How to use your own router with O2 Broadband

[Saturday]

I've updated the first post to include the settings for O2 Home Access.

[Ratchet]

I tried a Netgear DG834v2 flashed to the latest f/w but it wasn't as good as the O2 box - 8824/914 v 9192/1192.

[Ratchet]

Has anyone tried a re-flashed Sky Netgear router ?

Sky haven't asked for their's back, does anyone know if it's yours to keep after you leave them ?

[Saturday]

The Sky router is yours to keep. Legally I don't believe you are allowed to sell it but plenty do. They get very little for them though.

I use my old Sky Netgear DG834GT flashed to the standard Netgear firmware and very good it is too with O2.

[TheWhizzz]

Originally Posted by Saturday

The Sky router is yours to keep. Legally I don't believe you are allowed to sell it but plenty do. They get very little for them though.

I use my old Sky Netgear DG834GT flashed to the standard Netgear firmware and very good it is too with O2.

iv done that too m8 but im on 02 home access bt and i cant get a connection i can see my speed at 7600 but its not connected i have no ip address

i dont wanna keep unplugging the router as im on dlm and speed is falling as it is due to pluging and unpluging router

can u make up a walk through for us old sky router users that have jumped ship with there routers lol

the settings for 02 home access i cant find some of the settings like ds modulation and security type

[Saturday]

That's got me a bit confused.

You've put that you are on O2 Standard in your profile but you now say you're on O2 Access. If you really are on Access then the previous discussions we've had about DLM don't apply to Access. But confusingly, the stats you've previously posted don't look like Access to me.

And if you're on Standard then you're not on DLM any more so I'm also confused about your falling speed comment.

[TheWhizzz]

soz for confusion m8 i was on llu o2 standard but moved to exchange that claimed it didnt have any 02 at all in the exchange and tried to charge me £50 to cancel contract but when i disputed it 02 access sudenly appeared.......

will change me profile

heres me stats.....


Uptime: 0 days, 6:33:24
DSL Type: G.992.1 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 7,616
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 11.5 / 15.5
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 7.0 / 10.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 23.0 / 17.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ALCB
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 2
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0

reason need the other router is the poor wireless signal i get with the 02 router its pants

[Saturday]

Ah - I'm with you

As you know, Access is a very different service from O2's LLU products. With regard to getting a sync with the Netgear but not getting an internet connection, tht's what you'd expect if you weren't being authenticated.

With Access, the router settings are completely different from LLU settings. You'll find the right settings at the bottom of the first post in this thread. Crucially, to get authenticated, you need to enter your ADSL username and password that O2 sent you with your Access welcome pack. If you don't have them then they will tell you them over the phone.

If some of the settings I've given above aren't asked for in the Netgear, don't worry. The important ones are login (username, password), VPI, VCI and PPPoA.

[gaz8080]

Hello,

Is the information in the firs post still correct?

I'm having trouble connectiing my Linksys router.

TIA

Gaz.

[Saturday]

I'm not aware of any changes/errors. If something had changed then I'd guess all those customers using alternative routers would be having connection failures - and they're not.

All I can suggest is that you're making an error somewhere. The only other thought I have is wondering whether you have connected other routers in the past. If so then the O2 system will only "remember" two (or it might be three) and if you try another then it can take up to 30 min or so before O2 will authenticate the new router and give it a connection.