Getting a TP-Link router to work with NowTV Broadband
Posted on | December 16, 2021 | No Comments
Getting a TP-Link router working with my NowTV broadband service wasn’t too difficult. There wasn’t too much information on how to do it so here is a quick guide.
I found the router that shipped with my NowTV service to be poor. Not a great Wi-Fi signal, it didn’t play nicely with my VOIP service (unable to disable SIP ALG) amongst other problems.
I purchased a TP-Link AC1200 VDSL/ADSL Modem Router to replace the provided one, you will need a router that has option 61.
To setup the Internet connection settings on the TP-Link router choose
ISP List: Sky(MER)_VDSL
VLAN ID: Enable
VLAN ID: 101
Internet Connection Type: Dynamic IP
username: 00:00:00:00:00:00@skydsl (USE YOUR OWN MAC ADDRESS FROM YOUR ORIGINAL ROUTERS INFORMATION PAGE, NOT THE MAC ON THE BASE).
password: abcd1234
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In the advanced, network, Internet menu select “Use Custom MAC Address” and use the mac address from your original routers information page.
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And thats it, nice and simple, just need to make sure the MAC address is correct, the password you use does not matter.
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