Is it OK to setup new router before BTO modem is fitted

[terryf]

Installation due 26 June, Sky router arriving today, (received text from royal mail which is a new one on me.)
letter from Sky says do not set up router until BT man has fitted modem, but I am sure I have seen posts from members who have.
I am sure if I have to setup router after modem is fitted I will not get the chance of doing a speed check while BTO man is here.
Terry

[Scubbie]

The new router will connect on both ADSL and FTTC connections. Since you already have Sky Broadband it should be fine to connect it.

The Sagem 2504N can only be configured when connected to the Internet.

[dog-man]

Does the sky router supplied for fibre have different username / password details to a sky router supplied for ADSL?

Just curious.


dog-man

[jokenball]

I put mine in before BTO had installed the modem & it didn't work. There may be some setting that needs to be changed but standard out of the box didn't work at all for me.

I left it in for about 30 mins then just went back to the old one until BTO had installed the modem.

[gorebrush]

Yes, you can do this, and it works.

I've done it.

You need to change one setting in the Routers web interface - under Advanced, I believe there is a setting for Auto/PPPoA or WANoE

You need PPPoA for ADSL and WANoE for Fibre.

Auto will work but it'll take a few minutes for the router to try both by itself.

[simon194]

At least the web interface for the "fibre" router is a lot faster than the ADSL one is. It didn't take too long set set up all my firewall services and rules once it was up and running.

[dog-man]

So if I am an existing Sky ADSL customer, when I get fibre, my current username / password will still be the same with fibre?

dog-man

[gorebrush]

Yes because Sky use MER as well as user/pass

[dog-man]

So if I already know my current ADSL logon details, I can just use them in my own router (Billion) when I get fibre?
Or do I have to extract the Mer details (whatever that is) from the modem?


dog-man

[Scubbie]

From reading elsewhere, some routers can take as long as 50 minutes before they connect on SFU/SFUP, perhaps a little longer.

So if I already know my current ADSL logon details, I can just use them in my own router (Billion) when I get fibre?
Or do I have to extract the Mer details (whatever that is) from the modem?

I would suggest that you extract the details from the Sky router, try your Sky router initially, then swap to the Billion once the connection has been confirmed on your Fibre connection.