Recent content by Michael Thomas

Question...when is a firewall not a firewall ? Answer...when you're using a Fritz!Box 7530 router. The firewall in the Fritz!Box is not a true firewall. Yes, you can add a website to the Blocked Websites list. You can assign that to an Access Profile. You can then assign that Access...

Mmmm.. my router has various access profiles that I can set-up. I have one that blocks the YouView URL. When I assign my Mac to that access profile and try to access YouView, it is blocked. Yet assigning the Humax to the same access profile, it isn't. I can still see packets going back and...

Or don't trust your mate who is supposed to know this stuff !

Posted up on the Wire Shark forum and the answer came back very quickly. Rather than use a switch as had been suggested by a colleague, a hub is needed et voila....all sorts of goodies come into view. I've captured a load of stuff and need to disect it. But at first glance I can see a few...

LOL...already thought of that and removed my Capture filter. Just displaying anything with the Humax IP address. The crazy thing is that those thumbnails come down more or less in real-time. You start recording a programme and you will see a thumbnail for it in Recorded.

I tried that. No access other than the usual DNS type stuff.

@gomezz Update software and Update apps seem to do nothing at all. You can unplug the internet cable and you get the same onscreen response after selecting either of those two options ! @prpr So what mechanism would the Humax use to determine if there was an update waiting ? Just...

With access to those two IP addresses blocked, I can still see the thumbnails which is perplexing. Is the block working ? I tried Settings > Update apps and sure enough, the Humax told me that there was no internet access.

Something is very strange. To test whether I have successfully blocked access to 'phone home' to check if there is an update, I go into Settings and select Update Software. It comes back and tells me that it's up-to-date. Now the Humax does a multicast to 224.0.0.22 and sometimes 224.0.0.251...

Well, nothing of note last night. A bit of multicasting.

Wireshark is monitoring my Humax overnight to see what happens. I shall report back.

Of course...but those thumbnails are, well, nice to have ! And I prefer a scalpel approach to a sledgehammer.

But I'd need to know the IP addresses to block. I'd also lose the small thumbnail images that populate the Recorded display if I completely blocked the Humax. They come down the line.

That would be me in the absence of anyone posting what it is. I've already had a quick peek trying to provoke a 'phone home' request but without much success. Next step will be to leave WireShark logging overnight. As for iPlayer etc, we never use the Humax box for that as it's now too slow...

Does anyone know the URL's or IP addresses of the YouView update as I'd like to block it and only update if and when I want to. That will prevent another repeat of the latest ghastly (IMO) user-interface mash-up. TIA