Ethernet Port On Pace Box

Originally Posted by emsee

Ok i think only spiderplant gets what i wanted to do But for all u other people out there this is what i wanted to do....

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v3...gAnch=imgAnch1

^ I linked it coz i drew so Giv it a look!

Some sort of internet service on the BOX itself so i dono so i could download games on the box etc (games was just an example)

Get it?

What you have pictured will not work anyway. That is unless you also buy a duel wan router simaler to this ONE.

Cost about £115.00 . i have one and they are very buggy. It can also be done in wingate but again that cost money.

Trust me you cannot do what you want to do in that picture without

A. Paying for another broadband connection "via STB"
B. Paying for a duel wan router.


Now you can go on all day asking but i and others have told you the correct answer. It will not work as per your picture without lots of MONEY

[MovedGoalPosts]

Nope you can't get an internet service running on the STB by connecting it to ethernet. The ethernet port is an outlet only that enables the STB to provide the functions of a modem. But, especially in the case of the PACE boxes, that functionality was very limited in speed.

There is a limited internet service on the STB, but that comes from the co-axial cable that brings in your TV services. I know my are had a basic email function. But it was all so pants that broadband on computer vastly superceeds it.

As for games and stuff like that - go and buy yourself an X-box

[emsee]

cotch spiderplant already answered my question.... jus put up wht i drew so hu ever did not understand me before can now....

[Marge]

Emsee, if you want internet connection via the STB, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. ntl doesn't provide free connection via the STB full stop. The people that currently connect this say do so instead of via the Cable Modem not as well as.

Some people can access a very basic internet service via the STB but this does NOT connect via a pc or router, all the info is displayed on your TV.

[emsee]

HAHAHAAH...NO.... The games was an example not exactly what i was planning to do...

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Yeh okay i get it... Thanx...

For me its no clearer!
If you wanted a basic internet browsing facility displayed on your TV from your STB then the STB can provide it, but it comes to the box via the RF feed. The ethernet connection is not used at all. Like Spiderplant say's if you want browsing available via the STB and your TV then its extra.

[deathtrap3000]

Well you can get internet on the stb. But it can only be done by subscribing to the tv internet service which costs about £10 if i remember correctly. I know someone that used the internet tv but got rid of it because it was useless for sending emails on anything other than the tv email.
Also what on earth was unlimited going on about the dual wan router thing.

[emsee]

exactly lol

[popper]

unlimited, have you tryed one of the 3rd party firmwares for your box?, i could only find one reference and thats in another language but given a little time searching you could find more id think
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtop...hlight=fvs124g

i think people were just misunderstanding emsee's question and if it were explained a little more that they wanted to get access to the limited STB web on the tv service then it would have been cleared up far quicker.

i know ntl are in business to make money, but it might have been nice if they included the extreamly limited STB web tv for free for people that take the 4/10mbit package rather than charge a £10 for that thing, or even make a one off payment for the wireless keyboard and get the stb web for free (do they still sell the wireless stb keyboards?) .

if you dont know what the WAN port is it can get hard to explain but essentially the cable lead/RF feed/coax cable/whatever you want to call it, is in effect the WAN input for the STB and you dont normally get to use/interact with that port as an end user.

3rd party STB's do exist that would allow you for instance to connect your PC network to them and use their inbuilt servers to play your mpeg2/avi video through them directly on the connected tv but NTL didnt see fit to include that option (in firmware) on their rebadged STBs.

Originally Posted by deathtrap3000

Well you can get internet on the stb. But it can only be done by subscribing to the tv internet service which costs about £10 if i remember correctly. I know someone that used the internet tv but got rid of it because it was useless for sending emails on anything other than the tv email.
Also what on earth was unlimited going on about the dual wan router thing.

If you look at his picture it shows 2 Internet connections ie 1 on the cable modem and 1 on the stb. Now in my book that means 2 Ethernet connections.

To have 2 Ethernet connections with 2 Internet connections live on them you would need a duel wan router. Simple.

But hey if you don't think i am correct look here

Simple Internet on a STB does NOT come out of the Ethernet port.

[emsee]

sorry unlimited thats not what i wanted to do

[deathtrap3000]

Originally Posted by unlimited

If you look at his picture it shows 2 Internet connections ie 1 on the cable modem and 1 on the stb. Now in my book that means 2 Ethernet connections.

To have 2 Ethernet connections with 2 Internet connections live on them you would need a duel wan router. Simple.

But hey if you don't think i am correct look here

Simple Internet on a STB does NOT come out of the Ethernet port.

theres not two internet connections.
theres one.
he wanted to know if he plugged a ethernet cable into his stb from his router then would the stb be able to browse the net.
but it cant unless he pays an extra £10 a month

[emsee]

exactly deathtrap3000...

[MovedGoalPosts]

And that should be the end of the confusion

Just bought a pace rgn200n. I saw on their site somewhere that you can use the ethernet so other tv's in your house can play the recordings.
The hookup you're talking about (receiver to router) is for this isn't it?
How do I do this and how does it work. Thanks.