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[splifi]

hi managed to get the box to but up via dream up/ null cable/serial port/win98 put the gemini 420 image on it was working fine at night got up in morning and the internet conection to the 500 has gone greenflashing light in the box and flashing port light on rooter when i try to download genini server i get the message "cant resolve hostname!(url:http://download.blue-panel.com/el-addons/getxml.php?ver+0420&typ+500) i have set my communication as follows
IP: 192.168.1.6 DHCP(unticked)
NETMASK 255.255.255.O
TYPE LAN
NAMESERVER 192.1**.1.1
GATEWAY 192.1**.1.1
enable network (ticked) PORT 80
sorry to be a pain but this is driving me mad ps i ve tried 2 ethernet cables same result put the ethernet cable from my rooter to laptop and conects ok

 

[mhku]

Deja vu on that error message:

try here

 

[splifi]

hi i ve tried everthing on that post i have even changed my 500 for anther and its still the same i am going mad trying to connect it to the internet i have rebooted and reset my rooter bought new cables

 

[Topper]

I am not a dreamer but I do know that the local addresses handed out by the router DHCP server should all be in the range of 192.168.X.Y on netmask as you have quoted. These are local addresses so on the same lan have to be the same 192.168.X.Y where X is the same number in all cases between 1 and 255 and Y are sequential numbers beginning with 1 and ending with 255.
Your Gateway will hand out the numbers to the other equipment on the network but you can assign them if they are in the correct range that detail will be in your router setup. What you have will never work as they will think they are on different networks

 

[mhku]

The IP addresses look OK

IP: 192.168.1.6 DHCP(unticked)
NETMASK 255.255.255.O
TYPE LAN
NAMESERVER 192.1**.1.1
GATEWAY 192.1**.1.1

provided the 1** is 168. These are LAN IP address so need to ** anything out.

Splifi: can you ping the Dreambox from your computer?

And you changed the nameserver IP address to your ISP's DNS server IP?

and

NETMASK 255.255.255.O

: the 0 is a zero and not an "O" as you've written?

 

[splifi]

i can ping it from my pc the green light inside the 500 lights up when the ethernet cable is pluged in and so dose the port on the rooter

 

[Topper]

and : the 0 is a zero and not an "O" as you've written?

Had not spotted that one mhku, and yes the advice I have given is based upon the fact that the o/p has typed ** thus is not using 168 but of course it should be.

Type out what you do to ping it then splifi

 

[splifi]

goto start on my pc then run cmd then ping 192.168.1.6

 

[Topper]

So I see you are doing things correctly, I am intrigued by the flashing light on the router, blinking indicates traffic you haven't accidently activated something and created a server out of the DB have you?

You are using STD Cat 5 cables and not crossover ones?

 

[splifi]

yes the cable is correct type not cross over

 

[mhku]

You get a "reply from 192.168.1.6..." ?

If you get a reply from the Dreambox when you ping then the CAT5 cable is OK.
Is your nameserver still 192.168.1.1 or did you try a DNS server IP address?

Can you install any addons from the Dreambox?

Blue panel > addons > download & install > cam > cccam 2.0.4

for example?

 

[T_G]

I thought you have to have a cross over cable from Dreambox to router???

 

[mhku]

No, regular CAT5. crossover is for Dreambox to a PC/ laptop

 

[Topper]

This does seem very odd and I can understand your frustration

You presumably have tried a different Cat5 port on your router (I am assuming it is a 4 port)

What O/S is your pc by the way

 

[splifi]

no i cant install anthing from the addons

 

[splifi]

i ve tried 3 diffrent cables the one i am useing says cat5e patch cable on it ive tried all the difrent ports on the rooter and i am on xp pro

 

[mhku]

OK. Just in case your router is blocking the IP address, unplug your PC from the router and change the Dreambox IP address to the same as your PC.

Can you confirm when you ping the Dreambox IP address you get a reply:

Pinging 192.168.1.6 with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 192.168.1.6: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.1.6: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.1.6: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.1.6: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64


Ping statistics for 192.168.1.6:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 1ms

 

[Topper]

The link you have posted is unresolved when I click on it is that your problem?

and we do not encourage live links being posted on the forum

 

[mhku]

I can ping the host OK (

ping  http://download.blue-panel.com

)

Can you browse your Dreambox from your PC? Open up a browser and enter http://192.168.1.6 into the address bar?

If that fails, telnet into the Dreambox and check the web service is running.

start > run > telnet 192.168.1.6

enter login details

type ps -ef at the prompt

Look for something like /var/bin/inetd

 

[splifi]

that the same as what i get on the ping when i changed the ip address of the 500 it was still the same