belly120 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 hi all anyone managed to get the netduma working with sky fibre, looking to connect my r1 to my billion 8800nl set to bridge mode but i'm not sure the r1 will work with the MER authentication sky fibre requires, anyone managed it yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asentrix Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Could you clarify what the authentication is that you're referring too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 OK so sky fibre uses MER which is essentially your username and password all in one text box in a router, normally called "Option 61" so i don't know if i can set the R1 one up to operate with MER via a modem? does the R1 have an option 61 box in the WAN setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 essentially both me and my partner are using ps4's in the same house playing bf4 and bo3 together, BF4 is constantly suffering from packet loss and bo3 can be unreliable at best. we run both ps4's as having 32 & 31% priority in the distribution graph way over everything else. UPNP is active although often fails to assign ports correctly for my girlfriends machine, no port forwarding rules exist to create conflicts etc it simply doesn't work for BF4. BO3 will assign her a UPnP table request but bf4 and other stuff simply doesn't bother, mega odd. we both are wired to the R1 which is hardwired to the billion 8800nl so i figured it could be an issue of the dual router setup we have, the 8800nl will run in bridge mode so act as a modem only which may resolve any hidden conflicts that may be occurring. We have ipv6 enabled on both routers, does this often cause packet loss issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADDY1993 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 OK so sky fibre uses MER which is essentially your username and password all in one text box in a router, normally called "Option 61" so i don't know if i can set the R1 one up to operate with MER via a modem? does the R1 have an option 61 box in the WAN setup? It dont work, i have tried and the modem gets the connection but cant get Duma to connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADDY1993 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 So are you connecting your billion router to you Sky Hub or do you have the white BT modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 no the billion 8800nl is capable of being a vdsl modem on its own so i don't need a bt modem. that's why i'm trying to figure out to get the r1 acting as my only router and the billion to just act as the modem. if i can't get that to work i may drop the r1 as its not really made any noticeable difference to anything really. i can setup my 8800nl to do 1 to 1 nat which will enable me to give both the ps4's their own public IP's which will also resolve the port conflict issues we get having the 2 consoles on 1 router with only 1 public IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 R1 Doesn't support MER, as in signing into the Sky network. You can use it behined the sky router though. I switched to plusnet due to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Boo, can we get option 61 implemented in the next patch then please as that would be really useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADDY1993 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Boo, can we get option 61 implemented in the next patch then please as that would be really useful That would be good so i can ditch the SR-102, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENORMOUS Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 That would be good so i can ditch the SR-102,I asked fraser about this a while back and he told me they were gonna do it but changed minds in the end because it would be going against our T&Cs with sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 well that's not true as Billion make routers that they expressly advertise as being compatible with Sky Fibre and have MER out of the box. I use a Billion 8800nl as my router modem with the R1 connected to it, i just find that the setup with my duma is a touch clunky especially with the new firmware. when i updated to .6 from .5 i had no end of issues getting my ps4's to work with out issues. so if i could run my billion in bridge mode and use my duma to dial in i'd be laughing. like i said they have no issues fitting MER to this its just a case of they haven't bothered yet, SKY can't stop them otherwise billion wouldn't be allowed (to clarify i don't use the sky hub or a bt modem at all in my setup) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENORMOUS Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I don't think bumping the thread will do much mate,as much as I'd also like to see the duma compatible with MER authentication I think they made there mind up,I'm leaving sky in may/June time because my experience with them hasn't been a pleasent one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted February 16, 2016 Administrators Share Posted February 16, 2016 I asked Iain about this a few days ago, I don't think it will be supported - for the time being at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 i'm not saying i want it yesterday but as sky fibre is quite popular, according to Ofcom Sky holds a 22% market share in the broadband market last year, surely that is something as a business you want to be able to sell too directly with MER compatibility?? http://media.ofcom.org.uk/facts/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted February 17, 2016 Administrators Share Posted February 17, 2016 I'll pass it onto Iain it as it is in demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleightofdean Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This would be awesome if it can be done. Having the option to get shut of the Sky router would be ideal as its not the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly120 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 awesome thanks fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Iain Posted February 22, 2016 Administrators Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hi, Fraser told me to take a look at this thread. My response is pretty similar to another thread about PPPoE. We have a huge list of tasks for the next update. Since you can just use the existing the router it seems like the problem as a general fix for the time being. So I'll have to de-prioritise this task (I'm not even sure if it's possible for MER). After the next upgrade if you remind Fraser I can take a look, but at the moment I have to focus on that. I'm sure you'll all be happy with the features coming soon. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADDY1993 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 If your using the BT modem with the SR-101, i have read about a way to get the modem to do the Authentication but haven't tried yet maybe the weekend. I will let you all know if it works . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENORMOUS Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 If your using the BT modem with the SR-101, i have read about a way to get the modem to do the Authentication but haven't tried yet maybe the weekend. I will let you all know if it works . BT modem as in the openreach one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADDY1993 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 BT modem as in the openreach one? Yes I have a Huawei HG612 and have flashed a CFW onto it, then i hasve seen people say you can set it as a router aswell then connect a 3rd party router all on sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENORMOUS Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thats the same modem that I have,was it hard work flashing that firmware onto it?what's the advantages of that firmware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADDY1993 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thats the same modem that I have,was it hard work flashing that firmware onto it?what's the advantages of that firmware? Look at the heaps of settings to tinker with http://wiki.kitz.co.uk/index.php?title=Huawei_HG612also it is supposed to hold better sync rates. Heres how to unlock http://www.kitz.co.uk/routers/hg612hacking.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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