Configure Dlink 2740B router

[mbros]

Hi newbee here, just registered,

I have been switched to sky BB before I have recieved the sky router. I have a new Dlink router which I would like to use - I read in a post earlier that I need my (MAC)@skydsl and password. Is the MAC the MAc I recived from my old service provider and is the password the one that sky supply you with?

Many thanks in advance.

[Saturday]

The MAC you refer to is something completely different and the password is not your Sky portal password.

Sorry, but the user name and password combination you need are both held in your Sky router so you will have to wait for it to arrive.

[mbros]

Hi Saturday,

Thanks for your message, in reply,

When I do get the router how would I obtain the username and p/word, so I can us my own router (would it be through the admin login to the router and obtaining it that way)?

Another question about email - as I have no internet connection, my line is switched, how would I get access to my sky.com emails from a web browser say, at work?

Many thanks

[Wheelie]

Use this very handy utility Mognuts Sky Netgear DG834GT Utility version 0.4

[mbros]

thnks wheelie,

do I just need to click 'get' - username and password?

Sorry but I am new to all this

Thanks

[Wheelie]

Yep then follow what it says on screen

[mbros]

thanks wheelie,

Any thoughts on the email access online?

[Wheelie]

To the best of my knowledge you can only access it from your SkyBB connection.

I don't use the portal myself and only ever check my sky email account with my email client once a week if I am lucky.

[cprompt]

From other posts, I am under the impression that you can only access sky.com mail accounts from an IP address on Sky's network. As a result you can't access you mail from an alternative provider such as your PC at work.
It would be good news for me if someone else could prove me wrong!

[lowmans]

You can access your emails via the portal webmail from anywhere.

It is only your POP mail that has to be accessed from a PC connected to the Sky ISP.