In advance of a planned migration of my home Internet access to VDSL2, I received a Belgacom BBox2 modem.
VDLS2 is actually a choice I had to make because ADSL technology is not really able to deliver in my area, due to the distance between my home and the phone exchange. On the other hand, Belgacom has been installing these fiber cabinets in every block recently in the framework of their FTTC project. Hence, a change of technology was needed for me if I wanted a faster Internet access.
The main issue with VDSL2 is the interoperability of equipment. The Broadband Forum is still working on this. As noted by the Belgian regulator IBPT in its latest consultation : “Interoperability between DSLAM and CPE is not guaranteed by an ITU standard and it may be more difficult to achieve due to the differentiation possibilities of the VDSL2 technology”.
Belgacom decided to purchase its VDSL2 equipment from Alcatel-Lucent. That equipment is using Ikanos Fusiv chips. Consequently, Belgacom delivers CPE devices based on the same chipset. There were few at the time when Belgacom chose its platform, so they went for a Sagem F@st 3464 modem, equipped with the Ikanos Fusiv Vx160 processor, which they repackaged (it’s ugly) and rebranded BBox2.
The Sagem box is not such a bad one, according to its specs. Unfortunately, Belgacom decided to design its own version of the firmware to adapt it to their commercial needs. Belgacom is agressively pursuing the triple play market. They wanted a modem that would be able to deliver two high definition TV streams at the same time it delivers Internet access.
The box uses Jungo’s OpenRG firmware , which is Linux-based. And although OpenRG offers lots of features, Belgacom managed to lobotomize it. Gone are the dynamic DNS, 802.11N, and IPv6 features, for example. While the dynamic DNS part is still there, although hidden, the IPv6 stack has been completely removed. Overall, this is the worst job of feature defacing I have seen in years.
As many new CPE devices, the BBox2 can be managed remotely by the telco using the TR-069 protocol. The good side is that it allows the telco to fix critical bugs, without user intervention. The bad side is that it also allows the telco to take complete control on your personal settings. For example, the BBox2 comes pre-configured to use the Belgacom VoIP service. While one can change the settings to use a competing offering, there is nothing that prevents Belgacom to reset the values remotely. Quite worrying from a competition point of view.
Which is why I foresee to move to a AVM Fritz!Box 7570 in the near future. I have had several AVM Fritzes in the past and was always delighted with their features and also the fact that the company is doing real innovation and development, rather than just repackaging someone else’s work. They currently have projects with Dutch ISP XS4All and Luxembourg P&T to deploy IPv6. The Fritz!Box 7570 has all you can expect. In addition to doing the basic work of connecting the home computers to the Internet, it also features a PABX with an integrated DECT base station, that will interact both with your landline but also with several VoIP providers, based on rules you set. The latest beta firmware for the box features complete IPv6 support, which, judging from this screen shot is fairly complete.
The Fritz!Box is based on the Infineon (now Lantiq) XWay Vinax chipset. It remains to be seen if it is compatible with the Ikanos chips in my provider’s infrastructure. At worst, I could use the Belgacom provided modem as a bridge to the Fritz.
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Hi Patrick,
Thanks for those very interesting pages on the BBox2. It allows to recover part of the power of those artificially limited routers.
I tried the Static DNS entries trick on my Sagem F@ast3464 (coming from EDPnet). The rg_conf_set commands are all accepted. rg_conf_print shows the inserted entries. However, I cannot get the DNS to resolve the added hostnames. Any idea ? (I’m using FW version 60R10A-60A046.)
Thanks in advance,
Olivier
Just for information, I was able to use a Cisco 887V router for VDSL2 connection. The trick was to use IOS version 15.0(1)M5. Any newer release does not work on Belgacom, and this will be hopefully fixed in the future.
I am on EDPnet, but I don’t think that any different if you’re with someone else.
PS: as of now, I cannot reach this website using IPv6. Connectivity works fine, and I can telnet to port 80, but the content of the page is empty. Works fine over IPv4.
@3mmanuel
Thank you for this useful report about the Cisco box.
As for IPv6 connectivity, try maybe http://ipv6.vande-walle.eu. This one does not have a corresponding IPv4 address. I suspect this is mostly a client-side issue. Some OSes (like MacOSX) fall back to IPv4 if they feel IPv6 is too slow, in order to improve “user experience”.
HI 3mmanuel,
too bad there is not such IOS for 887VA model.
I am now trying to have it working with 15.0(1)$M, let’s keep the fingers crossed…
Alberto,
for the VA version it should work no issue with more recent IOS, I had working fine with 151-3.T
@3mmanuel: Hi, any chance you could post the config commands for the 887V, please? I urgently need to configure for an EDP VDSL2 connection. Many thanks in advance!
@Boshus: Posted the configuration here: http://plainjunk.blogspot.com/2011/09/cisco-887v-or-887va-on-belgacom-vdsl2.html
@Patrick: Works well over v6 using http://ipv6.vande-walle.eu.
@Alberto: the VA model was introduced after 15.0M and is supported starting 15.1(2)T. I’m having success with 15.2(1)T.
Great, thanks. I’ll need to downgrade the firmware on my box and then give it a try. I’ll confirm if I get it working (also on EDPnet) but might be a couple of weeks before I get time.
Hi 3mmanuel,
Have you tried to make BGC Voip work with the cisco 887V? And what about BGC TV?
Thanks
Lorenzo — I’m on EDPnet, have a normal landline, and no TV. So haven’t tried any of these options. Time to experiment!
Please be also informed that the BBOX from Belgacom
have a SERIOUS problem , when a public address in ending on a zero ( example 195.217.10.0 ( fake address) ) the internal fireware is blocking the address as he is thinking that it is a network address….
Belgacom & Sagem have confirmed that there is a problem and that they didn’t know that there was a problem , BUT they don’t communicate to the public…..
Hey dudes,
i had several disco’s per day (3-7, mostely at evening). So i changed modem, i checked my connections, and so on…
Since i changed the wifi channel to 11 (from 1) it seems, that this was the right solution.
Maybe it helps. I know how annoying that box can be. I was one step before getting a fritzbox!.
BTW, i have those NAT BLOCKED OUT failures also…im not happy about them, but i just ignored them.
cruZ,
Alain
HI, not sure if anyone hit this already, however while trying to upgrade the fw of my sagem F@st 3464, it seems something went wrong, and i am afraid that i hit a modem brick.
Any advices to recover it, other than bying a new one from Dommel (140 euro)?
It seems i forgot the basic IT rule: if it works, don’t touch it!
Slow Intranet through B-Box
I am a customer of Belgacom using their supplied B-Box. My desktop computer and laptop computer both dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.10 but Ubuntu is mainly used. Both computers are connected to the B-Box wirelessly and can download files from the internet at speeds up to 1,200 kbps in either Windows or Ubuntu. However, when I try to send files from one computer to the other using the intranet wirelessly (going through the B-Box) through either Windows or Ubuntu the transfer rate is a very slow 150 kbps. I am inclined to think that the operating systems and wireless hardwares are set up fine and the B-Box is to blame for my slow intranet speeds.
Does anyone know how to troubleshoot or correct such a problem?
Thanks for the quick reply. This is as designed. It is downloading the configuration to minimize end user configuration. They do not let us configure the router at all, and that is the irritating thing. I have a VOIP box that cannot get incoming calls and a web server that I cannot get port s forwarded to. I can go buy my own DSL router and put it up, I suppose. The ISP gave me the ATM info, but I was hoping to get this into my control.
Thanks,
Rick
Hi All,
I have a Sagem Homebox from my ISP TDC here in Denmark. The router downloads a configuration from the ISP everytime the DSL cable is connected. It disables the login web and telnet. I want to stop this if possible. I can get a lot of the pages to come up using the javascript mimic commands, but 730 and 70 do not work. Is there any way to get the configu file to come up?
Or is there a sub page that I can change so that it stops getting the config from the ISP?
Thank you for any assistance.
Rick
I cannot really comment. Sagem is an OEM for several telcos. It also manufactures the Livebox for France Télécom. While many use a common firmware base, they are heavily customized to the telcos’ needs. So, the unsupported javascript commands can vary from one model to another.
Anyway, it is not a normal behaviour for the modem to download a new firmware image every time. I suggest you get in touch with your ISPs service desk. Maybe they can either fix it or replace it.
As several of you subcribe to the comments on this post, I thought it may be interesting to let you know about a new post I wrote on the new modem I bought to replace my BBox-2. It is here. The corollary of this is, of course, that I do no more have a BBox-2 in active service. Hence, my capacity to help will be reduced. But please feel free to keep this thread alive.
@Jerôme,
Well, this post is indeed starting to look like the forum thread that is missing on Belgacom’s own forums.
I don’t know the specifics about the Cisco router. This other forum thread might get you in the right direction. This is mostly a question of tweaking the VDSL paramaters. For example, I have been using a AVM Fritz!Box 7390 on Belgcom’s VDSL for two weeks, and noticed that I had to select the “Annex-B” mode, although I have a plain PSTN line (aka Annex-A).
not wishing to transform anymore this post into a forum thread but has anyone of you already tried to synch with BGC VDSL DSLAM (if not mistaken using Ikanos chips on Alcatel ISAM 7302) using a Cisco 887v vdsl router ?
I get showtime but error in training mode…
Thx,
/J
HI Jerome,
according to 3mmanuel’s comment:
He used 15.0(1)M5.
However, if you have (like me) an 887VA, that won’t work (of course, the router won’t load with that IOS as is for the 887V only). I am now trying with the M train for the VA model, will let you know.
@J-Marc. That International beta firmware is working fine. I use it already for a while even supports VDSL and you can choose in the interface for Belgacom so all the settings are preconfigured.
There’s some beta firmware here for the international 7390:
ftp://service.avm.de/Beta/
Hi Patrick, good morning to all,
I received a Fritz! Box 7390 (Art.-Nr. 2000 2484 – Firmware version
84.04.83) and Belgacom enabled Internet Comfort connection on my line. I contacted support for AVM: It is not possible for the moment to connect directly with this device. AVM said that his unit is technically capable of doing, but that VLAN settings must be carried out and that will be available in a future firmware version.
It is not possible to load the firmware German (84.04.88) in the device, less than “quibble”, which is risky.
It is of course possible to connect the Fritz! Box the B-Box. In conclusion, the B-Box is not quite dead yet!
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Texte original :
Bonjour Patrick, bonjour à tous,
J’ai reçu une Fritz!Box 7390 (Art.-Nr. 2000 2484 – Firmware Version
84.04.83) et Belgacom a activé une connexion Internet Confort sur ma ligne. J’ai pris contact avec le support d’AVM : il n’est pas possible, pour le moment, de se connecter directement avec cet appareil. AVM dit que techniquement son appareil est capable de le faire, mais que des réglages VLAN doivent être effectués, et que se sera fait dans une prochaine version du firmware.
Il n’est pas possible non plus de charger le firmware allemand (84.04.88) dans l’appareil, à moins de “chipoter”, ce qui est risqué.
Il est bien entendu possible de connecter la Fritz!Box à la B-Box. En conclusion, la B-Box n’est pas encore tout à fait morte !
I can’t flash from telnet, that say
login: admin
Password: ******
[admin @ home]$ load -u http://192.168.1.2/BBOX2_6000GR.img.secure -s 6
Download failed – sector untouched
Returned 2
[admin @ home]$
what is wrong?
@Cukiwap
I have never done that myself. There are instructions here in French on how to do that using tftp, rather than http.
As mentioned in the post, be very careful, you could brick your modem.
I want to use my b-box2 with Mobistar adsl line, I is that possible or not, if is possiblewhat I need to do, can I upgrade with another firmware?
The BBox-2 is also a plain ADSL modem. It should work with Mobistar ADSL, too. Obviously, once you leave the Belgacom network, you will not be able to get the firmware upgrades anymore. Although they are unofficially available here, you are on your own to decide if they fit your needs or not, and bear the risk to manually install the upgrades.
The only thing you would need to do to use the modem with Mobistar is to configure the userid and password you receive from Mobistar under “Advanced Settings/Network Interfaces/WAN PPoE”. Click on the “Settings” button. The rest should be pretty much automatic.
Be aware though that Mobistar’s Livebox might have features unavailable on the BBox-2, and that it is offered for free with new subscriptions.
Just tried the International Fritzbox 7390 here in the UK. Worked fine on ADSL. Today the engineer from BT put in VDSL2. While the 7390 synced fine with the exchange, for some reason I got no internet connectivity. Using the exact same settings, but connecting the 7390 through the BT supplied VDSL2 modem, all works OK. It’s very puzzling why…
You could write a script to automatically telnet into your Bbox and execute the above commands, using the “expect” utility available on all *nux boxes and, as revealed by Google, also on Windows
http://docs.activestate.com/activetcl/8.5/expect4win/
By the way, any clue on how to send all syslog messages to a syslog server? (See my post #97 above)
Hi Patrick,
Nice tricks you’ve posted here.
I have on question though … I’m looking for a way to reset the pppoe connection from the command-line (telnet…)
I have a script that does it through the website but apparently if you close your browser it still leaves the connection open which causes a block after 100 sessions (with need to power-cycle to recover).
Do you know of any way to either do it by telnet or circumvent the session limit on the box ?
Thx,
Peter.
@Peter
I have not tried it. However, applying the same logic as with other configuration items, you could try this in your telnet session:
rg_conf_set dev/ppp0/enabled 0
rg_conf_set dev/ppp0/enabled 1
Don’t do this remotely. You might not be able to restart the connection if it fails
Hi everyone,
Tonight I logged on to the B-Box 2 from a friend with my Fritz! Box 7170 reconfigured in ATA interface alone: it works perfectly, IP telephony (3 * Net) is like my home. I think I’ll splurge on an “internet comfort” connection Belgacom: EDPnet goodbye, I liked you well you know … but the raw copper to 13 € / month, it makes you think …
AND I can continue to use my favorite box: the Fritz! Box, without spending a great!
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Here is the original text, thank you to Google translation, and the current technology:
Bonsoir à tous,
Ce soir je me suis connecté à la B-Box 2 d’un ami avec ma Fritz!Box 7170 reconfigurée en interface ATA seule : cela fonctionne parfaitement, la téléphonie IP (3*Net) fonctionne comme chez moi. Je crois que je vais craquer pour une connexion internet confort chez Belgacom : au revoir Edpnet, je t’aimait bien tu sais … mais la paire de cuivre à 13 €/mois, ça fait réfléchir …
ET je peux continuer à utiliser ma box favorite : la Fritz!Box, sans dépenser un franc !!
Thanks for the info here, it’s been very useful!
Probably a silly question but:
I can connect to the Internet fine but if I connect both the TV network connection and normal network connection to my HUB neither works. Each one works on its own. I thought they should be able to exist on the same network but apparently not. Is this possible and if so any ideas what I may be doing wrong?
I have the Fritzbox 7390 International working on Dommel VDSL2 (same as Belgacom VDSL2) only VDSL is not working with the delivered firmware (84.04.83) I got it to work with a beta firmware (84.04.86). There is still no official firmware launched by AVM. With the 84.04.86 you can simply choose in the Fritzbox menu for Belgacom VDSL. Its working very well now.
Hello (Bonjour)
You said “Which is why I foresee to move to a AVM Fritz!Box 7570 in the near future. ” (in november 09)
I’m looking to a new internet connection with Belgacom, but I don’t like the B-box. I have a Fritz!Box 7170 (German model) : it work fine, but it’s not a VDSL modem (only ADSL). For me, the 7570 is the better interface for my use : can it run directly with a Belgacom VDSL connexion (now : a year later) ?
Thank you for your attention.
J-Marc
@Jean-Marc
I have ordered a FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390, which is reported to work with the Belgacom VDSL2 network. The international version bears the reference number 20002484. According to this post on the Userbase forum, the current beta firmware release mentions Belgacom as an ISP in the setup wizard. I’ll report back once I have it up and running.
Hi,
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, I got the latest runtime code version.
Yes, I’ve checked and double-checked: the rule is activated as your tutorial, and it just won’t work: my IP still gets reset every 36 hours.
Any clue ?
Thanks,
@lex
HI,
very helpful tricks for the BBox2. Unfortunately Belgacom lobotimized the box
As posted in 26 with the new firmwar the mount of a usb key is not working as described. Any other workarounds for that?
Thanks!
Hi,
Thanks for the daily reset of the IP tip. It is what I was looking for. Unfortunately, on my BBOX2 (Firmware-VTU-R:5.5.1.2IK105012 Time Oct 1 2009, 14:04:47), it won’t work. I’ve even tried to schedule a disconnect of VLAN10 instead of WAN PPPoE, but it won’t work.
Any idea ? Anyone else with similar feedback ?
Thanks !
@lex Please check again. I had it running here for a few months now.
Also note that the firmware version does not change often. What indicates an update is the “Runtime Code Version”. The current one is labelled 60R109-60A022.
Hi Patric,
this problem has been already posted, but I don’t see a clear answer for that. Almost everyday I need to reset my modem, because I receive this error message:
Sep 10 01:15:06 2010 Outbound Traffic Blocked – NAT out failed TCP 192.168.1.2:34755->XXX.XX.XXX.XX:80 on ppp0.
Can’t I avoid this policy somehow? The firewall is fully turned off and I don’t understand why this is there.
Can I check somehow where is this rule oru what is the root cause of it?
thanks
Adam
@Adam See this post: http://patrick.vande-walle.eu/belgacom-bbox-2-tricks/autoclean-upnp-entries/. It should answer your concerns.
Hi Patrick and all the readers of this blog,
I am facing an instability problem on a lan where the BBox is configured in bridge mode. I have set up a syslog server to collect syslog messages from my router (OpenWRT). Is there any way I could get the BBox to send its syslog messages to my sylog server as well?
I have found this config file in /etc/syslogdsa.conf (read only):
# General default configuration: 1/0 enabled/disabled
general.fdaemonize_enable=1
general.ffile_enable=1
general.fnet_enable=1
general.console=1
# Default Buffer configuration
buffer.nbrmsgmax=1
buffer.sizemsgmax=4000
# Default file configuration
file.logfile=/var/log/syslogdlog.log
file.filesize=500000
# Default net configuration
net.addr=192.168.1.10
# Default console configuration
console.consolefile=/dev/console
The syslog daemon showed by a ps is:
/bin/syslogd-sa -b
That’s what I have found so far and where I am stuck! Any idea?
Hi Patrick,
Please be informed that javascript:mimic_button(‘goto: 9037..’) is no longer the script to update DynDNS on the b-box2. It’s now javascript:mimic_button(‘goto: 9035..’)
http://wildcat.espix.org/doc/bbox2/various/b-box2-config lists all the functions and features and http://wildcat.espix.org/doc/bbox2/various/ also provides a nice overview.
Cheers,
b-box2
Dear Patrick,
a one-million dollar question: is it possible to associate two different sip providers to the Sagem B-Box 2?
I would like to set outgoing calls with sip.voipcheap.com (port 5060) and incoming calls with sip.messagenet.it (port 5061).
It seems I can only choose one…
Many thanks in advance.
Roberto
Indeed, the Sagem B-Box2 only allows one SIP provider. If you need more, you should use another modem.
I have read reports that the Fritz!Box WLAN 7390 works with the Belgacom VDSL2 network, but I have not yet tried it myself. The Fritz allows multiple SIP providers, and has a whole lot more features than the B-Box2.
Dear Patrick,
I ran into your blog after searching on google on how to connect the Airport Extreme BS with BBox2. I spent 4 full days trying to make this happen and I am happy to report that I found the solution (which unfortunately was not mentioned anywhere else).
Let’s take everything from the beginning though…
Most users when they mention that they put their Airport Extremes (AEBS) on bridge mode with the BBox2 mean that they have actually selected the Bridge option in the AEBS. This means that BBox2 is still the router and doing the PPPoE authentication.
Now, of course I was not interested in that. I wanted BBox in a modem only mode (not negotiating the connection with Belgacom) and AEBS to act as the only router. The solution from Belgacom’s support page that you linked above is unfortunately not sufficient. Just by disabling the Wan PPPoE connection, the AEBS could still not work as the only router. After entering the PPPoE credentials in AEBS the unit would return an error mentioning that it could not find the PPPoE server.
I did countless resets on BBox2 and AEBS trying to figure out what the problem was. At some point I gave up and set up both the BBox2 and the AEBS as routers with simple Ethernet bridge which resulted of course to a Double NAT problem that I had to overcome by setting up a DMZ on BBox2 in order to avoid double port forwarding.
Today though after one last effort I finally nailed it.
As I said before, disabling the Wan PPPoE connection on BBox was not enough for the AEBS to be able to do its magic and handle the PPPoE connection. So I did the following. I did one more reset to BBox2 and the AEBS to clear both of them of any left over settings. Then I turned on the BBox2, filled out the user name and password on the Quick Setup page and made sure that there was a connection (that’s not necessary but Belgacom pushes the username and password to BBox anyway so why not do it by yourself). Then I followed Belgacom’s instruction on how to put BBox2 on bridge mode and disabled the Wan PPPoE connection.
However, what actually made the change was the fact that I went to the firewall page and set it to Minimum Security. I guess that this is BBox code for firewall OFF.
I didn’t change BBox’s ip (192.168.1.1) beacause the AEBS starts with 10.0.1.1. I then disabled the DHCP server and of course the Wireless on BBox.
I plugged the ethernet cable from BBox2 PC1 output to the WAN port of AEBS. Then, from the Manual Setup of the Airport Utility for AEBS I chose the Manual Setup and under the tab Internet I selected PPPoE, filled out the user name and password for my Belgacom connection and voila! It worked…
Bottom line.. For the Airport Extreme Base Station to properly work as a router while connected to BBox2, the latter has to be on Bridge mode (done with the familiar way) and its firewall has to be set to minimum security.
I hope this helps.
Nikos
@Patrick
[quote]We kunnen al bevestigen dat de Fritz!Box 7390 werkt met het Belgacom VDSL netwerk.
We hebben een speciale config file die we meeleveren bij bestelling van deze Fritz!Box waardoor de settings goed worden gezet.[/quote] Source
Fritzbox 7390 international is already available: http://www.voipandgo.be/avm-fritz-box-fon-wlan-7390-international.html. If you manage to get the 7390 working on Belgacom VDSL let me know please. Thanks in advance
Robin
Hi Patrick, I read you had a problem with the Fritzbox 7570 on Belgacom VDSL network. Did you manage to fix it already with different firmware or something? I’m asking this because I ordered one to use as a modem/router on Dommel VDSL network (same lines as Belgacom)without the standard Sagem modem/router.
Robin
@Robin No, I did not try to fix the problem with the Fritzbox 7570. I am waiting for the Fritzbox 7390 international edition instead. The latest news is that it should be available some time in October.
Thank you Patrick! I’ll set it up as a bridge as you suggest. The literature delivered in the Belgacom box didn’t mention the bridging possibility — or perhaps i didn’t look hard enough. Hell, I spent half the week-end in the basement trying to figure out which phone wires (blue? purple? white? orange?) to connect to the damn thing! The Bbox sure is an ugly piece of design. Why on earth doesn’t anyone in Belgium just offer a decent Internet connection with no fuss or strings attached? Lack of competition in the marketplace I suggest. Which also explains the absolutely dismal level of support offered by the ISPs in this country.
This all seems very interesting but I’m not a techie and have a simple question: I have a Belgacom Internet-only connection (don’t want their crappy TV offering, phone “landline” and “italk” voip.) All I need is decently fast internet for regular work, VOIP and movie downloads. I have a network of MAC computers at home. My question: can I ditch the BBOX and plug in a regular modem + router and Wifi? I’d rather work with Airport and not with the BBOX wireless. I don’t like the idea of Belgacom controlling my network and settings at a distance. It is not in their commercial interest to promote voip or media downloading, so i basically don’t trust them. I suspect that by ditching the BBOX my connection will be smoother and faster. Am I right?
The best way to achieve what you want is to configure the BBOX-2 in Bridge mode. How to do that is explained here. You then configure your own router to negotiate the login/password. You can also disable the BBOX-2 WIFI in its settings. Right now, you still need the BBOX-2 to use Belgacom’s VDSL network, however. There is no other modem that is proven to be compatible to date.
Patrick, thanks for helping out with the router.
thanks Patrick for the fast reply.
being a ict-er myself I had tried already what you propose… it didn’t work but in the mean time I tried to push the reset button about 30 seconds during runtime (thus not at power up) and this worked for me…
I rechecked the option that caused me the problem and it’s called: INTERNET CONNECTION FIREWALL: (by default it’s disabled). I tought, I need to be protected, let’s turn this on… and oops … locked out…
I locked myself out of the interface of mu 3464 modem.
In the configuration I saw an entry “firewall” which I tought I have to switch it on… now the modem is still working but I can not access anymore… Is there a solution for this ? I was thinking of doing a hard reset (factory reset) how can this be done ?
If you cannot access the modem anymore the only way is to do a hard reset. Try the following.
Turn the modem off. There should be a small button on the back of the modem, between the different sockets. Press it for 10 seconds while you turn the modem back on. That should reset the box to factory settings.
This is from memory, and is untested.
Patrick,
Could you give an advice how to setup my BBOX2 to allow MySQL client on my computer to reach the MySQL server (port 3306). I tried various things for port forwarding but w/o any luck. Minimized firewall settings – no effect. Then connected my laptop to internet through my mobile phone (Proximus) and connection to MySQL server worked. So it has to be something with Belgacom BBOX 2. I checked security log on the routher after failed connection and this is what it gave me:
Sep 10 01:15:06 2010 Outbound Traffic Blocked – NAT out failed TCP 192.168.1.2:61677->XXX.XX.XXX.XX:3306 on ppp0. Sorry, would not want to make the servers IP public. Thanks.
Tks Partick – appreciate your insights and help…
PS I forgot to mention that I am using Mac desktops and Macbooks in my office…not sure if this makes a difference…
tks
JM
Question:
In about one week I will be getting VDSL with EDPnet. Have been pleased with their ADSL service thus far over the last 4 years, but looking forward to faster and more stable service with the VDSL over against my former ADSL service with EDPnet.
I was given a BBox 2 modem form a former Belgacom client – with splitters etc. I asked EDPnet if I should expect any problems and they said that they would walk me through the process when the VDSL service get activated.
My question to Patrick or anyone who can answer this: I use a USA VoIP device which provides a USA line into my office. I travel a great deal though my home office is in Belgium. I understand that in order for my VoIP device to work properly that the VoIP feature must be deactivated on the BBox 2. Should I expect any other kinds of problems in the activation process? I used my VoIP device quite easily with my old ADSL though because we are over 4 Ks from the Belgacom station, the signal was unstable usually in the afternoon. I am hoping to over that problem with VDSL.
Second question – is the VDSL the good solution with EDPnet? to run my VoIP device from the USA? I hope so – as I have already ordered the service for one year…
Thanks for any assistance.
J Mills
@Jim
In short, you should not experience any issue connecting to your VoIP provider. Thanks to the high speed of VDSL2, it should work more reliably than on ADSL.
In its default configuration, the Belgacom VoIP service uses a different communication channel than the main Internet connection. Because you will be on EDPNet, it will de facto be non-functional.
And yes, Macs do work well in this environment.
BBOX2 Belgacom:
Last boxes use the code 9037 to access to the DynDns section.
Recap:
In your javascript able browser address line, copy-paste the following line:
http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?user_name=admin&password=BGCVDSL2
When logged in the BBOX, replace the previous line in the address bar with :
javascript:mimic_button(‘goto: 9037..’)
Cheers
Hi Patrick,
Really appreciate the info you’re sharing here.
It helped me a lot after receiving this crapbox B_Box2 aka Sagem 3464.
For the Fritzbox lovers, like myself, we are all waiting the internationnal version of the Fritzbox 7390, with VDSL capability.
In the meantime, if you own a 7170 model, Trixbox pulled a really good stunt by moding this model to make it VDSL capable.
Link: http://croesnet.eu/trixbox/bridging-pppoe-with-fritzbox-and-belgacom-b-box2/
Tested it personnally, it works but the box is unstable.
You can login as admin if you do this (assuming you have not changed the Sagems IP and default pass):
http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?user_name=admin&password=BGCVDSL2
This way you get an extra Admin section.
Hi Patrick,
With the web interface my login password does not work .Wen I open a telnet session I can login with my admin password .
strange……..
I think i will reset my B_Box_2
With the help of your and other bbox-2 websites I figured this out
Just for your info maybe you can put it under the B_Box_2 tricks
Trick : how to change the DHCP server start_ip because on the local lan I’m using a few fixed ip-addresses for desktop_pc, ip_printer….are in use.
That’s the way I did this maybe there are other possibilities?
Telnet 192.168.1.1 admin BGCVDSL2
[admin @ home]$ rg_conf_print dev/br0/dhcps/start_ip
(start_ip(192.168.1.2))
Returned 0
[admin @ home]$ rg_conf_set dev/br0/dhcps/start_ip 192.168.1.20
Returned 0
[admin @ home]$ rg_conf_print dev/br0/dhcps/start_ip
(start_ip(192.168.1.20))
Returned 0
[admin @ home]$ save
Thanks for your info.
Dominiek
Thanks Dominiek. I have created a page with your suggestions, and added a method to do it through the web interface.
@Bart: in the web interface, you need to specify the password in the URL e.g.
http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?user_name=admin&password=yourpasswordhere
Hi Patrick,
I have change my admin password via telnet (rg_conf_set_obscure admin/user/0/password “your_password_here”) en then ‘save’.
I can access my telnet connection but when I open my browser to connect my b-box i get prompt with a password . When i enter the new password I d’ont have access
any idea ?