Password from a Sky DG934G Router

Also check out the link from SiM above.

Dont understand that?
Any router SKY provide can be 'examined' to extract your username and password.

Remember......the router is specific to you. Thats why your username and Password are inbedded in it.