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deoapara

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Wannabe Geek

#319092 21-Mar-2025 12:04

Hey guys

I had previously been using wireless internet with a Spark Smart Modem 5G while waiting for fibre install. Now have fibre with skinny.

The provided skinny modem isn't very good and I was wondering if it was possible to use the spark modem for skinny fibre and what set up might be required to do this?

Thanks!

cbrpilot

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#3355991 21-Mar-2025 12:45

Absolutely you can.

If you plug it all in you'll need to change one of the settings to get it working for Skinny.

I don't have a SM5G in front of me, so take these instructions with a grain of salt:

1/ Log into the SM5G interface (http://192.68.1.254). If you've never logged in before I think the username/pwd is admin/admin. It'll prompt you to change this to your own password.

2/ Select Network on the left hand side.

3/ Select WAN at the top.

4/ Hopefully there is only a single WAN connection shown here (pretty sure on this model it will only be one). So there should be only one "Edit" button. Click this.

5/ Under the heading '802.1q' select the Enable radio button to "No". You should not need to change anything else.

6/ Select Save Settings.

And you should be good to go!

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