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arden · 22-09-07, 05:55 PM

im thinking of buying another linux reciever as a gift for my parents

they have no adsl so id like to fit a modem to the tty port so i can dial in and update the files ect

I cant see anything on the tm sites have any of the dreambox owners on here seen anything

ive looked at my tm9100 and ppp is not installed and an unsure as the the packages are managed on these boxes
I really dont want to freelance and brick my box

thanks

Arden

Gav · 22-09-07, 07:09 PM

It probably won't be straight forward, whichever way you do it. One thing you could do is put a PC in there somewhere (nothing special) and use it as an ethernet dial up modem (maybe have it auto-connect when its switched on)..? Then, once the box is connected to the net, you could just establish a connection straight to the box?

It'd probably be easier to establish a connection to the Internet, rather than dialing directly into the box.

Unknown user #1 · 22-09-07, 09:29 PM

TM9100 got built-in modem AFAIK.
Not sure if there are drivers for it though.

BGonaSTICK · 23-09-07, 02:08 PM

Sounds ugly.

Either a cheap old lappy (built-in modem) with a Linux gateway/server package on (like Smoothwall or ipcop) or just get them a cheap adsl package to go with it!

22-09-07, 05:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
arden Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 367 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	fitting a modem to linux receiver im thinking of buying another linux reciever as a gift for my parents they have no adsl so id like to fit a modem to the tty port so i can dial in and update the files ect I cant see anything on the tm sites have any of the dreambox owners on here seen anything ive looked at my tm9100 and ppp is not installed and an unsure as the the packages are managed on these boxes I really dont want to freelance and brick my box thanks Arden __________________ tm9100 diablo 2.3 gamma and triax 1.1 motorized plus sl65 b1 chip

22-09-07, 07:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gav Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: fitting a modem to linux receiver It probably won't be straight forward, whichever way you do it. One thing you could do is put a PC in there somewhere (nothing special) and use it as an ethernet dial up modem (maybe have it auto-connect when its switched on)..? Then, once the box is connected to the net, you could just establish a connection straight to the box? It'd probably be easier to establish a connection to the Internet, rather than dialing directly into the box. __________________

22-09-07, 09:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Unknown user #1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: fitting a modem to linux receiver TM9100 got built-in modem AFAIK. Not sure if there are drivers for it though.

23-09-07, 02:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,626 Thanks: 3 Thanked 53 Times in 34 Posts	Re: fitting a modem to linux receiver Sounds ugly. Either a cheap old lappy (built-in modem) with a Linux gateway/server package on (like Smoothwall or ipcop) or just get them a cheap adsl package to go with it! __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W


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