Get your Sky V1 Firmware here!

[andybuk99]

Originally Posted by Isitme

What FW is on the router at the moment? Look at the Status page of the router, what does it say at the top? If you have not upgraded it, it will have upgraded itself automatically. If you have put non Sky firmware on you will have to remove it before you upgrade.

Thanks for the reply, sorry I havent responded earlier. The firmware is an UberGT firmware - V1.02.04-UberGT1.05-by-Bracco. I cant for the life of me see how I can remove it.

TIA

[Isitme]

I think you may have to use the Netgear Recovery Tool to over-ride the installed firmware. There are forum users who are familiar with the FW you are using so hang on for a bit and see if one of them has a better idea. If no one can suggest anything else then give it a go. If your PC is seeing the router during the update process, that is half the battle.

[jamsterfrog]

Installed it , internet speed dropped by a third :?
Trying to roll back to original. Router still detects 6.5 ,speed test and connection status show more as 2.5
OOoops!

[Isitme]

If you are using a Sky DG834GT router it would be done automatically by now. There is no need to do it manually. What Version number do you have?

[jamsterfrog]

Im using dg834gt

Is there a version number I need to be concerned with? If so, cant find it.
Did ring sky to check and they say theres a system wide problem at the mo, but thats probably fob-speak to get rid.

Any ideas would be good.

Jams

IGNORE THIS POST.
IT WAS SKY TWEAKING ME PIPES

PS
Tried to downgrade but that didnt work

[Saturday]

Originally Posted by jamsterfrog

Router still detects 6.5 ,speed test and connection status show more as 2.5

You can't trust speedtesters in general and speedtest.net in particular. Of those that are reasonable I'd recommend Skyuser's, Giganews Europe and Namesco, though all three can suffer some peak time slowdown.

A better test would be to download a large file from a known fast server.


Edit: as an example I've just tested my connection and spedtest.net gave 4580kbps, Skyuser 5320kbps and Namesco 11230kbps (my router sync is 13910kbps). Which one should I believe?

Checking again with a large download and Be's tester (I'm on their network), Namesco seems just about right. Had I believed speedtest.net I'd think I had a problem.

[Isitme]

The latest firmware for the Sky DG834GT is V1.03.87. You will find the version number at the top of the router status page. It is very unlikely this is the cause of your problems.
It is only my opinion, but I think this thread should be closed and a new one started using one recommended by NR. Speedtest.net has proved time and again to be inaccurate and at times downright misleading.