Thursday, 19 February 2015

Sky Fibre router....

So I've been playing with my SkyHub on adsl and managed to get my username/password for ADSL without a problem and gave me access to use a TG582n (DANT-1) however after doing this I've heard those on fibre will be suspended if using a 3rd party router. sky wouldn't have to suspend users if they actually patched the router to prevent thugs packet sniffing details from it. My ISP at my parents allow you to run a 3rd party router and even suggest the home hub 5 (modem/router combined)

So why won't sky allow 3rd party routers? Well this isn't really a simple answer but also may have many answers. The most important answer would be 'supporting 3rd part routers' now anyone with sense would keep the sky hub and slap it in should they get a problem. But my view on sky not allowing 3rd party routers is because if they become faulty you need to dig into that pocket/bank and buy a replacement from them. I'm not sure how much they are but I've seen people say £40. Maybe these sky hubs are prone to becoming faulty and they are thinking 'more money for us

I've been actually telling them why my pings have increased on ADSL (as stats state a 15ms delay) which tells me interleaving has been enabled. They argue the case and tell me interleaving isn't enabled. How can an ISP lie? 

Anyhow let's see if my router can stay connected for longer than 18hours. I guess it maybe test socket again for me, but hopefully I can make it a bit better this time without a draught. 

Peace out 


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