Hi Everyone

Just had Sky broadband and Skytalk added to my package and have signed up to the anytime plus, problem is my computer is upstairs and the Skybox is in the lounge. I have found that you need a router box which Sky sell for £60 is there a cheaper alternative which will do the same job

Steve

When you signed up for anytime plus they should have offered you the wireless adapter free of charge, unless that offer has now finished that is.

Failing that the next best alternative is to use a couple of powerline adapters to get the network connection between the router and sky box, but the best is to use a direct ethernet connection.

I always thought Sky required you to use their own routers and that was the reason for protecting the password. Have they supplied you with a non wifi one then or are you using your own?

Get a cheap wireless bridge. Bout £20

Or powerline adaptors

You are supposed to use their router but if you google it there is a way to extract the config file from your router and then you can look into that to get your user name and password.

John

You are supposed to use their router but if you google it there is a way to extract the config file from your router and then you can look into that to get your user name and password.

John

iWhilst it used to be that simple, but not for much longer. Sky are switching their entire infrastructure to MER (MAC Encapsulated Routing ) authentication, what this in effect means is just like virgin unless your mac address is on a list of authorised devices it wont connect. Added to that, not many domestic routers support this protocol or allow the external mac address to be altered, so in effect once sky switch off the current system your own router will cease to work.

All recent routers are already running MER firmware, my one from 14 months ago is now so its only a matter of time before the plug is pulled on other routers.

That's annoying. My Draytek router is pulling 400kbps more than Sky's crappy Sagem router :(

And when the top speed is still only 1.2Mbit, it matters!

That's annoying. My Draytek router is pulling 400kbps more than Sky's crappy Sagem router :(

And when the top speed is still only 1.2Mbit, it matters!

But drayteks can do MAC spoofing

Ah

Job done then!

Sorry guys bit of confusion my fault, this is what I need a wireless connector

https://accessories.sky.com/?DCMP=KNC-

Steve

This is what I'm using as had one already.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=netgear+wgps606&_sacat=0&_dmpt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&_odkw=netgear+606&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

Sorry guys bit of confusion my fault, this is what I need a wireless connector

https://accessories.sky.com/?DCMP=KNC-

Steve

Looks a bit more than just a powerline. Description doesn't really say how it works so not sure if powerlines will work. Seems a bit off to charge for it when most people will not have the router by the TV! Or maybe that's the point, lots of £60s will made a tidy sum!

Personally I'm not with Sky for broadband so just hook up the laptop to the TV if I really want to watch an anytime+ film.