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Drayton 2860ac and Sky MER
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15 Sep 2017 19:56 #89626
by icornish
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Hi,
Currently have a Asus ac68u running Merlin firmware running on sky with an openreach modem.
Looking to transition to a vigor 2860ac router to get far more control over the internet access, and also to protect us better from the nasties out there.
Searching the forum, there is very little about sky, which is surprising, or may be not... I can't register for the main knowledge base as I haven't got the box so have no serial number... so I have very little to go on about this box.
Can I get some real feedback... Can I eliminate the openreach box?
How easy is it to get setup on sky? I have all the security info already...
Currently have a Asus ac68u running Merlin firmware running on sky with an openreach modem.
Looking to transition to a vigor 2860ac router to get far more control over the internet access, and also to protect us better from the nasties out there.
Searching the forum, there is very little about sky, which is surprising, or may be not... I can't register for the main knowledge base as I haven't got the box so have no serial number... so I have very little to go on about this box.
Can I get some real feedback... Can I eliminate the openreach box?
How easy is it to get setup on sky? I have all the security info already...
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15 Sep 2017 20:51 #89627
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Replied by mbames on topic Re: Drayton 2860ac and Sky MER
it is easy on a 2860 series to connect up to Sky. My brother and mate did it, and I use a 2925 and a 130 vdsl modem to achieve the same.
I did find that cloning the Sky routers WAN MAC seemed to help, although some guides suggest you don't need to.
Here is a link:https://forum.draytek.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20889
I did find that cloning the Sky routers WAN MAC seemed to help, although some guides suggest you don't need to.
Here is a link:
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19 Sep 2017 08:55 #89636
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Replied by icornish on topic Re: Drayton 2860ac and Sky MER
I have taken the plunge, and got it set up quite easily on Sky's system with ipV6 as well. All seems well
Now to learn how to set up all the Filtering options ... Any "getting Started" guides on this?
Now to learn how to set up all the Filtering options
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19 Sep 2017 10:54 #89637
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I've not ventured into the ipv6 side of things yet..... Nicely done!
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08 Dec 2017 22:33 #90157
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Can you share what IPv6 settings you used. Cant seem to enable ipv6 with my sky connection.
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I have taken the plunge, and got it set up quite easily on Sky's system with ipV6 as well. All seems wellIcornish wrote:
Now to learn how to set up all the Filtering options... Any "getting Started" guides on this?
Can you share what IPv6 settings you used. Cant seem to enable ipv6 with my sky connection.
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11 Dec 2017 16:54 #90170
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Don't worry, managed to work it out
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oakserver wrote:
I have taken the plunge, and got it set up quite easily on Sky's system with ipV6 as well. All seems wellIcornish wrote:
Now to learn how to set up all the Filtering options... Any "getting Started" guides on this?
Can you share what IPv6 settings you used. Cant seem to enable ipv6 with my sky connection.
Don't worry, managed to work it out
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