Sky router not working

[Mirna]

A couple of users reported that they cannot get Sky router to work for BridgePals. Also, the following thread on internet shows other users have been unable to get devices on a local network talking to each other via this router:

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Setting-Up-A-LAN-How-To-Do-It-Sky-Router/td-p/2391795

[JohnB]

Our experience with routers is that those provided by ISPs - e.g. BT are not really suitable for a Tablets session. They are set up to work optimally with a small number of devices whereas even very cheap off the shelf routers work perfectly well with large numbers of devices.

[johng]

Just wanted to say that while it may be true of some ISPs, it's not always the case. A couple of clubs, Otford and St Julians, are using a TalkTalk Super Router HG533 (see the thread at http://mirgo2.co.uk/bridgepal_forum/index.php?topic=36.0 ).
St Julians have used this for club sessions with at least 18 tables.

[Dglaz]

Our WIn7 laptop was working perfectly with a sky SR101 router unconnected to the internet but the laptop has just packed up. I tried using my home laptop running Win 10 but found that the SR101 kept sending a notification that its diagnostics had detected that the (non-existent) internet connection had failed. This seems to be a result of moving to Win10. The popup notification  interrupted the polling of the tablets until the notification was closed down.

So I am about to try our old Talktalk router instead.

[Dglaz]

Just to upate: reverting to the TalkTalk router resolved the problem - the setup now works with Win10