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  8nn stations
  
  Where I live (North London/Hertfordshire borders), I receive a stonking signal from Crystal Palace, a good signal from Bluebell Hill, and an OK signal from somewhere in Sussex. Fortunately the Bluebell Hill and Sussex transmitters are on higher RF channels than CP, so I pull the antenna lead...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #5
  
  Jul 24, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  WiFi Unable to Connect
  
  Those network settings won't get you connectivity to the Internet - you've no valid gateway, nor can you reach your DNS server. If those settings have been given out by the Netgear's DHCP server, then it's misconfigured. The IP address is in one of the blocks from RFC5737: "IPv4 Address Blocks...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #9
  
  Jul 24, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Streaming HD content TO the hummy from PC
  
  One thing to be aware of is that installing the custom firmware results in the Humax having a telnet daemon and a web daemon with no authentication. Not ideal if you don't trust everyone on your LAN :-( I installed dropbear-ssh, set up public key authentication, disabled password logons on ssh...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #14
  
  May 19, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Announcing DNS name on uPnP (for webif)
  
  I just dug out my BeBox TG585v7! I'm on BE, but don't use their box. Anyway, the commands needed are under dhcp server options but it all looks rather gory. I suspect it's too much hassle for the average user. http://www.neologue.co.uk/mwuki?title=Thomson+Speedtouch+telnet+interface
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #16
  
  May 19, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  Time Standard
  
  A Humax isn't generally on all the time. When it is on, it may not be on t'Internet, and it may not have an antenna connected. Makes it a little harder. Do we get events on the Humax when network interfaces go up and down ? My Debian boxes (re)start ntp when an interface is brought up...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #28
  
  May 18, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Imported .ts files report half the true length
  
  I have a Sagem PVR which is now in use by SWMBO, and I have the shiny new Humax. So I pulled some .ts files off the Sagem and put them on the Humax where they play fine. Except that the reported length (in time terms) is exactly half of the true length (e.g. a film which runs for 1 hour and...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Thread
  
  May 15, 2012
  
  Replies: 1
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  encrypted channels?
  
  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #6
  
  May 15, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  "poweroff" binary in firmware
  
  Should the poweroff binary do what it says on the tin ? Or should I add a symlink to it named "lockup", because that's what it does to my Humax :-( Running it throws me off my ssh connection, but then the Humax remains on but doesn't respond to the front panel or the remote control. However it...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Thread
  
  May 15, 2012
  
  Replies: 0
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  Announcing DNS name on uPnP (for webif)
  
  I've just wiresharked the Humax's ethernet port on startup, its DHCP request is asking for: IP address; Subnet Mask; Broadcast Address; Time Offset; Router; Domain Name; Domain Name Server; Domain Search; Host Name; NetBIOS server name; NetBIOS server scope; MTU; Static Routes; NTP Server...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #6
  
  May 15, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  Time Standard
  
  Interesting. Screensaving BBC1 (standard definition) from Crystal Palace shows 55 seconds ahead of MSF.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #9
  
  May 14, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Announcing DNS name on uPnP (for webif)
  
  Does your DHCP server send a domain name to clients ? Having asked that, I ought to check whether the Humax dhcp client asks for the domain name option. Anyway, upshot is this should be set via DHCP, not uPnP.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #2
  
  May 14, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  Problem with custom firmware
  
  If the custom firmware is loaded, there'll be daemons listening on ports 23 and 80 which weren't there before. Try telneting to those ports, or run nmap (http://nmap.org/) on another machine on the LAN.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #9
  
  May 14, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  Logitech wireless keyboard..
  
  For pi as a version number, see http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=TeXfuture
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #24
  
  May 9, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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  Cant load 1.02.27 firmware on to hdr fox t2
  
  I presume when doing an upgrade that the USB drive is mounted by the bootloader. So that might have different requirements for the USB drive than the running kernel does for normal mounting of media. In other words, I suspect that a USB drive which works OK on the running Humax might not...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #18
  
  May 8, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Network Access Without Using Home Network
  
  I tried this morning, and my Sony Vaio laptop talks just fine to my Humax using a straight cable - but having done some tests with other hardware, I think I've proved that my Vaio does auto-sense on the Ethernet port, so I haven't proved conclusively that the Humax does.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #7
  
  May 1, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Network Access Without Using Home Network
  
  If you connect Hummy to Laptop with a cable, as per Ezra's post, you'll need a cross-over Ethernet cable. [ I presume, I doubt the Hummy or the Laptop will auto-sense the cable ].
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #4
  
  Apr 29, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  HDR Fox T2 Wireless Dongle
  
  Do you have MAC filtering enabled for Wi-Fi on the Netgear ? If so, you'll need to add the dongle's MAC address to the list of permitted stations. My Edimax 7711 is working fine with my Netgear DG834GT. Does your Humax show your Netgear in the list of found access points ? If so, then it's...
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #164
  
  Apr 26, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Re-tune line up order
  
  For Crystal Palace, the channels are 22, 23, 25, 26, and 28 for SD; and 30 for HD.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #5
  
  Apr 22, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Humax HDR Fox T2
  
  I agree it sounds like it could be MTU, except that the OP can stream radio stations from Iplayer OK. Any streaming is likely to use full-size packets.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #22
  
  Apr 22, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  Humax HDR Fox T2
  
  Could it be a firewall issue (or content blocker) on your router ? Do your router stats show that lots of packets are being passed to the Humax ? The 2 possibilities are that your router isn't passing video packets to the Humax; or that it is but the Humax isn't displaying the video.
  Andrew Benham
  
  Post #20
  
  Apr 20, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder

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8nn stations

Where I live (North London/Hertfordshire borders), I receive a stonking signal from Crystal Palace, a good signal from Bluebell Hill, and an OK signal from somewhere in Sussex. Fortunately the Bluebell Hill and Sussex transmitters are on higher RF channels than CP, so I pull the antenna lead...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #5
- Jul 24, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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WiFi Unable to Connect

Those network settings won't get you connectivity to the Internet - you've no valid gateway, nor can you reach your DNS server. If those settings have been given out by the Netgear's DHCP server, then it's misconfigured. The IP address is in one of the blocks from RFC5737: "IPv4 Address Blocks...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #9
- Jul 24, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Streaming HD content TO the hummy from PC

One thing to be aware of is that installing the custom firmware results in the Humax having a telnet daemon and a web daemon with no authentication. Not ideal if you don't trust everyone on your LAN :-( I installed dropbear-ssh, set up public key authentication, disabled password logons on ssh...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #14
- May 19, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Announcing DNS name on uPnP (for webif)

I just dug out my BeBox TG585v7! I'm on BE, but don't use their box. Anyway, the commands needed are under dhcp server options but it all looks rather gory. I suspect it's too much hassle for the average user. http://www.neologue.co.uk/mwuki?title=Thomson+Speedtouch+telnet+interface
- Andrew Benham
- Post #16
- May 19, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Time Standard

A Humax isn't generally on all the time. When it is on, it may not be on t'Internet, and it may not have an antenna connected. Makes it a little harder. Do we get events on the Humax when network interfaces go up and down ? My Debian boxes (re)start ntp when an interface is brought up...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #28
- May 18, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Imported .ts files report half the true length

I have a Sagem PVR which is now in use by SWMBO, and I have the shiny new Humax. So I pulled some .ts files off the Sagem and put them on the Humax where they play fine. Except that the reported length (in time terms) is exactly half of the true length (e.g. a film which runs for 1 hour and...
- Andrew Benham
- Thread
- May 15, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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encrypted channels?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud
- Andrew Benham
- Post #6
- May 15, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
A
"poweroff" binary in firmware

Should the poweroff binary do what it says on the tin ? Or should I add a symlink to it named "lockup", because that's what it does to my Humax :-( Running it throws me off my ssh connection, but then the Humax remains on but doesn't respond to the front panel or the remote control. However it...
- Andrew Benham
- Thread
- May 15, 2012
- Replies: 0
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
A
Announcing DNS name on uPnP (for webif)

I've just wiresharked the Humax's ethernet port on startup, its DHCP request is asking for: IP address; Subnet Mask; Broadcast Address; Time Offset; Router; Domain Name; Domain Name Server; Domain Search; Host Name; NetBIOS server name; NetBIOS server scope; MTU; Static Routes; NTP Server...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #6
- May 15, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Time Standard

Interesting. Screensaving BBC1 (standard definition) from Crystal Palace shows 55 seconds ahead of MSF.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #9
- May 14, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Announcing DNS name on uPnP (for webif)

Does your DHCP server send a domain name to clients ? Having asked that, I ought to check whether the Humax dhcp client asks for the domain name option. Anyway, upshot is this should be set via DHCP, not uPnP.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #2
- May 14, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
A
Problem with custom firmware

If the custom firmware is loaded, there'll be daemons listening on ports 23 and 80 which weren't there before. Try telneting to those ports, or run nmap (http://nmap.org/) on another machine on the LAN.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #9
- May 14, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Logitech wireless keyboard..

For pi as a version number, see http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=TeXfuture
- Andrew Benham
- Post #24
- May 9, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Cant load 1.02.27 firmware on to hdr fox t2

I presume when doing an upgrade that the USB drive is mounted by the bootloader. So that might have different requirements for the USB drive than the running kernel does for normal mounting of media. In other words, I suspect that a USB drive which works OK on the running Humax might not...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #18
- May 8, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Network Access Without Using Home Network

I tried this morning, and my Sony Vaio laptop talks just fine to my Humax using a straight cable - but having done some tests with other hardware, I think I've proved that my Vaio does auto-sense on the Ethernet port, so I haven't proved conclusively that the Humax does.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #7
- May 1, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Network Access Without Using Home Network

If you connect Hummy to Laptop with a cable, as per Ezra's post, you'll need a cross-over Ethernet cable. [ I presume, I doubt the Hummy or the Laptop will auto-sense the cable ].
- Andrew Benham
- Post #4
- Apr 29, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
HDR Fox T2 Wireless Dongle

Do you have MAC filtering enabled for Wi-Fi on the Netgear ? If so, you'll need to add the dongle's MAC address to the list of permitted stations. My Edimax 7711 is working fine with my Netgear DG834GT. Does your Humax show your Netgear in the list of found access points ? If so, then it's...
- Andrew Benham
- Post #164
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Re-tune line up order

For Crystal Palace, the channels are 22, 23, 25, 26, and 28 for SD; and 30 for HD.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #5
- Apr 22, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Humax HDR Fox T2

I agree it sounds like it could be MTU, except that the OP can stream radio stations from Iplayer OK. Any streaming is likely to use full-size packets.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #22
- Apr 22, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A
Humax HDR Fox T2

Could it be a firewall issue (or content blocker) on your router ? Do your router stats show that lots of packets are being passed to the Humax ? The 2 possibilities are that your router isn't passing video packets to the Humax; or that it is but the Humax isn't displaying the video.
- Andrew Benham
- Post #20
- Apr 20, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder