I am just beginning my setup of a free Cardsharing server for my friends & family. I have a few questions that i would appreciate some help with because I cannot clear up these if's & but's after 2 days of going through every card sharing forum on the net I have to just face it…. I’m Stuck
My setup now:
TBS 6984 PCI-E DVB-S2 Quad Tuner TV Card
DVB Software with Hadu & Acamd, working like a dream using test c-lines
My planned Setup:
Dedicated Linux PC Server
TBS 6984 PCI-E DVB-S2 Quad Tuner TV Card
USB Smargo Smartcard Reader Plus
Full Paid Subscription to a certain provider
Questions (Sorry if they seem too basic, but I am very confused from reading from 20-30 different sources over the last week)
1.. For starters, can i set up a card sharing server without a Dreambox? I have seen a few guides but they almost all mention the use of a Dreambox at some stage. I know my family will need a Dreambox or similar c-line capable box to share with my card, but do I need a Dreambox to set it up?
2.. Could someone please point me in the right direction for hiding my IP Address of my local Server.
3.. Do I need to purchase a Full Subscription to set up card sharing for the full service or can I do anything with the card? I have a basic white card at the moment, can I do anything to unlock channels through that or do I need the host card to have all the channels subscribed to? I have read about updating entitlements etc, (Is this just like activating the card or is it a bit darker)?
4.. If I get my family to spend money on these cccam box’s will I get at least a few years out of them or are the big providers clamping down? I don’t expect it to last for ever but from what I can see the only solution would be for the big providers to replace all the box’s out there at the moment and surely that’s a no go.
Thanks in advance to anybody who can shed a bit of light on this for me.