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BigDan3311
Tutor
Jan 11, 2020

Does the Nighthawk XR500 work fine with SKY?

Hello, I’ve ordered the Nighthawk XR500, does anyone else on the forum have this router with sky Fibre max? Does it work ok with sky? I’m not very good at networking and read that sky won’t allow o...
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner
Jan 11, 2020
Yes you can use it with Sky, you're right in that they're not keen on third party routers. If you have any trouble with setting it up with Sky then we can help you with that, let us know here if that is the case.
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    BigDan3311
    Tutor
    Jan 11, 2020
    Hi Fraser,

    Thanks for your reply, no doubt you’ll be hearing from me again. I was hoping to just plug all the correct wires in place and it work. Probably won’t be as easy as that.
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      BigDan3311
      Tutor
      Jan 12, 2020
      Hello again,

      So I’ve got the XR500 all linked up and seems to be working. My Nat Type has changed to moderate now though in game. Is there anything I can do to get this back to open?