Sky Hub questions

wrt40

Hi there,

Thinking of switching to Sky broadband and I know they force you to use their Sky hub. I use some non standard\advanced features and was hoping if someone can answer a few questions for me before I take the plunge:

1. Does the hub have VPN pass through.
2. Can you open ports on it?
3. Does it have gigabit ports?
4. Does it have dual wifi 2.4Hz + 5Hz ?
5. Is it any good? Say compared to the Netgear WNDR3700?

Or if anyone has a link to a details tech spec it would be appreciated.

On the broadband service itself, do they block anything (other than TPB, KAT etc)? Do they block football streaming or movie streaming websites (as I'd imagine they'd have an extra incentive to do so)?

Thanks.

angelfire9

I know nothing about the technical stuff but have had no problem streaming anything including sports
Hope that helps

Nonoperational

You can use your own modem/router if you want. Easy enough to get the sky logins for DSL. Google is your friend.

wrt40

Nonoperational wrote: »

You can use your own modem/router if you want. Easy enough to get the sky logins for DSL. Google is your friend.

That is plan B It may not be necessary if the Hub is up to standard.

Chris The Hacker

Follow this link to get the username and password from the Sky hub.

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/extracting-sky-router-passwords/51163-how-get-username-password-sky-hub-sr101.html

You then put the username and password into your new router's configuration page. I did it 10 months ago and was using my Eircom router with Sky.

Ask your questions on there too, they'd know more about the hub than anyone.

Nonoperational

Off the top of my head, it's not gigabit and it's 2.4Ghz only.

wrt40

I'd be a little concerned about using my own router. If they clamp down on it (which they can easily do as it's a breach of contract) then I'm left with a crappy router that doesn't meet my needs. 10/100 ports and 2.4GHz wireless is already a no for me. Very unlikely to have VPN pass through if they don't even have what would be considered standard ports and wifi by todays standards.

Ah well.

Chris The Hacker

wrt40 wrote: »

I'd be a little concerned about using my own router. If they clamp down on it (which they can easily do as it's a breach of contract) then I'm left with a crappy router that doesn't meet my needs. 10/100 ports and 2.4GHz wireless is already a no for me. Very unlikely to have VPN pass through if they don't even have what would be considered standard ports and wifi by todays standards.

Ah well.

If you choose to use your own router, then they'll refuse to help you if your broadband is experiencing problems - that's all they do if you breach the contract. I'm not sure what you mean by "clamp down", they can't punish you or anything and you can just plug your hub back in again straight away.

I can plug my hub in now and it would work straight away.

If your broadband is fine for a month or so, then just use your own router.

wrt40

Yeah you're right. Unlikely that I'll need them and on the rare occasion just plug the hub back in. right, think I'm in business so.

Thanks.

Commander Shepard

It does have 2.4 and 5

Nonoperational

Commander Shepard wrote: »

It does have 2.4 and 5

I don't think so...