Using TP link TD-W9980 on Sky fibre ?

Matrix · 6 Oct 2018 at 19:30

Evening

I'm toying with moving internet back to sky at the moment ( as they've offered it us at £27 and we're upgrading to Sky Q ) I'm with BT but seem to be paying a lot for fibre 2 ( up to 80meg ) . I'm using my own router TD-W9980 which is good for wifi and everything we need can i use my router with Sky fibre max too ?

As i hear there own one isn't any good and it only has to Ethernet ports.

Thank you.

Matrix · 6 Oct 2018 at 19:40

MissChief said:
Does the W9980 support MER authentication?

That is something I'm unsure of I'm afraid have read it does on some pages others say no ?

Matrix · 6 Oct 2018 at 19:52

MissChief said:
Some research required then as if it doesn’t then you won’t be able to use it. Do keep the Sky hub though as it will be needed fir testing in the event of any faults.

Found a couple of people saying firmware downgraded can do it .

May ring BT tell them what price I can get and see what they can do . To be fair other than price never had a issue with the internet

Matrix · 9 Oct 2018 at 15:24

Avalon said:
You could flash an old beta firmware to it which includes Sky MER support, realistically it's an old low spec router that's EoL and easily outclassed for general use by the SkyQ Hub unless you have a specific need, in which case you would probably be better off with something else anyway.

To be fair years ago i was with sky and there router was shocking couldn't get decent Wifi and moved to bt there hub wasn't good either so i bough that had it years now to be fair but it does do it's job.

What could the new routers offer me then now ?

Also rang Bt up and they've matched sky internet and phone line for £27 a month so i'll happily stay with BT now .

Matrix · 10 Oct 2018 at 08:24

Avalon said:
What they could do is relative - what do you specifically need to do that the standard SkyQ or BT Hub can't? If it's better wifi then the UnifiAP's are where I spent my money, if it's a router with advanced networking/routing options and hardware acceleration for encrypted VPN work then i'd suggest other options, but without knowing exactly what you want suggesting anything would likely be pointless.

To be fair wifi was the issue till i bough this router then added a tp link extender in another room and it's pretty good now was even tempted to add a power line so i could Ethernet my nivida shield. The Bt hub was shocking on wifi when we had that hence the swap to this one i use now and reading about seems i'm not the only one that had issue with this to be honest . Was just wondering what the new routers do that i'm missing out on but doesn't seem a lot to be fair.

Thanks.