Tips & tricks

Connect to the web interface of the bbox (http://192.168.1.1) Go to ' Advanced Settings ' > ' Route ' and select the tab ' Routing ' on the top of page. At the really bottom of the page, uncheck the port you would use as internet ports and check those you want to use as TV ports. #1

Deleting Lan Server entires via the BBOX web interface is a pain when there are more than five entries to delete. Hopefully, you can connect to the telnet interface to achieve this task 10 times quicker : Connect to the router via telnet (check this post to figure out how to connect via telnet) Check the ID numbers of the entries you want to delete: You can hover the button to edit or delete an entry in the web interface in order to see the ID in the URI Or you can run this command rg_conf_print /fw/rule/loc_srv/ to see the list of Lan Servers Run the following command for each ID to delete where [ID] is the id to delete : rg_conf_del /fw/rule/loc_srv/ [ID] If you don't want to execute the command manualy, you can use my tool . Usage : bbox_fw_delete_id -i [bbox_ip] -l [login_name] -p [password] -s [start_id] -e [end_id] This tool is provided 'as is' and could not work as expected or even corrupt your BBox. .NET library used to write this tool

In a previous post , I've described how to open remote management for your bbox2 / local modem-router via ssh. I've found an easier and more secure way to achieve this : Prerequisites : * You have PuTTY (or an ssh client) * ssh server on your local network is reachable from wan In PuTTY settings > Connection > SSH > Tunnels , define the following : Source port : 8080 (or any free port on your computer running PuTTY) Destination : 192.168.1.1:80 (assuming your router ip is 192.168.1.1 and the default web interface running on port 80 ) Click on [Add] Apply changes You can now connect on your router web interface from your computer running PuTTY via the following address : http://localhost:8080/