Foxsat custom firmware remote login

[johnylondon]

Hi everyone, newb to the forum here - but I'm not new to Humax boxes! However I have only recently found it necessary to go over to freesat in place of freeview. Having already had two1000s boxes fail on me (hard drive not recognised) I have settled on a pair of Foxsats. Yesterday loaded custom firmware with no problems (32gb stick too!) and the patch for unencoded hd recordings. The web interfaces are downloaded and working too. My only issue is with setting a secure login. The settings don't seem to "stick." That is, at some point my browser did ask me for pw and user, but not again, and the page shows as Not Secure. I looked into trying to use Telnet and Samba to set pw and user but got totaly lost along the way. Any tips? thanks.

 

[Black Hole]

the page shows as Not Secure.

The web server is using HTTP not HTTPS, so all modern browsers default to complaining that the web page is not secure. Don't worry about that, but if you want HTTPS it can be enabled on WebIF >> Settings >> Web Interface Settings (at least, I'm going by the HDR-FOX CF, and presuming the Foxsat CF is broadly similar).

User authentication (same place in WebIF settings) is not the same thing. If you're setting up a WebIF user and password but it's not sticking, that suggests (to me anyway) a file system write error.

I looked into trying to use Telnet and Samba to set pw and user but got totaly lost along the way.

Again, that has nothing to do with setting up password protected access to the WebIF.

 

[Dino]

It is slightly different on tyhe foxsat, the http/https switch is under
Settings
Web Interface Server Settings

along with the 'User Access Control' settings.

The built in Documentation section is a good place to explore for guidance.

 

[Black Hole]

if you want HTTPS it can be enabled on WebIF >> Settings >> Web Interface Server Settings

Be aware that HTTPS requires additional computing power, and the Foxsat is less resourced in that department than the HDR-FOX.