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How do I connect DB to the internet via 56k modem to download new image
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<blockquote data-quote="td03-5" data-source="post: 94493" data-attributes="member: 188069"><p>Hi Tore,</p><p></p><p>No, I'm sorry but it does not work as you expect.</p><p>To do an image installation you first have to download the image from the internet to your PC. The image file may (depending on where you get it from) be in a zip folder or it may be a direct img file. If it's in a zip folder you will need to un-zip it first. Just double click it if you have XP and then click 'Extract to' and follow the prompts.</p><p>Now you have an image file (Image_name.img) on your PC ready to install on the Dreambox. There are a number of ways to install the image but all but one rely on an ethernet connection between your PC and the Dreambox.</p><p></p><p>The only one that does not require the ethernet connection (and the one everybody uses when a severe software crash on the DB causes the ethernet port to fail to function) is DreamUp 2.14b.</p><p>With NULL modem cable, connect Dreambox RS232port and PC RS232 port. </p><p>Start DreamUp 2.14b on the PC. Ensure it is NOT set to use a LAN connection and select the correct PC port on the drop down.</p><p>Switch off (un-plug) electricty supply to Dreambox.</p><p>Click 'Connect' button on DreamUp 2.14b.</p><p>Switch on (plug in) the Dreambox.</p><p>When bottom panel shows the connection established, click the Flash button on DreamUp.</p><p>Browse to the folder where your 'Image_name.img' file is located and select it.</p><p>Image installation will then slowly (but safely) proceed.</p><p></p><p>When the installation is finished, reboot the Dreambox and do a 'flash erase' (while the box is booting hold in the Up & Down buttons on the front panel until the LCD display says 'flash erase').</p><p>Now enter your basic and satellite settings and away you go with a new FTA image.</p><p></p><p>You will always install images from your PC in one way or another, not directly from internet to Dreambox.</p><p>The things that can be downloaded directly to the Dreambox are emus, k*ys and plugins (other programs that will run on the Dreambox).</p><p></p><p>To use this method (and to do many other housekeeping jobs) you must establish an ethernet connection between your PC and the Dreambox.</p><p>I have broadband and the Dreambox is just another computer connected to my router. I can communicate from PC to Dreambox and the Dreambox can connect to the 'net.</p><p>With your dial-up modem you must first connect your PC ethernet port to your Dreambox ethernet port using a CROSSOVER ethernet patch lead (NOT a straight patch lead as I use to connect to the router).</p><p>You must setup the Communications panel in the Dreambox Expert Setup.</p><p>You must setup TCP/IP on your PC.</p><p>For the Dreambox to connect to the internet you will also need to setup 'internet connection sharing' on your PC.</p><p>Once this is working you will logon to the internet with your PC and the Dreambox will then use your PC as a sort of server via which it can access the internet.</p><p></p><p>This is all far too much for one post, sorry.</p><p></p><p>Please read the beginners sticky before asking any more questions.</p><p></p><p>73 & happy dreaming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="td03-5, post: 94493, member: 188069"] Hi Tore, No, I'm sorry but it does not work as you expect. To do an image installation you first have to download the image from the internet to your PC. The image file may (depending on where you get it from) be in a zip folder or it may be a direct img file. If it's in a zip folder you will need to un-zip it first. Just double click it if you have XP and then click 'Extract to' and follow the prompts. Now you have an image file (Image_name.img) on your PC ready to install on the Dreambox. There are a number of ways to install the image but all but one rely on an ethernet connection between your PC and the Dreambox. The only one that does not require the ethernet connection (and the one everybody uses when a severe software crash on the DB causes the ethernet port to fail to function) is DreamUp 2.14b. With NULL modem cable, connect Dreambox RS232port and PC RS232 port. Start DreamUp 2.14b on the PC. Ensure it is NOT set to use a LAN connection and select the correct PC port on the drop down. Switch off (un-plug) electricty supply to Dreambox. Click 'Connect' button on DreamUp 2.14b. Switch on (plug in) the Dreambox. When bottom panel shows the connection established, click the Flash button on DreamUp. Browse to the folder where your 'Image_name.img' file is located and select it. Image installation will then slowly (but safely) proceed. When the installation is finished, reboot the Dreambox and do a 'flash erase' (while the box is booting hold in the Up & Down buttons on the front panel until the LCD display says 'flash erase'). Now enter your basic and satellite settings and away you go with a new FTA image. You will always install images from your PC in one way or another, not directly from internet to Dreambox. The things that can be downloaded directly to the Dreambox are emus, k*ys and plugins (other programs that will run on the Dreambox). To use this method (and to do many other housekeeping jobs) you must establish an ethernet connection between your PC and the Dreambox. I have broadband and the Dreambox is just another computer connected to my router. I can communicate from PC to Dreambox and the Dreambox can connect to the 'net. With your dial-up modem you must first connect your PC ethernet port to your Dreambox ethernet port using a CROSSOVER ethernet patch lead (NOT a straight patch lead as I use to connect to the router). You must setup the Communications panel in the Dreambox Expert Setup. You must setup TCP/IP on your PC. For the Dreambox to connect to the internet you will also need to setup 'internet connection sharing' on your PC. Once this is working you will logon to the internet with your PC and the Dreambox will then use your PC as a sort of server via which it can access the internet. This is all far too much for one post, sorry. Please read the beginners sticky before asking any more questions. 73 & happy dreaming. [/QUOTE]
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