Btw, PurE2 v. 6.2 - for now it seems a safer bet than v. 6.3...
Posts by gorski
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Writing mostly from memory, since I am on hols and I only have my laptop with me...
PurE2: check your STB's IP address via pManager > Network... - it should be the normal IP address exactly the same as your PC's IP address, given to you by your IP provider (note it down for reference).
From PurE2 > System > Setup > Network > you need to download OpenVPN plugin.
Then, prepare your SurfShark files as described above, from ovpn file given to you by SurfShark...
Here is the end result, my client.conf (minus the bits that one is not to show publicly) - please make sure you do it exactly as described above by opening an ovpn file using Notepad++, then editing it as below (with your full bits, obviously, not the way I am demonstrating it below, since I have changed some bits with XXXX):
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Display Moreclient dev tun proto udp remote XXXXX.XXXX.surfshark.com XXXX resolv-retry infinite remote-random nobind tun-mtu 1500 tun-mtu-extra 32 mssfix 1450 persist-key persist-tun ping 15 ping-restart 0 ping-timer-rem reneg-sec 0 remote-cert-tls server auth-user-pass password.conf #comp-lzo verb 3 pull fast-io cipher AES-256-CBC auth SHA512 (...it continues here with various long keys...)And here is my password.conf containing my edited username and password - they are given to you when you create an account with Sufshark:
CodeXXxXXXxxxxxXxXXXXxxxxXXX xXXXXxxXXXXXxxxxXXXXXxxxI have my email and password, which I have chosen and I use it to log into Surfshark VPN PC SW and Surfshark website but they are obviously different, for instance:
gorski@someemail.com
frmeGThus89&*%{%$£}
Once edited go to Notepad++ > File > Save As... > Save as type (drop down menu) > All types > client.conf (and password.conf) > Save.
Start FileZilla Client on your PC > connect it to your STB > choose etc folder > right click on it > Create directory > write "openvpn" (without the "" signs) > OK. Now, right click on it > Attributes to > 755. Close FZC (confirm to close if needed). (From experience I would advise you to close it to make sure you will see the changes you made.) Start FZC, connect to your STB and find the new folder, open it/get inside it.Now, send the 2 files just created on your PC ==> into openvpn folder in your STB. Give them attributes to 644 and confirm if needed.
Reboot your STB.
Once up, go to System > Setup > Network > OpenVPN plugin and start the plugin, plus make it autoconnect/autostart on E2 reboot, if you wish it so... Hit the Exit button a few times...
You must be patient at this point. If you have done it all correctly eventually you will be connected to OpenVPN SurfShark. First sign to watch out for is loss of a TV channel image, if you were on CS. Usually, this happens when you lose the connection that is typical, before you have gained a VPN connection. Once it is up again - it should be "it"... You should see colours on your TV again... via your VPN, not your ISP's network!
If it doesn't work, you may need to reboot your STB with the VPN plugin running/on autostart...Now, check your STB's IP address via pManager > Network... again...
Once you connect to VPN Surfshark your IP address will change to 2 types:
VPN's internal network which looks like 10.x...
usual IP address of the VPN server (for London it starts with 5.xxx...) - usually quite different from one's normal IP address given to one by one's ISP (which you have noted above for reference - use it to check it now).
It's safe to CS or stream now... ;) And it is possible to watch YIFY-FNC, for instance. Don't forget to tip the coder, then send him a PM with your name/donation details, so you get your KUD number for higher resolutions... :)
When I get back home and I get a chance, I shall check all this and edit this little "How to" but overall this should be enough...
Good luck! :)
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Once again: v. 6.2 should be used for stability!
3rd stage bootloaders or 'Recovery' for Maxytec Multibox, Mutant 60 and AX 60 updated. Unzip the latest file from 'Recovery' directory to an USB FAT32 stick and flash the box.
Feeds updated for dm800se/dm500hd (olm, filme, serien, iwaatch....) -
"Created a new file added my username and password from the bottom of the config files page saved as password.conf"
Not the ones which are in config files but the ones you saw on the screen of your PC when you registered with Surfshark, not the username/pass you created but the ones you were given by them.
It can be retrieved from Surfshark's website, when you log into your account... dig... ;)
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For instance, in Notepad++, once finished editing a file one goes to Save as, one uses a drop-down menu, to choose Any/all file (writing from memory, from a swimming pool side...), not to get the .txt extension. Then, 'save as' the relevant .conf file...
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Can you post your files here but without yout private details?
What is their extension? Did you edit and save them correctly?
Using the special username/password given by your VPN?
One must be a bit patient 'till it starts...
If your box is weak (SoC/RAM), that might be the issue.
We must examine all the parts of the setup...
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Try PurE2, m8. And good luck!
On hols now, can't do more...
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6.2 should be a safer bet...
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Try PurE2, m8...
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Not at home, sorry...
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Did I mention that the built-in Swap Manager works but only until one reboots.
In PurE2 Plugins > System plugins one finds a Swap Manager 2, which is of a permanent type... ;) Just in case you need one, as explained above...
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Yes, a little search here will do the trick.
Sorry, not at home... Hols...
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Iwaatch-fnc updated PurE2 plugins
Airdigital/Zgemma H9 Combo drivers updated.
Dinobot drivers updated.
Estuary skin updated.
Certain feeds updated -
Feeds, updated.
Updated filme-fnc und serien-fnc available from Plugins
In 6.2 feeds soon. -
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That to me sounds very strange but OK...
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Btw, it is good to reinstall everything, from time to time, as mistakes accumulate...
And I don't testore settings, if I can help it...
Just manually make a backup of tux oscam config folder etc. (like KUD file, VPN file etc.)
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OK, our coders say - in such cases - to go back to PurE2 v. 6.2 and Kodi etc. should work fine.
V. 6.3 will be downgraded to 'experimental' again... for various reasons...
My advice: do not restore settings. Do it all manually, one by one...
