Help with own router setup on Sky Q.

[BunkerBogeyMan]

Hi Everyone,

First time poster but long time reader of the forums.
I've found this forum useful in the past and am now looking for some direct help!

I've just gone back to Sky after having a few years with Virgin. New house move etc. prompted the change.
I usually work from home and use an Avaya VOIP system which has always worked fine. However, on Sky it won't connect.
Our technical support team has tested the phone on various other internet connections and it works fine. So it's probably something on my router which is preventing connection.

They've advised me to swap my router out and to see if it works.
So I've been given a BT openreach white modem and I already have a netgear cable modem which I used to use with virgin. The model is R6250.

I've already used the useful tool on here to pull out my Sky username and password from my Sky Q router.

So I connect the white BT openreach router to the phone line and take a network lead from that into the netgear router.
I then log into the netgear router and enter the username and password into the interface. But I don't get any internet.
Everything looks correct to me but I just don't get an internet connection.

these are the settings I can fill in on the router.

Internet Service Provider. PPPoE or PPPoA. - Not sure which I need? From memory, I didn't have option of both of these. I had 3 drop downs in the list and only one was a PPP one.
Which one do I need for Sky?
Login - Entered my username from sky router.
Password. Entered password from sky router. .
Service Name (if Required). - Left this blank.
Connection Mode. Always On, Dial on Demand, or Manually Connect. - I tried changing this but made no difference.
Idle Timeout (In minutes). Tried changing this but seemed to make no difference.

Maybe this router won't work with Sky as it doesn't have the necessary options it needs?
If that was the case I would be happy to get a new router but don't want to do that if this one should work and I'm doing something wrong.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Martyn

[skyeci]

you need the ability to use option 61 for the wan port.

settings for the wan port are automatic ip with the ability to enter the additional login information. nothing to do with ppoa or ppoe.

you may have to install 3rd party firmware to get it working if it's supported.

the login information is anything@skydsl|chooseapassword

if you search for Netgear and Asus config the settings will be similar. perhaps kong build of ddwrt might work?

before buying anything else check if you can flash it first.


edit. it appears the kong mod will work with the r6250. you could give it a go and see if it works and if it will give you the ability to select the right options for the wan port config


so wan port automatic ip
dns- enter servers of your choice
enter the above login infornation in the format I gave you


https://www.myopenrouter.com/downloads/dd-wrt-r6250 have a read

[BunkerBogeyMan]

Ahh, I didn't realise that. I somehow thought the BT Openreach box took care of that stuff and it was simply a username and password that the router needed.
That makes it a little more complex than I first thought then.
Although I'm fairly technical I'm not too familiar with networks and routers so I might have to think about this some more before I continue.

I'm a bit stuck at the moment as can't work from home which is a real drain.
In hindsight I would have been better going with BT or Zen for my internet but didn't realise that until I tried to plug my work phone in.
Only 9 months left on my contract.

Anyway, thanks for your help. It is appreciated.

[skyeci]

why not Install it. if the options are there it should take no time to configure.you don't need to do anything to the modem either.

I am sure we can figure it out. you can always ask for further help

[BunkerBogeyMan]

I somehow missed the link on your initial post so I didn't know where to get the flash software from.
You're right, I have nothing to lose and I understand it a bit more now I've read the link in your post.

Thanks again.

[skyeci]

https://www.myopenrouter.com/downloads/dd-wrt-r6250

[Isitme]

Maybe I have missed it, but you don't say whether you are using FTTC or ASL? These require different connection methods.

[BunkerBogeyMan]

Hi you've not missed it but I don't know what those things are I'm afraid.
I'm using Sky Fibre but I don't know if that what you mean.
If there's a way I can tell which one (FTTC or ASL) I'm using then I'll find out.

Going to flash my router tonight as per skyeci's posts so hopefully can get something working later.

Thanks again.

[Isitme]

If you are using Fibre, that's OK, just follow skyeci's advice. ADSL is just ordinary broadband through copper wires, no Fibre.

[BunkerBogeyMan]

Hi, I'm getting a little further (I think).

I've flashed the router now and have access to the DD-WRT interface. However, I was hoping to see some settings that would make sense to me, but I'm struggling.

On the first tab which is Setup and then Sub Tab Basic Setup I can start configuring the WAN connection.
The first field is Connection Type but I only have the following to select from:

Auto Configuration DHCP
PPPOE
PPPOE Dual
PPTP
L2TP
Heartbeat Signal
Iphone Tethering
Mobile Broadband

Only PPPOE seems to give me the option to enter username and password but that doesn't seem to work.

Any suggestions? I guess I'm being really dumb here!!