Setup of X-Fta Dongle Using WIRED LAN (WAN DISABLED) by mechanicman


Step 1.

reason for using wired is if you are having a hard time setting up as wireless and cant get it working or maybe your viewsat keeps freezing or going off, you can eliminate a bad wifi router etc using wired.

Log into the X-Fta dongle by connecting your pc (Ethernet cable out of your PC) into
one of the 4 lan ports, not the Wan for grabbing a dhcp ip address, after that, you log
into the web interface by typing 192.168.1.1 into the url bar of your web browser. (Use
of Firefox is strongly suggested) DO NOT USE EXPLORER. Password is password


Step 2.

Go to the connection page, under Device configuration make sure Gateway(Default) is selected, then "connect via" should be DISABLED. yes i said DISABLED.
Under Local Network /LAN the router IP should be set to to an IP that falls within your existing LAN subnet so if your router is 192.168.1.1 then set it at 192.168.1.10 or if your router is 192.168.0.1 the set IP to say 192.168.0.10 ...got that...
Remember after you change this number and save, you will need to type that number
into the url bar when you want to access your X-Fta dongle from now on.

The subnet mask should already be set at 255.255.255.0. The Gateway should be same as your routers subnet..so 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 just depends on the brand of router or your initial routers setup.

the wireless can be disabled
now the hard part....click on "save changes" the hard part is waiting the 5 or so minutes.. now try to login using your new ip such as 192.168.1.10 like mine is set at...if you cant log in then unplug the cat 5 cable from your computer and plug right back in.. wait 5 seconds and try again to log in..

Step 3.

Now that you are logged back in go to satellite:
Go to the satellite menu and under serial port select /dev/tts/0. now move up and check enable rq-sssp.
Then go down to receiver settings and select which type of satellite receiver you have which should be viewsat ...Coolsat, Captiveworks or gbox for all others. i only have tested Viewsat
then go down to the bottom newcamd entry already there and click edit..now remove any entries type right over them
Enter your Private server info..Host ,Port, Username, Password, DES Key.

after that click ‘save all’ followed by build config file and then save all again.




step 4

unplug the xfa and move to your viewsat. Attach the dongle to the xfta and plug in the dongle that came with the xfta into the viewsat, plug in the internet cable from your router to the LAN port of the xfta.. NOT the WAN port.
Ok now plug in the power of the XFTA. turn on the viewsat.. In a few minutes you should have TV. This is assuming your viewsat has a WF file on it (i use a newer one from 2011), and that you have scanned your channels and at least should have the free 101 working to verify your antenna settings..
a bit of advice: delete any channels not on your server. going to one of these bad channels will cause box to get stuck and take a while for pic to come on.


now with this WAN disabled setup you can always access the xfta by just typing in the 192.168.1.10 for instance on any computer connected to your network.. no need to unplug or plug any cables..

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