A NEWBIES GUIDE TO SETTING UP A DM500S FOR CARDSHARING

i dont no much about all this stuff so you will have to bear with me it hasent got its own power supply but i cant watch the films that is on there i just cant record tv ie. kids cartoons to the hard drive its says it needs initialize first but that just fails how do i mount one with a sata cable and a inturnal hard drive

 

hi lankey fintann probably knows all there is to know about hdd but just a thought i assume a pc or box formats a hdd according to its software/image and a starview software is different to a dreambox software so perhaps your dreambox is saying your hdd is formated on a starview but you must reformat it to work on the dreambox as a dreambox is linux ,im no expert its just a thought .as far as i know a reformat will mean you lose all data on the hdd fintann of course can advise you better on that ,perhaps a new hdd is a better option .

 

thanks for the advice guys ive tried to reformat my hdd with the dream box and it says failed and now when i plug the hdd into my pc it doesnt reconise it or find it so i think the dreambox have killed my hdd

 

I used easeus partition master to format to "ext3" its a free d/l should give it a try!
d/l easeus
connect hard drive to pc
open the easeus programme
it should see your hard drive (even if pc can't)
format to ext3 (making sure its the one you want to format)
hope this helps!

 

thanks for that mate my hdd is up and running again havent tried it pluged into the dreambox yet will try later i will let you no how i get on thanks

 

hi guys,
can anyone tell me if it's possible to access dream boxes accross networks, e.g could i flash channel listings to my mates box, i would have his ip and he would be willing to forward any ports on his router if thats what it takes. any info would be great.

 

port 21 needs to be forwarded to the dreambox. then just ill in the ip address into dreamboxedit and use as normal

 

thanks fint, i've had a few pints, so i'll digest that in the morning.

 

so is this right,
i forward port 21 on mates router, then from my network i can access the dm500 in DBedit with x.x.x.x:x.x.x.x ie mates router address:dm500 address
if this is the case is it all right to turn off DHCP on his client box as i know he messes aroun with stuff and would often have his box unpluged

 

in dreamboxedit under the 'options' tab you specify the 'ip address of dreambox' as the external ip address that your friend has (got from whatismyip). all other http/ftp settings by default are correct. The only other issue is then whether the box is a dm500 (enigma1 box) or dm800 (enigma2 box). If it is a dm500 you click on the 'satellite receiver' button at the bottpm of the screen else you click on the 'new enigma2 settings' button and then click 'save'. Then click the ftp button (all fields should be properly filled in), select the 'local directory' where the bouquets are stored and press tab 'send files to dreambox'. Make sure that 'auto-reload settings enigma2' is not ticked if it is a dm500. If it is a dm800 then this box should be ticked. Once the send is complete then press 'reload settings on dreambox' and you're finished

 

fint,
i,ve been unable to connect to any of my clients, i've followed your instructions (dm500)and no joy. First, do i have to port forward the clients router? 2 i'm taking the clients ip from CCcam server, i'm assuming they're right. as i write i'm thinking port 21.....
fint, when you answer me, don't assume i know anything.
thankyou

 

clients ip from cccaminfo is correct. client needs to port forward port 21 on their router to the internal ip address of their dreambox. for exmple if they have a dm500 running pli image, or gemini image you need to go to network settings and get the ip address of their dreambox. it will look like 192.168.x.x. This is the ip address you must forward port 21 on the client router to

 

thanks fint,
i understand now, i won't get to do it till weekend but i've no douth it'll work.
thanks for your help.
again.

 

hi guy need help on port forward and dyndns account i dont know which IP i need to put on both,,, is it same ip address of DM box? or router IP or ?????????????

 

on dyndns you enter a hostname called for example shesen.junior.org. Then on your dreambox you update this hostname using the inadyn plugin. So this updates your ip address to the world. Then when you give out a cline it will read
c: shesen.junior.org port username password no
The port number is the number that clients come in on and can be most any number (say 12345). So on your router you then port forward port 12345 to the internal address of your dreambox which would be something like 192.168.x.x. And thats it. Now your clients can connect to you

 

thanks fintannl

the two box now are connected but is say the client not active??? but it show i client online but not active

 

hi guys trying to set up dm500s when i search the router on the dreamcontrol centre i get couple i address's which one do i choose?

 

do i have to leave the laptop 'ON' at home to watch the channels

 

hi mate i just replied to your pms ,im staying online for a wwhile so feel free to pm me if you have questions .talk soon mate .

 

when opened dreamcentre there is redline showing to the dream box saying not connected