Anyone know how to make dial out over net work with Wlan0 interface?

[dethpulse]

Hey guys, I'm new to posting in the forum (although I have been lurking/searching for a while). I have a hacked Hughes Series 2 DTivo with a Belkin 6050 wireless nic card. The nic card is working OK, telnet, FTP and Web work - but I can't get Dial out to work (YES I am using ,#401). When I checked the tclient log, the items that caught my mind were:

Sep 15 08:07:59 (none) tcphonehome[133]: PhoneHome: statusValue = <7>, getResult = <0>
Sep 15 08:07:59 (none) tcphonehome[133]: finished cleaning /Setup
Sep 15 08:07:59 (none) tcphonehome[133]: About to execute: /sbin/ifconfig eth0 2>&1
Sep 15 08:07:59 (none) tcphonehome[133]: Command Output: eth0: unknown interface.
Sep 15 08:07:59 (none) tcphonehome[133]: Command succeeded
Sep 15 08:07:59 (none) tcphonehome[133]: NOT Using debug ethernet


I think the problem is that I DO NOT have an eth0 interface, my nic is wireless and so has a wlan0 interface. Is there any way (that anyone knows) to change my tclient/phone dialer to look for wlan0 and not eth0? Thanks guys!

[dethpulse]

OK - I got the interface to recognice eth0 with the following insmod command:

insmod /var/hack/lib/at76c503-rfmd.o netdev_name=eth0

Yep, I also changed my ifconfig line :). all of my IP services are working (FTPd, Telnetd, Httpd) and I can ping out to any IP on the Internet (that still allows ping :-p). BUT

The dial out trick with ,#401 still does not work. I can copy various portions of my tclient (but I don't want to suck up too much board space by putting up a large output). Can anyone help me continue my troubleshooting?

[dethpulse]

Ok, I'm about to throw in the towel for tonight - one last question. My network is behind a NAT router (not a true firewall). Do I need to port forward and UDP or TCP ports to make the connection work? I'm a little nervous in any port forwarding... as there is ZERO authentication to the device.. :) port 21,23 and 80 need to remain BEHIND the NAT :).

Thanks guys!

[mrblack51]

Originally posted by dethpulse
Ok, I'm about to throw in the towel for tonight - one last question. My network is behind a NAT router (not a true firewall). Do I need to port forward and UDP or TCP ports to make the connection work? I'm a little nervous in any port forwarding... as there is ZERO authentication to the device.. :) port 21,23 and 80 need to remain BEHIND the NAT :).

Thanks guys!

you dont need to mess with your router to let the tivo dial out and receive the needed data back, unless you have a really funky setup or are purposely blocking the tivo mothership ip at your router (most likely not the case, you would know if you had done so).