I need to change the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) in the Humax to 1400 or lower, as my ISP is TalkTalk and their MTU limit seems to be 1400. Anyone know how to do this on the HDR-Fox T2?
I will also (first) need to install WebIF and its associated packages offline, as any fix for the MTU will presumably require this to be installed first, so I would be grateful if anyone can point me to a clickable list of all the associated packages that have to be installed in order, or a bundle that will do it offline in one go.
For those who haven't a clue what I'm talking about or why I might want to do this, here is the background to the problem:
I recently bought a Humax HDR-Fox T2, updated to lastest firmware (1.02.27 + mod.2.10 customised) and tried to install WebIF via the basic web interface. Nothing seemed to happen for a while, so I tried refreshing the page, and got the following error message, which will be familiar to some of you:
Collected errors:
* opkg_conf_load: Could not lock /tmp/opkg.lock: Resource temporarily unavailable.
Error retrieving package list from the Internet. Please check your connection and try again.
I tried again repeatedly, after soft and hard resets, but got the same error message each time I refreshed the page whenever it seemed to hang. I checked the forum for this problem - and found that it was only due to an attempt to re-run the action while the previous action was still in process.
So I decided to restart again, and let the download process run for a while. It made a little progress after about 20 minutes, downloading and inflating the hummypkg.org.uk/hdrfoxt2/base/Packages.gz package, which is only about 10kb. It then began downloading the installation package for WebIF, but then it seemed to hang. However, my router lights showed that the Humax was communicating with the web, so I let it continue, while trying to figure out what might be slowing it down. The basic WebIF page updated instantly in my browser whenever I refreshed it, so I figured the difficulty was not with my local network.
Then I realised what the problem was. It was the internal MTU setting in the Humax. Each time I buy an internet device (PC, laptop, etc.) I have to change the MTU for the network connection to the internet, to 1400 or less, or the net connection slows to a crawl, and often fails to work entirely. But it had been so long since I did this last, that I had forgotten about the problem.
So.... any ideas? Can I change the MTU via the WebIF, once I have installed the full WebIF? And what is the easiest way to install the WebIF offline? I'm not a Linux expert, and so far, have only ever had to change the MTU on various flavours of Microsoft Windows.
Any advice most welcome!
Norm
I will also (first) need to install WebIF and its associated packages offline, as any fix for the MTU will presumably require this to be installed first, so I would be grateful if anyone can point me to a clickable list of all the associated packages that have to be installed in order, or a bundle that will do it offline in one go.
For those who haven't a clue what I'm talking about or why I might want to do this, here is the background to the problem:
I recently bought a Humax HDR-Fox T2, updated to lastest firmware (1.02.27 + mod.2.10 customised) and tried to install WebIF via the basic web interface. Nothing seemed to happen for a while, so I tried refreshing the page, and got the following error message, which will be familiar to some of you:
Collected errors:
* opkg_conf_load: Could not lock /tmp/opkg.lock: Resource temporarily unavailable.
Error retrieving package list from the Internet. Please check your connection and try again.
I tried again repeatedly, after soft and hard resets, but got the same error message each time I refreshed the page whenever it seemed to hang. I checked the forum for this problem - and found that it was only due to an attempt to re-run the action while the previous action was still in process.
So I decided to restart again, and let the download process run for a while. It made a little progress after about 20 minutes, downloading and inflating the hummypkg.org.uk/hdrfoxt2/base/Packages.gz package, which is only about 10kb. It then began downloading the installation package for WebIF, but then it seemed to hang. However, my router lights showed that the Humax was communicating with the web, so I let it continue, while trying to figure out what might be slowing it down. The basic WebIF page updated instantly in my browser whenever I refreshed it, so I figured the difficulty was not with my local network.
Then I realised what the problem was. It was the internal MTU setting in the Humax. Each time I buy an internet device (PC, laptop, etc.) I have to change the MTU for the network connection to the internet, to 1400 or less, or the net connection slows to a crawl, and often fails to work entirely. But it had been so long since I did this last, that I had forgotten about the problem.
So.... any ideas? Can I change the MTU via the WebIF, once I have installed the full WebIF? And what is the easiest way to install the WebIF offline? I'm not a Linux expert, and so far, have only ever had to change the MTU on various flavours of Microsoft Windows.
Any advice most welcome!
Norm
