im new to all this. so please be very basic in replying.
i have just in installed openWRT on my netgear DM200 and i am trying to find where i can put my login details from the Sky router. Previous to installing i had it all working on the original netgear software. as i need Option 60/61 Can someone please help?
Login details belong to the properties of your wan interface.
Option 60 / 61 are unique identifiers and I would try to see if "Host-Uniq tag content" works for you (also under "properties" for you pppoe / wan)
unfortunately the PPPoE doesn't work for me as is a MER connection. the standard firmware i put my SKY ID for this in the option 61 box and it works. just can not find that page on the new open wrt firmware i have installed.
@johnboy menu "Network", "Interfaces", "wan" (this is where the HostID is)
I've done some digging about MER, but I wouldn't know how to set it up, sorry.
Sky no longer validate the clientid, so it is no longer necessary to extract the vdsl username & password from your sky router, just use a random value in clientid
If ADSL, then you can use normal PPPoA instead of mer and the generic username 'install@o2broadband.co.uk' password 'password' should also still work.
You would need to log in to your router in putty and enter "vi /etc/config/network" to open the config file in the vi editor, then find and manually edit the relevant settings. DON'T COPY AND PASTE. If you mess up the wrong setting you'd need to reset openwrt to its defaults.
However, I suggest downloading Bill's pretty comprehensive OpenWrt-LEDE Install guide for the bt hub 5, link below, skip the BT hub related stuff and go to its page 37 where it does cover setting up Sky from the user interface, although unfortunately doesn't cover setting up working ipv6, so you'll have to figure that out later.
Ignore the vendorid setting as it is not required (don't think cloning the mac is either), and clientid can be set to anything as it is not validated by sky anymore.
For me what i did is download wireshark and install.
run wireshark and turn off the sky router and boot back up and you should see the sky Credentials with some searching. Write this password down and save it as you need use it to produce HEX Key found here http://string-functions.com/string-hex.aspx once that is done. copy that and save it.
on my DM200 with open-wrt installed
Log on to the web interface (default ip 192.168.1.1), you may be asked to set a password
Navigate to the "network" tab
Click on the edit button for the wan connection
2.4) Make sure the protocol is set to DHCP Client (click Save and Apply if any changes are made)
Navigate to the "Advanced Options" tab
Add the final key you generated into the Client ID field Thats the HEX Key
Add 6.14.1aN_UNI|PCBAFAST2504Nv1.0 to the Vendor Class field
Click "Save and Apply"
On the WAN Page go to physical setting and add this in the interface drop down box "dsl0.101" save and apply