Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

championc · 17-09-2013 04:57PM

SO how many devices are cabled ? And are they cabled into a switch or a hub ? Is your issue to connect to other Lan devices or to connect to the Internet ? If Lan to Lan, do you mean wired Lan to Wired Lan or does Wireless enter the mix ? If wireless, set any access points to G only or G and N. Have you got one or many access points ?

Sorry for all the questions but it's the only way to understand your setup and hopefully to get you sorted.

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 06:55PM

smee again wrote: »

IP conflict? Did you remove the static IP champion had on the box and re-enable DHCP?

Yep

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 07:03PM

championc wrote: »

SO how many devices are cabled ? And are they cabled into a switch or a hub ? Is your issue to connect to other Lan devices or to connect to the Internet ? If Lan to Lan, do you mean wired Lan to Wired Lan or does Wireless enter the mix ? If wireless, set any access points to G only or G and N. Have you got one or many access points ?

Sorry for all the questions but it's the only way to understand your setup and hopefully to get you sorted.

Aa2 wired connection to ASUS router which is wired into UPC modem (bridge mode)

I have the aa2 on dhcp and the ip it's receiving 192.168.1.1 is not even visible as an attached device in the Asus gui ? Yet it's has Internet access.

When I switch on the Aa2 it's literally brings down all wireless devices (iPad, laptop) to snails pace when connected to the Internet.

I can demo it by doing a speediest and it works fine, but if I switch on the Aa2 in the middle of the test it's plummets in performance and hangs, and vice versa if I start a speedtest with the Aa2 switched on its goes nowhere, but then switch it off and the speediest will act accordingly and respond positively.

another side issue is that HD channels are fine for about ten secs then go black for a sec then back on?

championc · 17-09-2013 08:07PM

So what ip is your UPC ?

smee again · 17-09-2013 08:09PM

championc wrote: »

So what ip is your cisco epc2425 ?

If it's bridged it won't have an IP

DeadSkin · 17-09-2013 08:16PM

Would assigning the alien a static ip address and then perform your speed tests again tell you anything?

championc · 17-09-2013 08:29PM

You can bet that the def gw is going to be either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 and I bet it's the former. Set your DHCP pool for maybe .101 thru .200. If you're connecting to a device on your Lan, set the device with a static. I would expect you to be connecting to your box using Dreamdroid or OpenWebIf. You've then got Samba too. And of course you'll end up using Filezilla and Telnet too

championc · 17-09-2013 08:31PM

DeadSkin wrote: »

Would assigning the alien a static ip address and then perform your speed tests again tell you anything?

Once you set it to a static which you know 100% is not being used by another device. It's good to have a plan in terms of a planned bank of addresses for statics and a completely separate DHCP range (in the same subnet)

championc · 17-09-2013 08:32PM

smee again wrote: »

If it's bridged it won't have an IP

If it's a Cisco EPC2425, don't bank on it - Wireshark could produce interesting results

smee again · 17-09-2013 08:34PM

Or better still, use static DHCP. Plenty of routers have this, it's sometimes called address reservation. No chance of making a mistake

championc · 17-09-2013 08:44PM

smee again wrote: »

Or better still, use static DHCP. Plenty of routers have this, it's sometimes called address reservation. No chance of making a mistake

I certainly wouldn't have the pool starting at .1 or finishing at .254 though but I do agree with you Smee. Of course, it's also on the proviso that you only have a single DHCP server on the subnet ......

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 08:48PM

championc wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't have the pool starting at .1 or finishing at .254 though but I do agree with you Smee. Of course, it's also on the proviso that you only have a single DHCP server on the subnet ......

Ok pool now changed to .100-->.200 and I managed a reserve the new .70 address to the aa2

I will see how we get on.

Just back to the other side issue; im getting a 1 second drop out (black screen) on any HD channels ..eg I'm watching Bbc2 HD now and every 10 odd seconds it drops out?.

smee again · 17-09-2013 08:51PM

Agueroooo wrote: »

Ok pool now changed to .100-->.200 and I managed a reserve the new .70 address to the aa2

I will see how we get on.

Just back to the other side issue; im getting a second drop out (black screen) on any HD channels ..eg I'm watching Bbc2 HD now and every 10 odd seconds it drops out?.

Should the reserved address not be out of the DHCP pool? Static DHCP means it reassigns the same IP each time and remembers it after a reboot.

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 08:52PM

smee again wrote: »

Should the reserved address not be out of the DHCP pool? Static DHCP means it reassigns the same IP each time and remembers it after a reboot.

Sorry that was a typo it's now on .170

championc · 17-09-2013 08:54PM

Agueroooo wrote: »

Ok pool now changed to .100-->.200 and I managed a reserve the new .70 address to the aa2

I will see how we get on.

Just back to the other side issue; im getting a second drop out (black screen) on any HD channels ..eg I'm watching Bbc2 HD now and every 10 odd seconds it drops out?.

BTW, what's the address of your router - .254 ?

Re BBC2HD, how's your dish alignment assuming it and the LNB will be soaking wet ?

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 08:56PM

championc wrote: »

BTW, what's the address of your router - .254 ?

Re BBC2HD, how's your dish alignment assuming it and the LNB will be soaking wet ?

Router:192.168.1.1

Dish and aerial just got mounted this afternoon

I might switch over to spark and see if I'm am seeing the same 1sec drop out

championc · 17-09-2013 09:03PM

So router and AA2 both had 192.168.1.1 then

If installed only today, it can't have moved so it's pointing to a poor installation I'm afraid

For anyone installing a dish in dry weather, simulate rain by covering the LNB with a wet J-Cloth. A perfect picture in rain (or simulated) obviously means a perfect picture in the dry

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 09:05PM

championc wrote: »

So router and AA2 both had 192.168.1.1 then

If installed only today, it can't have moved so it's pointing to a poor installation I'm afraid

For anyone installing a dish in dry weather, simulate rain by covering the LNB with a wet J-Cloth. A perfect picture in rain (or simulated) obviously means a perfect picture in the dry

I was confused there and went back and read my post and that too was a typo. The I.p the aat2 was originally assigned .2

Trust me I was confused today but not that confused

championc · 17-09-2013 09:07PM

OK, so can you now connect the Aa2 without issue ?

Agueroooo · 17-09-2013 09:11PM

championc wrote: »

OK, so can you now connect the Aa2 without issue ?

Yep.Thanks by the way .

I'm gonna try later (missus hogging the remote) to see if I am seeing the same drop out on channels over on the Spark side.

Jeez I was hoping I would be getting my head into understanding and configuring "c" **wink wink by now on the aa2 , but that's gonna have to wait til tomorrow now.

championc · 17-09-2013 09:27PM

Tell your better half what you want to do and she'll willingly hand over the remote

Fresh Pots · 17-09-2013 09:34PM

Virtual Zap. Lets you navigate and see now and next on all the channels in the bouquet your in using the left/right buttons.

Get it here.

Screenshots here and here.

championc · 17-09-2013 09:46PM

Why not just press INFO on the image you have

?

Fresh Pots · 17-09-2013 09:50PM

championc wrote: »

Why not just press INFO on the image you have ?

Coz that only shows you info for the channel your currently watching. This let's you see now and next for all channels by clicking left or right without having to change channel.

championc · 17-09-2013 10:22PM

Ah, gotcha, I was expecting some sort of list but the screen pics didn't do it justice

Zardoz · 18-09-2013 02:39AM

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Virtual Zap. Lets you navigate and see now and next on all the channels in the bouquet your in using the left/right buttons.

Get it here.

Screenshots here and here.

I could never get that to work properly on the HDMU images ,you could only go forward or back a couple of channels.

mcbod · 18-09-2013 07:06AM

I guess I better try upgrade to a newer e2 image. Is there any updated version of pogmothoin's tutorial steps on here?

Fresh Pots · 18-09-2013 07:20AM

Zardoz wrote: »

I could never get that to work properly on the HDMU images ,you could only go forward or back a couple of channels.

Working fine for me on Hyperion 2 and open ar-p images.

bappelbe · 18-09-2013 08:55AM

mcbod wrote: »

I guess I better try upgrade to a newer e2 image. Is there any updated version of pogmothoin's tutorial steps on here?

The tutorial steps should work fine with any image

You could also get championc's images in the firmware thread and install them, as they are backups of an existing working system, they can be restored onto your box with plugins etc installed.

Agueroooo · 18-09-2013 09:08AM

Agueroooo wrote: »

Yep.Thanks by the way .

I'm gonna try later (missus hogging the remote) to see if I am seeing the same drop out on channels over on the Spark side.

Jeez I was hoping I would be getting my head into understanding and configuring "c" **wink wink by now on the aa2 , but that's gonna have to wait til tomorrow now.

Weirdly I am not seeing the same 1sec drop out of channels when viewing the same channels (eg ITV hd bbc2 hd) on Spark

anyone got another image that they know is rock solid stable for me to try? just so I can try and source the problem.

Amiko Alien 2 Triple Tuner Combobox

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