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SnowDrifts · 24-01-2013 7:51pm

Not sure if this will work on an Irish hub - worth a try

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

BArra · 24-01-2013 8:02pm

hooked up my sky hub there, i have upto 24MB

connected at:

19526kpbs
765kpbs

this is a faster connection speed from eircom where i would connect at around 17200kpbs

Hogzy · 24-01-2013 8:06pm

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Not sure if this will work on an Irish hub - worth a try

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

Currently in the process of trying it. Ill let people know how I get on.

keno-daytrader · 24-01-2013 8:16pm

Hogzy wrote: »

Currently in the process of trying it. Ill let people know how I get on.

Thanks a mil.

spider_pig · 24-01-2013 8:37pm

Can anyone tell me which number there ringing to get broadband. Ive just had a sales guy at the door trying to sell me sky but iv already signed up online last week. Ive rang a number on the leaflet asking about broadband and they said its not launching in Ireland yet to register my interest online

Kristopherus · 24-01-2013 8:41pm

spider_pig wrote: »

Can anyone tell me which number there ringing to get broadband. Ive just had a sales guy at the door trying to sell me sky but iv already signed up online last week. Ive rang a number on the leaflet asking about broadband and they said its not launching in Ireland yet to register my interest online

The initial offer is finished since last Friday .Read back over the last 3/4 pages of this thread & you'll get the info.

Hogzy · 24-01-2013 8:42pm

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Not sure if this will work on an Irish hub - worth a try

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

keno-daytrader wrote: »

Thanks a mil.

OK, I followed the instructions and used the Wireshark program. Found my username which is (MACNumber at the back of your router)@skydsl

Also found my password (at least I think it was my password). It was 8 characters long but contained no letters. The guide states that the password should be NLNNNNLN (N=Number, L=Letter). Anyway I tried putting in the 8 digit code with the username into my Netgear DGN2000, put in the Sky IP and Sky DNS. Unfortunatly it didnt work.

If anyone else has any suggestions lets here them

spider_pig · 24-01-2013 8:44pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

The initial offer is finished since last Friday .Read back over the last 3/4 pages of this thread & you'll get the info.

rang the number its exactly as you said its only being rolled out as a trial basis they said

aramush · 24-01-2013 8:49pm

Sky Hub received this morning, expected to be connected next week. Hoping for an improved speed on Eircom but thats doubtful, the savings alone makes it worth it regardless.

SnowDrifts · 24-01-2013 8:55pm

Hogzy wrote: »

OK, I followed the instructions and used the Wireshark program. Found my username which is (MACNumber at the back of your router)@skydsl

Also found my password (at least I think it was my password). It was 8 characters long but contained no letters. The guide states that the password should be NLNNNNLN (N=Number, L=Letter). Anyway I tried putting in the 8 digit code with the username into my Netgear DGN2000, put in the Sky IP and Sky DNS. Unfortunatly it didnt work.

If anyone else has any suggestions lets here them

Maybe this might help?

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-broadband-fibre-help/51449-extracted-password-sr101-advice-extra-characters-information.html#post401853

2smiggy · 24-01-2013 9:01pm

any one having any trouble connecting an iphone to the sky hub ? my laptop just connected grand after it asked for my pin. neither the password or the pin is connecting for my iphone , booooooo

PinkFly · 24-01-2013 9:03pm

BArra wrote: »

hooked up my sky hub there, i have upto 24MB

connected at:

19526kpbs
765kpbs

this is a faster connection speed from eircom where i would connect at around 17200kpbs

When was your activation date?

keith_d99 · 24-01-2013 9:08pm

2smiggy wrote: »

any one having any trouble connecting an iphone to the sky hub ? my laptop just connected grand after it asked for my pin. neither the password or the pin is connecting for my iphone , booooooo

Are you putting all caps as the password?

keith_d99 · 24-01-2013 9:09pm

Went from under 3mb to just under 6mb which might not seem much to some - but means HD Netflix now and much speedier general browsing

Oh and unlimited is comforting - no checking vodafone site at the end of each month to see if I'm hitting that 40gb limit again

For those of us on rural exchanges, Sky's entry into the DSL market has been a big boost!

(Now don't hammer us price wise after the 12 months !:)

2smiggy · 24-01-2013 9:12pm

keith_d99 wrote: »

Are you putting all caps as the password?

ya , i went to the router settings and changed the password , tried that but no luck as well. i'm looking through old problem pages to see if i can find any solutions, but if anyone in the mean time knows whats up , it would be appreciated :pac:

keith_d99 · 24-01-2013 9:17pm

2smiggy wrote: »

ya , i went to the router settings and changed the password , tried that but no luck as well. i'm looking through old problem pages to see if i can find any solutions, but if anyone in the mean time knows whats up , it would be appreciated :pac:

Turn wifi on and off - or restart iPhone - although you've probably tried that by now also.
Any unusual characters in the name or password?

2smiggy · 24-01-2013 9:23pm

keith_d99 wrote: »

Turn wifi on and off - or restart iPhone - although you've probably tried that by now also.
Any unusual characters in the name or password?

have tried that , no luck. the password is just normal letters and numbers

naughto · 24-01-2013 9:25pm

2smiggy wrote: »

ya , i went to the router settings and changed the password , tried that but no luck as well. i'm looking through old problem pages to see if i can find any solutions, but if anyone in the mean time knows whats up , it would be appreciated :pac:

are u using the password that u changed??

2smiggy · 24-01-2013 9:41pm

naughto wrote: »

are u using the password that u changed??

ya

i just turned off the security on the router, iphone connected. i don't what to leave it like this obviously.

the router came with both a password and a pin number. my laptop asked for the pin when connecting, not the password ?!

naughto · 24-01-2013 9:43pm

2smiggy wrote: »

ya

i just turned off the security on the router, iphone connected. i don't what to leave it like this obviously.

the router came with both a password and a pin number. my laptop asked for the pin when connecting, not the password ?!

mine asked for the password and not the pin iam using win 7

2smiggy · 24-01-2013 9:48pm

naughto wrote: »

mine asked for the password and not the pin iam using win 7

i'm on vista , was using the default WPA2 security of the router. i have an apple tv which i will try in a bit to see if it will work over wireless, with the security enabled

SnowDrifts · 24-01-2013 9:50pm

2smiggy wrote: »

ya

i just turned off the security on the router, iphone connected. i don't what to leave it like this obviously.

the router came with both a password and a pin number. my laptop asked for the pin when connecting, not the password ?!

I had one laptop (vista) ask for the pin and another(xp) ask for password. Put the password into the iphone and it worked.

uck51js9zml2yt · 24-01-2013 9:58pm

Had a call from sky after the screw up with switching me over without having my hub.
he admitted that they've had a few cases this time around. The january calls were an afterthought for them. Glad they had that thought:D

Anyway after admitting that a credit of 3 days wasnt much he's gone off to see what he can do for the inconvenience of not being able to access my study notes on the eve of exams.
I'll know next week.

Speed has fluctuated between 1.5 and 12 in the last 2 days.

BArra · 24-01-2013 10:02pm

PinkFly wrote: »

When was your activation date?

it was meant to be tuesday 29th jan but i got an email this morning from sky to say my broadband has been activated. still awaiting the phone to switch over though

when i came home from work i reset my eircom adsl modem and it would not connect anymore, so setup and sky hub and back online with better speeds

this sky hub is a nice bit of kit, excellent wifi coverage and easy to use interface

Ascii · 24-01-2013 10:35pm

Nonoperational wrote: »

You can really just check this yourself. If your on a LLU exchange it's €10 for broadband, if your not it's €20. It's pretty black and white.

How do you go about checking this yourself ??

Dcully · 24-01-2013 10:49pm

So it seems sky are offering better speeds than eircom.
I understand everything will still operate from our current exchanges ,I'm just confused as people are saying sky will be on BT's old network.
Does this mean BT's old gear is housed in the same exchange as eircom?

naughto · 24-01-2013 11:34pm

Dcully wrote: »

So it seems sky are offering better speeds than eircom.
I understand everything will still operate from our current exchanges ,I'm just confused as people are saying sky will be on BT's old network.
Does this mean BT's old gear is housed in the same exchange as eircom?

would it be that there is few people(as in the people on the trial) that are on there exchange so where would be less congestion

BArra · 25-01-2013 1:29am

No its not that, modem is syncing at higher speed, if there was congestion you would still connect at higher speed but you would be downloading slower

Vico1612 · 25-01-2013 9:09am

I've been up and running for 24h.
Current sync @ DownStream Connection Speed 5115 - UpStream Connection Speed 508
Was getting 8128 / 8xx with Voda.

Any ideas when they start monitoring the line to increase speeds ?
Thanks

uck51js9zml2yt · 25-01-2013 10:21am

Vico1612 wrote: »

I've been up and running for 24h.
Current sync @ DownStream Connection Speed 5115 - UpStream Connection Speed 508
Was getting 8128 / 8xx with Voda.

Any ideas when they start monitoring the line to increase speeds ?
Thanks

I'm up since Wednesday. Was told to call over the weekend if no improvement.

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