A few updates to the TIPs and ADVICE
Always change your default password (dreambox – for legit dreamboxes and some but not all clones)
This is not always the case, some boxes will respond to any password regardless whether its the correct one or not.
When adding a port to your router for the receiver select TCP+UDP.
UDP is not required for Cccam only open for TCP
Usually the order in which you enter lines (i.e. who is on top) determines the order in which you receive them as regards CCcam.cfg.
Maybe back in Cccam 1.71 but not any longer... if you must have them in order do it by PING times...
Usually anyone drawing about 1,500 ecms or so per hour I would be wary of – usually readings are below this figure..
Why ? Large servers will often have a large Pull on a card...ECm useage tell you only one thing. The ECM useage ! Try a conversation with your peers, works far better than assumptions.
If using a receiver as your server then no more than around 30 peers otherwise you could have performance issues – if want to add more peers then look into a dedicated server such as debian or Ubuntu.
I have run a DM7020 with 200 peers and its been stable.
Ideally you want to be sharing with low pings and low ecm times.
The above server i ran had all peers with pings below 80ms.
Be wary of peers below CCcam 2.1.4 for security reasons.
Explain further ? as all versions maybe open to security breaches if you know what your doing !
Another great bit of advice would be to not have more than 1 local card. Otherwise you may be thought of as a payserver !!!!
Having more than one local does not make you a payserver or faker.
Don't get shares just for the sake of it. You can only watch so much TV !!
Always go for quality rather than quantity
When you see a server with sly uk/it/ger/d+ locals you must stop & think how much are they paying every month
Having had one of the above cards for over a year that was FREE, assume nothing, ask your peer, test their locals. CS is based on trust.
why would a peer with so many local cards want to get into exchanging with other peers?? surely it would be much simpler? not to mention legally correct?? to simply cancel one providor sub to contract another??
If we wanted to be legally correct them most of us would be lining the pockets of News Corp !!
When I had a well known blue card from an english provider on full pack I still accepted shares of the same card, this allowed me to see ALL the available channels
which brings me back to the first question : If you already have more than one card ¿why bother c/s ???
If you can buy a wizard arm for a few pounds / euros why make your own ?? because it’s a hobby and you can.
And now my advice as someone with a few years in this hobby:
1. Make sure your system is secure.
2. Make regular contact with any new peers
3. Keep old peers happy and up to date with any major changes to your server.
4. Check your peers cards from time to time, is the card still active? Have they changed the available channels? Did they get the card turned off by the provider. Have they changed cards.
5. Check payserver lists?, enter your peers host into google did they get hacked? Port scan your peers?
6. Watch out for unknown ip requests to your system.
7. Help the newbies, they maybe tomorrows wizards.
8. If it aint broke…break it you know how much you enjoy fixing it
9. But the most important advice would be TALK to your peers.
10. And finally enjoy it for what it is and as long as it may last.