How to obtain your username and password from the sky router

[mossywell]

Too late. It's already in the next release due out in a few days.

[Jose Cardoso]

Sorry my reply is so late but yes, that would be an excellent feature.

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[allie79]

Ok so this is for advanced information only and I'm definately not advanced, so oops...however i want my username and password, so does the netrouter thing work on all OS's? That prolly sounds thick but hey!

Thanks :-}

[HuwSy]

So many options. Just wondering what some of the default states are for these options? Or does the webpage open up with the default states listed already?

Seamless Rate Adaptation (SRA) <- is this default enabled?

G.DMT / ADSL2 / ADSL2+ Mode <- which is the default and what difference does it make?

And

Target noise margin <- what difference does this make and will it speed up the connection to make certain changes, or is it only to be changed if the router drops out often?

Thanks

[Saturday]

Welcome to the forum.

Meaning no disrespect huwsy but if you don't know what this stuff is it is probably best you leave it alone for now. Changing the mode, SRA etc is never likely to be needed for normal circumstances. Adjusting the noise margin may be though.

Some but not all of your questions are answered in other parts of the forum. For instance, with regard to your noise margin question a good starting point might be here.

[HuwSy]

Originally Posted by Saturday

Welcome to the forum...

thanks

Iv a vague idea what most of it is and how it could effect my connection. I was just wondering what the default values for the SRA and Mode are with a sky connection. And if the sky servers are setup with SRA support or setup to support any of the other protocols such as ADSL2+ or if its tied to G.DMT.

The only part I dont get is the "Target noise margin" is it the level that the connection cuts, therefore decreasing it would improve stability on noisy lines but increasing it would increase speed on cleaner lines. Or am i thinking about it wrong.

[Saturday]

The default is usually SRA on and a mode of ADSL2+ for Sky's LLU products.

The noise margin is a figure that the router negotiates to give itself adequate leeway. For the Sky router the default it negotiates is 6.9db - think of it as 6.9db "in hand". At this figure the router performs well. Remember that the router will always try to sync at the highest possible speed at a noise margin of 6.9db or higher. It should resync automatically with ADSL2+ if the noise margin drops below this but sadly it doesn't (currently).

At a noise margin below about 6.2db the router starts to struggle so if the line noise increases after negotiation (i.e. the noise margin drops) then this can become a problem. The ideal noise margin is one where it never drops below ~6.5db at any time during the day.

You could set your noise margin at say 20db if you wanted but then you would be severely reducing the connection speed as higher noise margin = lower connection sync. However, a higher noise margin will tend to reduce transmission errors so really it is a case of experimenting if you want to squeeze every last kbps out of the line.

Generally speaking a noise margin of ~10.5db at the quietest time of day will tend to equate to ~7db at the noisiest.

[warpig]

I'm trying to get my username and password from my Sky router but when I try the utility in this link I get a box popping up asking me to log into the router and wanting the username and password but that's the thing i'm trying to find out anyway! Help!!!

[dgilbert2]

That sounds like your being asked for the default router web interface username (admin) and password (sky).

[reddwarfcrew]

I've been using the Sky Netgear DG834GT Utility version 0.2 for a while, but just recently the Target Noise Margin no longer works ie, I have to choose around 4db for it to resync at 7db etc. Has anyone else noticed this?