ProJect_GT82 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Guys, Would be great if you could implement SKY Fibre MER authentication ... SKY do not use PPPoE for authentication like the other fibre providers in the UK. At the moment my setup is Openreach VDSL Modem > Asus RT-AC87U (Running Asus Merlin firmware) > R1 just so i can get a connection to sky's service. It would be ideal to run Openreach VDSL Modem > R1 Thanks, GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Netduma Fraser Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 We currently don't support this, I remember someone posted about this before. You should be able to use the R1 with no problems. However, perhaps someone with Sky Fibre can comment on their optimum setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL4CK OPS V3TRN Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi project Credit to you for getting a non sky router working on your network with MER . Fact is you no longer need the your asus Now your have the netduma . My set up as follows Sky modem / router ( wireless off / DMZ to your netduma ) simply connect to your netduma and your away I am no expert but I guess only having 2 instead of 3 makes things better Hope this helps ... Mine is running very good and currently beasting at COD although I am not always certain I have the netduma set best for congestion / host etc but it's fun fiddling and learning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc123 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 only keep the ASUS if you need wireless AC and actually use it. If you don't know what this is, then just ignore it and you don't need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Netduma_Iain Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 So I'm not sure, do we need to implement the MER feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL4CK OPS V3TRN Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I would say no it's not needed IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProJect_GT82 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi project Credit to you for getting a non sky router working on your network with MER . Fact is you no longer need the your asus Now your have the netduma . My set up as follows Sky modem / router ( wireless off / DMZ to your netduma ) simply connect to your netduma and your away I am no expert but I guess only having 2 instead of 3 makes things better Hope this helps ... Mine is running very good and currently beasting at COD although I am not always certain I have the netduma set best for congestion / host etc but it's fun fiddling and learning I don't have a SKY modem/router ... I have an Openreach modem that connects to a separate router which has specialist firmware to deal with the MER authentication. I need to fill out the MAC address section with the MAC address from the Openreach modem and input my client ID in the manual client ID box which is a code sky give you --- i.e c02e0f2b6de8@skydsl|lssXjhmz0L+5Ofx This will then authenticate the connection and connect to the router. Cheers GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProJect_GT82 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 So I'm not sure, do we need to implement the MER feature? Dear god yes please Iain ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Netduma_Iain Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 @netduma_fraser put on the list please. I'll try get in the next version if possible. If not I'll post back here why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusiveman Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-broadband-fibre-help/47792-how-get-round-sky-mer-use-your-own-router.html edit: it seems troublesome and tend not to work after sometime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL4CK OPS V3TRN Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I tried this done time ago and it did not work for me . Very frustrating I could not use my Netgear loaded with Ddwrt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ* Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I've previously managed to get a borrowed Asus N66u modem router working with Sky fibre. Didn't thoroughly test it but the internet did work with occasional connection drop out. The drop outs were the reason I didnt bother continuing down this route:- I didnt want to risk Bricking that router to see if the Merlin firmware [advised to be used to make Sky work properly with it] would make it work perfectly. It was necessary to include the password following the username in the username field in order to get the internet to work.. Something like this [example data used]: Username: 5c9ca2ad2d80@skydsl|2e7aa7dd [Made up of ; sky modem/router MAC code@skydsl|password Password: 2e7aa7dd MAC: 5c9ca2ad2d80 [changed to the sky modem router MAC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akic Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just to weigh in on this, new sky fibre installs are supplied with SAGEM routers with MER authentication which have no modem mode so unless someone is using an old openreach modem this might be a lot of effort for quite a small user base. I'm in this same boat, had to DMZ the sky router to my TP-Link router which adds an extra hop and my traffic has to pass through that cheap POS sagem, I'd love to get rid of it but SKY aren't interested in providing a modem mode, the sky message boards have been moaning about this for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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