Hello,

A few questions:

What image should i use that supports cardsharing?

How many clients can a DreamBox server provide? (for example are 3 clients acceptable? performance etc?)

How do i protect my DreamBox? it is behind a router, but do i have to isntall a firewall? and how does that work?

Last question what is the ip adres of the server?(the one that the clients edit in the list) The routers ip adres or the internal Ip adres?

All these questions are for educational purpose.

Thanx in advance

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What image should i use that supports cardsharing?

How many clients can a DreamBox server provide? (for example are 3 clients acceptable? performance etc?)

How do i protect my DreamBox? it is behind a router, but do i have to isntall a firewall? and how does that work?

Last question what is the ip adres of the server?(the one that the clients edit in the list) The routers ip adres or the internal Ip adres?  
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Hi there,

Some answers:
Almost every image does support cardsharing, but the easiest one is Ronaldd and Pli

You DreamBox can provide to a zillion users but your card will turn red and glowing The card (C+ for instance) can be shared to a 15 users (online)

The best way to protect is using the internal firewall, you can let a few ip addresses have access. MAC address won't work.. The best way to protect is to use a Linux server with iptables.

The server ip address is from the outside the ip address you get when you visit <a href="http://www.mijnip.nl" target="_blank">http://www.mijnip.nl</a>
Be sure to reroute the right (1500) portnumber to the internal ip address in the router.

Goodluck,

FreeSat

"The best way to protect is using the internal firewall, you can let a few ip addresses have access. MAC address won't work.. The best way to protect is to use a Linux server with iptables. "



My SMC router works with MAC adres filtering. Why doesnt that work with the DreamBox?

The connecting MAC address is not the user but the proxy or any other server passed by connecting your server. Try a TRACERT ipaddress.... like tracert 212.212.212.212 something like that, before you get to the host you pass many other servers so a direct connection is impossible...

FreeSat

Hi,

I must be stupid but downloaded the cs_040303.zip file and get 2 other files inside but do not know where to put them and which one to choose.

Is there a FAQ i haven't found to help me or can anybody take a few minutes to explain in details where to put these files and how to configure the Addon ?

Many thanks in advance.

You can paste the files anywhere you like on your Linux server...
Be sure to edit the config files before starting it...
Just start the file by ./cs_srv in the directory where you pasted them.

FreeSat

thanks FreeSat ,

i did not manage to make it work

I've copied the 2 files "cs_srv" and "romu.cfg.sample" to /var/etc

Then i found nothinf to edit on the DreamBox itself, and when editing the files themselves don't know which one to edit and what to put inside.

I don't know how to "start" the file cd_srv too

Hum sorry about such an answer and thanks for your help.

I hope we're talking about the same...
You have a Linux server, a DreamBox and a Ronaldd or a Pli image..

Copy your cardsharing server files to your Linux machine and just edit the config files to your preferences like portnumber and com-port, default is Com1.

Startup of the cs on your linux machine goes like:
[Login]
[change directory to where you copied the files]
./cs_srv

That's it, then on your DreamBox go to your emu setup and choose a emu with _CS behind. Whenever the emu_cs is highlighted press the ok key and enter the ip address of your linux machine and the portnumber ofcourse.

That's all !!!

Well freesat, i am starting to understand why i was so confused: no i do not have any Linux server.

Al i have is:

Windows XP on PC
<a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamBox" target="_blank">DreamBox</a> connected to PC and internet
Hydra and Rudream images on stick, 108.2 on flash

Do you think we can do anything with this config ?

Thanks again for your help Freesat.

Good day for all.