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Forums › Spark New Zealand (including Skinny and BigPipe) › Using Spark Smart Modem 5G for Skinny Fibre
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#319092 21-Mar-2025 12:04
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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!

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cbrpilot
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  #3355991 21-Mar-2025 12:45
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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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