{"id":18504,"date":"2019-04-29T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=18504"},"modified":"2019-04-30T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T05:57:18","slug":"firmware-update-for-uk-sky-broadband-isp-routers-botches-dns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/04\/firmware-update-for-uk-sky-broadband-isp-routers-botches-dns.html","title":{"rendered":"Firmware Update for UK Sky Broadband ISP Routers Botches DNS UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customers of UK ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>, specifically those with their own third-party Domain Name System (DNS) settings, may wish to revert to the default settings for awhile as a recent firmware update for Sky&#8217;s own router has been released that seems to be disrupting internet connectivity for some users.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Domain Name System<\/strong> (DNS), which for most consumers is automatically controlled by your ISP, works to convert Internet Protocol (IP) addresses into a human readable form (e.g. 123.56.78.9 to examplesiteblah.co.uk) and back again. However, many people still like to use their own custom third-party DNS solution (Google Public DNS, OpenDNS etc.) for better performance and control.<\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s own routers (e.g. SR101, SR102, Sky Q Hub) tend to be locked down and so subscribers can&#8217;t easily change their DNS settings from the default, although some customers have found ways to do this via the router&#8217;s backup config file and it&#8217;s also possible to adjust DNS settings via individual devices (laptop, desktop PC, Apple TV etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately customers who have adopted a custom DNS setting are now finding that this no longer works after the latest firmware update (e.g. partially blocking the use of third-party DNS platforms), which has caused a few sporadic internet connectivity problems and created a lot of frustration. The issue is charted via various topics on their forum (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sky.com\/t5\/Broadband\/Sky-hub-ignoring-devices-DNS-settings\/td-p\/2989332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/helpforum.sky.com\/t5\/Broadband\/Sky-router-ignoring-dns-settings\/td-p\/2994097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here)<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/04\/29\/sky_bricks_broadband_hubs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Sky User SimonW said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s doing it to me with the SKY Q hub. They insist they have changed nothing and its all the other DNS server providers fault (I setup a DNS inside my network and it does it and I know there isnt an issue with that).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve identified whats going on and provided them with all the data to back it up. No doubt they will deny it but it seems they are running transparent DNS Proxies.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Sky User DandyDons said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I now realise it&#8217;s not just me that is having issues with DNS proxy services. It&#8217;s a real pain to find that sky are blocking these though, intentionally or otherwise.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Sky User JonW42 said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I connected my latop to my iPhone&#8217;s hotspot and was able to use a different DNS no problem. The problem is Sky now using a Transparent DNS Proxy to block us from using a different DNS. So that means if Sky&#8217;s DNS ever crashes, you&#8217;re screwed as we won&#8217;t have a DNS. Plus, it is preventing us from using the DNS of our choice. I shall be called Sky sometime this week. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll get anywhere. I do have the number for broadband. So i&#8217;ll give it a go. The more that contact Sky about this the better (I hope).&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of writing this problem appears to have been occurring for the past couple of weeks. However one of Sky&#8217;s Community Managers, Mark-Br, reported on Friday that the ISP had finally &#8220;<em>identified the root cause and are working towards a permanent solution &#8230; In the meantime, if you think you\u2019re impacted by the issue described in this thread, contact Sky<\/em>.&#8221; Sadly no ETA for a fix has been given.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime customers could consider using a <strong>Virtual Private Network<\/strong> (VPN) to work around the problem and more advanced users may be able to completely replace Sky&#8217;s own broadband router by using a third-party one with built-in VDSL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>), although Sky doesn&#8217;t approve of this. However not all routers work with Sky&#8217;s Option 61 (MER) login system (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/06\/2018-update-best-vdsl-routers-for-uk-fttc-fibre-broadband-isps.html\">we identified some that do<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>One downside is if your Sky setup is using the Sky Q mesh (usually alongside their TV kit) then removing the Sky Q Hub from your network chain could disrupt this. We have separately asked Sky to comment and are awaiting their response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 30th April 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Sky told ISPreview.co.uk: &#8220;<em>Our latest firmware update is designed to support new, exciting features coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a> soon. If customers wish to continue using a third party DNS server, they can request a roll-back to the previous firmware which can take up to 7 days however customers will still be able to access the internet using Sky DNS servers throughout this time<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband, specifically those with their own third-party Domain Name System (DNS) settings, may wish to revert to the default settings for awhile as a recent firmware update for Sky&#8217;s own router has been released that seems to be disrupting internet connectivity for some users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-18504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-sky-broadband"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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