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Sky UK / DHCP Option 61 (Client ID) Workaround
Recently moved ISP in UK from BT to Sky. Wasn't pleased to discover that Sky authenticate differently than any other UK ISP and that Orbi (or most other equipment) doesn't support the required protoc...
Actually many third party routers do support Sky ADSL/VDSL lines these days, as they have DHCP 60/61 hard coded into the settings as long as you select 'SKY MER' as the ISP. Any latest combined modem/router from TP Link, Netgear, Billion or Asus will support Sky lines. If using something like Orbi then you simply put the third party modem/router into 'bridge' mode. No need to faff around with DMZ mode.