Re: Sky Broadband + Linux

Whiskers wrote:
On 2007-04-18, Lurch <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:01:23 +0100, Gordon
<gbplinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mused:

Lurch wrote:


Not so. It's in the Sky T's & C's that you use their supplied router.
And how do they know you are NOT using their router?
Not found that bit out yet, but by all accounts they send them out
configured for remote access so they can log in and apply updates.
Whether this shows up as a failed attempt at their end if you use a
different router I don't know.

They probably use the MAC number of the NIC on the internet side of the router.


That, in itself, doesn't prevent other modem/routers being used. I used both a safecom and zyxel with the correct username and password to check and to get line characteristics readings from all three (having noted details before changeover). As expected, the Zyxel and Netgear are almost the same (0.1dB different) and both are 6dB better on S/N than the safecom :-)

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