Sky D-Link router... unlocking possible?
Hey gang!
Someone on freecycle recently gave me a working sky d-link router that was surplus to their requirements.
Now i've got into it with the default username and password and got into the admin pages so thats all cool. I've turned off the wifi (you know me.. don't like RF EM radiation around 7up jnr) and as an added bonus, i think the ethernet ports are gigbit
Anyhow, while i'm not overly worried about using it as a router (gigbit switch is good enough) I noticed that sky have locked it so that you can't change the connection details which in fairness to them, why shouldn't they.. BUT if its surplus to requirements, why shouldn't someone else be able to make use of it!
The device doesn't even have a model on it anywhere to make it a bit more complicated.. so it's all a bit vague now but i'm wondering if there is a way to unlock it?
7up
Someone on freecycle recently gave me a working sky d-link router that was surplus to their requirements.
Now i've got into it with the default username and password and got into the admin pages so thats all cool. I've turned off the wifi (you know me.. don't like RF EM radiation around 7up jnr) and as an added bonus, i think the ethernet ports are gigbit
Anyhow, while i'm not overly worried about using it as a router (gigbit switch is good enough) I noticed that sky have locked it so that you can't change the connection details which in fairness to them, why shouldn't they.. BUT if its surplus to requirements, why shouldn't someone else be able to make use of it!
The device doesn't even have a model on it anywhere to make it a bit more complicated.. so it's all a bit vague now but i'm wondering if there is a way to unlock it?
7up
Bin? Why would I want to do that?
I just told you it's got a gigbit ethernet switch (and even if it's not gigabit.. it's still an extra switch which i was in need of).
Bin it?... just because it won't route? Are you mad?!
I just told you it's got a gigbit ethernet switch (and even if it's not gigabit.. it's still an extra switch which i was in need of).
Bin it?... just because it won't route? Are you mad?!
What model is it? If it's a relatively standard hardware model, you could probably just reflash it with stock firmware, or if that's not possible, there's other router firmwares that can replace the originals (such as DD-WRT), assuming it's not been lobotomised by sky as they tend to do with all their hardware... 
Well turns out it's not a gigabit switch.. somebody who wrote the firmware appears to have added an extra line where it says eth3 is up at 1000Mbps... while all the others state 100Mbos lol. Anyway it still works well as a switch and has given me some extra ethernet sockets which were badly needed! I now have TWO spare sockets
Quote from: twocvbloke What model is it?
Quote from: 7up The device doesn't even have a model on it anywhere
Well, looking about, the model that pops up the most is DSL-2640s, and as there is a DSL-2640r, you could probably flash the firmware from that onto the sky router, assuming sky haven't completely locked out the ability to reflash with stock D-Link firmware or custom open-source firmwares...
Being a sky product, I wouldn't hold out much hope of making it useful away from their services, just like their satellite receivers, the hardware's capable of so much more, but lobotomised so you can't believe in better and aim your dish elsewhere...
Being a sky product, I wouldn't hold out much hope of making it useful away from their services, just like their satellite receivers, the hardware's capable of so much more, but lobotomised so you can't believe in better and aim your dish elsewhere...