dreambox setup no channels....

[D1SHABBA]

First of all id like to say thank you to this site for all the help received ......

My question is i have my sat dish set up with the dreambox 500 scanned all the channels and i can only view prob 3 to 4 channels only nothing else i have a ethernet cable but cant seem to connect it to my pc as i am using windows vista via router please help..........

[opsmonkey]

hi mate.. your dreambox needs to be connected to your router.. then you use your pc to tap into it via your home network

what image and emu are you using..??
what satellite is your dish aimed at..??

[D1SHABBA]

hi mate.. your dreambox needs to be connected to your router.. then you use your pc to tap into it via your home network

what image and emu are you using..??
what satellite is your dish aimed at..??

yep cant seem to connect it to my router (dont now how to do it)
image is pli jade 3
sat dish is 28.2E

[the rock]

dreambox have you set up a stastic ip on your router have you loaded a cam via the green button and turned in on

[D1SHABBA]

dreambox have you set up a stastic ip on your router have you loaded a cam via the green button and turned in on

no mate i cant seem to work out how to connect it to my router one ent to dreambox other end to router and thats how far i can get what next

[Curious123]

no mate i cant seem to work out how to connect it to my router one ent to dreambox other end to router and thats how far i can get what next

Have a read of this sticky it might help you get connected.

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f34/guide-connecting-your-dreambox-internet-175/

[D1SHABBA]

im struggling any help with this setting of the router

[D1SHABBA]

come on guys im sitting here trying to figure this out

[opsmonkey]

this isnt a technical support line mate.. you dont get instant feedback.. the forum is manned by normal people, not paid workers, answers can come right away or in a few days..

you need to plug the ethernet cable from the box into the router, then go into settings with the remote control and fill in the communication set up with ip address, nameserver and gateway.. these you should know from your home network..

if you are looking to clear sky then you need an official subscription or google cardsharing..

if you are looking at the latter you will need to log into your router with your pc then enable port forwarding and finally set up a DynDNS account

then after all that you will need to edit your emu config then FTP it over your network to the box..

Sky satellite is not unlocked and this machine isnt plug and play, it requires some top end networking skills to get the box up and running and clearing channels

[D1SHABBA]

nearly there got the ip address and nameserver where do i get the gateway from i am on my router setting page

[Curious123]

If your ip address is 192.168.x.xx then your gateway address is 192.168.x.1

[av2008]

If your looking to view channels its a lot more complicated than just connecting the box to the router. I suggest you look at some tutorials on Google or something. You CANNOT get these channels for nothing. Plus as stated by opsmonkey its quite complicated if you have no networking skills.

Also theres a lot more free channels than 3 or 4 so if your literally getting 3 or 4 your dm500 is faulty.

[Curious123]

I doubt that his dm500 is faulty but rather that he does not have it configured correctly.

[D1SHABBA]

I doubt that his dm500 is faulty but rather that he does not have it configured correctly.

nks buddy for reply this is what i have:

ip: 192.168.0.5 (ip address of dreambox)
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
nameserver: 194.168.4.100
gateway: 192.168.0.15

still says not connected check ip address......

[D1SHABBA]

Internet Port MAC Address 00:0b:6a:a3:4a:2aIP Address 92.236.137.66DHCP DHCPClientIP Subnet Mask 255.255.252.0Domain Name Server
194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
LAN PortMAC Address 00:18:4D:863:3EIP Address 172.16.0.1DHCP ONIP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0



these are my settings of the router