infernalproteus
The Goan
So this is my config: 1 Desktop, 1 Laptop, the BSNL Home 1800 plan and the http://www.wicebox.com which is connected to my TV. I also have a Huawei MT800 and a Linksys BEFW11S4 4 port wireless router.
Normally, the Huawei is connected to the "internet" port on the Linksys, and my desktop and laptop have wired connections to the Linksys. Linksys uses PPPoE to establish a connection on demand. No dialers required, this works fine for internet.
Enter IPTV...
Config 1:
Connect wicebox to 3rd port on my Linksys router via ethernet cable, everything else is the same (this is my desired setup).
Result: WiceBox when turned on cannot connect to the server, completely useless. At the same time, both machines can connect to the internet as before and I can watch IPTV on my computer through VLC player by connecting to a UDP stream (the address and port I found out while sinffing during some other configuration).
Note that the router has filter multicast turned off. The dude I spoke to (who did seem to know a decent amount of stuff), said that it's not working because my router is blocking IGMP packets. So even though I can connect and watch using UDP, that's not the same - IGMP is required for the menu system on the WiceBox...and UDP will cease to function once CAS is implemented and the signals are encrypted. 🙁
Config 2:
Same as above, but now the Huawei modem is connected to the lan port of the linksys, now all 4 ports are used, 1 for WiceBox, 2 for machines and 1 for the Huawei. The internet port on the Linksys is empty
Result: Machines have to use a PPPoE dialler to connect to the internet. But only one machine has access at a time! You cannot dial from a machine if another connection is already established. WiceBox works just fine all functions available on TV.
Config 3:
Same as config 2, but Huawei is reconfigured to be in PPPoE mode (in above configs, it was in pure bridge mode)
Result: Machines don't need dialers anymore, internet is always on and accessible. WiceBox menu shows up, but can only watch movies on VoD! If I go to the channel menu, I get a no signal for all channels, VoD works fine though. WTF!
The only soutions open to me now are to replace Huawei and Linksys with another ADSL router which they claim supports everything (have to pay 600 more). Or use a 2 port switch between the Huawei and Linksys in config 1. Or I think I can try and dick some more with config 2, maybe run a proxy server on a machine...but that is really cumbersome.
Any ideas? The outcome of config 3 really baffled me and I realized I don't know enough. Help!
Brian.
Normally, the Huawei is connected to the "internet" port on the Linksys, and my desktop and laptop have wired connections to the Linksys. Linksys uses PPPoE to establish a connection on demand. No dialers required, this works fine for internet.
Enter IPTV...
Config 1:
Connect wicebox to 3rd port on my Linksys router via ethernet cable, everything else is the same (this is my desired setup).
Result: WiceBox when turned on cannot connect to the server, completely useless. At the same time, both machines can connect to the internet as before and I can watch IPTV on my computer through VLC player by connecting to a UDP stream (the address and port I found out while sinffing during some other configuration).
Note that the router has filter multicast turned off. The dude I spoke to (who did seem to know a decent amount of stuff), said that it's not working because my router is blocking IGMP packets. So even though I can connect and watch using UDP, that's not the same - IGMP is required for the menu system on the WiceBox...and UDP will cease to function once CAS is implemented and the signals are encrypted. 🙁
Config 2:
Same as above, but now the Huawei modem is connected to the lan port of the linksys, now all 4 ports are used, 1 for WiceBox, 2 for machines and 1 for the Huawei. The internet port on the Linksys is empty
Result: Machines have to use a PPPoE dialler to connect to the internet. But only one machine has access at a time! You cannot dial from a machine if another connection is already established. WiceBox works just fine all functions available on TV.
Config 3:
Same as config 2, but Huawei is reconfigured to be in PPPoE mode (in above configs, it was in pure bridge mode)
Result: Machines don't need dialers anymore, internet is always on and accessible. WiceBox menu shows up, but can only watch movies on VoD! If I go to the channel menu, I get a no signal for all channels, VoD works fine though. WTF!
The only soutions open to me now are to replace Huawei and Linksys with another ADSL router which they claim supports everything (have to pay 600 more). Or use a 2 port switch between the Huawei and Linksys in config 1. Or I think I can try and dick some more with config 2, maybe run a proxy server on a machine...but that is really cumbersome.
Any ideas? The outcome of config 3 really baffled me and I realized I don't know enough. Help!
Brian.
