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Old 10-12-2012, 16:13   #81
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Re: Just had sky fibre installed

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Originally Posted by Qtx View Post
Interested to know if they are pre-programmed. My Sky router has turned up and wondering if I should plug it in and do some packet sniffing.
If you have the time and the inclination then finding out your sky username/password is a handy thing to know whether or not you intend to make use of it at this point in time.

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Hoping the official router is good enough for my needs but have another router with ddwrt as a backup.
The only way to find out is to try it.

Bare in mind it only sports 10/100 ports (one of which you lose on fibre) and is only an N150 device. On the plus side, out of the box, the device is generally stable and wireless was rock solid for me.

After trying it for a week my conclusion is that as a connection sharing device it is adequate but for networking it is leaves a lot to be desired. The addition of a gigabit switch or two would help out no end in this department as would substituting a more capable device.
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