Posts by Banny

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated and yes helps me a lot, is there any point in being able to write your own cards any more?

its ok i resurected it, but i was more curious as to the cause, either just an error or a human induced error, with a view to trying to reduce the chance of it happening again

A friend of mine, had a dm500 I Setup for him and he called me to say he unplugged it and all of a sudden it doesn't come on no more, when i went to reflash it said no jffs2, what are the chances that the box was messed with or that this happend under normal circumstances?

I mean its his box and all so he can do as he wishes really, but id rather he said he was messing with it and it went wrong, then i can perhaps show him the error of his ways, and well i don't like being lied too :)

I just want to know so i can point him in the right direction and if he wasn't then ill say no more on the subj

can anyone clarify any of the above questions

well i added the info manually, but how do i get it to use that info?

The filename is correct other than adding CCam.cfg details to the box, is there anything else that is needed so that it will start to use this ccam to clear scrambled channels?

I had a 'blonde' moment, the files I wanted were attached to the tutorial, but i followed them to the letter saved the file, but when I attempted to update the openbox it said invalid file

Ok somehow my openbox was having a moment with the usb drive installed it wouldnt clear channels, sorted that out, but now hd channels aren't clearing, which is probably to do with the boquet used or the fact im using the scart.

Im in the process of creating my own but I can't find firmware1.abs and firmware2.abs as specfied in the tutorial here -

http://linuxsat-support.com/openbox-tutorials/11754-how-convert-enigma-2-channel-lists-openbox.html

Does anyone know where I can get these files?

EDIT: Sorted ccam auto starting

im using the m3 version and it did find ccam.cfg on usb drive

ok its just dawned on me i may need to install this, which version do i install and where do i get it from?

How do you tell the openbox m3 to use ccam rather than the CI?

Ok thanks for letting me know anyway, appreciated all the same

I posted a tutorial in the e2 section -

http://linuxsat-support.com/enigma2-tutorials/14664-how-configure-ssh-key-authentication.html#post54762

Is it possbile to do this on an openbox?

just would make life easier if I could ssh to the box and update the bouquet and such :)

Credit for this goes to Packetstormer, and I wasnt sure in which section to post it, but it was written in the context for a dreambox so thats where I posted it

I wrote this for another site a couple of years back but it still works and might be useful for anyone concerned with opening SSH from your Satbox to the internet. With this setup you can safely connect to your receiver across the internet and tunnel TCP ports onto your LAN (this might include remote desktop connections, HTTP (to your WEBINF or Media Server), telnet, streaming protocols and of course any sharing ports for OSCAM/CCCam etc).

I do have DDNS account but for backup I use a small script to email/FTP me my external IP address daily so I can always connect from where ever I am.

Telnet to the Dreambox and login as the root user.
If you have not already done so type: passwd and enter a new root password
type cd /home/root
type mkdir .ssh
Next, leave the Telnet session open and jump to you browser and download PuttyGen (httx://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html).
Run PuttyGen, enter a passphrase* and click the Generate button. Move the mouse around the screen to randomly generate your key
NOTE: You don't have to use PuttyGen to generate your key, you can use other usual methods such as the CLI on the DM and run dropbearconvert. PuttyGen is by far the easiest
Once PuttyGen has finished generating the key click the "Save Private Key" button and save the ppk file to a safe location - you will need this later to connect via SSH
Jump back to telnet session you have open and type cat > /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
When you press enter the screen will jump to the next line and wait for text to be inputted
From the PuttyGen app select all of the private key and then copy
Right click inside the telnet session to paste the contents of the key
Press Return the CTRL+D to exit from the command
Type cat /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys and check the output to make sure the key pasted correctly.
You can now test the connection - try Putty from Windows making sure you select the SSH->Auth option and pointing the app to the private key you saved away earlier
At this stage you should get connected and prompted for the passphrase you setup earlier.
If the connection works correctly you may now want to disable SSH from accepting any connects that don't use key authentication. This will not effect your telnet connection
From you Windows/Linux box ftp to the Dreambox
cd /etc/init.d
bin (this isn't needed if you are connecting from Linux)
hash
get dropbear
Exit the ftp session
Copy the dropbear file to another file as a backup then open the dropbear file in an editor, I used WinVi
Find the line "DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS=" and make it look like the next line
DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS="-s -g"
Save the file and ftp it back to the Dreambox to the same location
Telnet into the Dreambox and issue this command: /etc/init.d/dropbear restart
You should now configure your ISP router to only allow SSH to your Dreambox, disabling Telnet, HTTP etc.
You can now securly SSH into the Dreambox and tunnel any traffic you might need through the connection.
None of the above changes will change any Telnet session and you should still be able to Telnet from within your LAN

NOTE: If you are using Linux (as I do) you will need to convert the Dropbear private key for OpenSSH use.

* You don't (and may not want) to give the private key a passphrase. While passphrases add an extra layer of security they can get in the way of automated tasks and some ssh-agents don't like them very much!

Will take £10 + £5 p+p for cable one.

I know its possible to use a satellite dish to send data via wi/mi fi, is the same possible with a teresterial Ariel or even send data along a different frequency using an Ariel.

In theory, I am sure its possible, as long as the receiving party are aware of how you are sending the data, which is where a protocol would come in. Its just if the programs/drivers are available, could program my own i suppose but that's a project for a way off rainy day to much to do at the moment lol

you could always use a usb hdd with its own power to be on the safe side, that is if you opt for the openbox.

Only thing with dmboxes is the steep learning curve you must endure :)

I've never set-up a raid configuration of hard drives before, although I did study the advantages and overheads etc of the different raid configurations in computer science, but in the examples we did, the hard discs were the same size. Was this just for ease of explinaiton or is this a requirement of a raided hard drive configuration?

Also, in terms of card readers, whats the advantages/disadvantages of the smargo/omnikey? as in which should i buy and why.

If you can't stretch the budget even that far, I don't think a clone dm800hd would cost much more than an openbox, (am I ok to say that?) ive got an openbox for a friend and im glad ive got my dreambox :)

Im hopefully going to order a vu+ box this week

You set it, with an addon sec, ill see if i can find it.

Its either in the system settings or where you specify for the swap file using an addon, I cant remember exactly, but ill see if i can find it,