CS918s network

[JohnB]

Hi List.
I would prefer to start the unit so that it uses ethernet, with wifi switched off. Can i edit a script to accomplish this?
As written in another thread, the ethernet shows a different MAC address each time it initializes. Any idea how to make it use the same one each time?

[clarkss12]

Hi List.
I would prefer to start the unit so that it uses ethernet, with wifi switched off. Can i edit a script to accomplish this?
As written in another thread, the ethernet shows a different MAC address each time it initializes. Any idea how to make it use the same one each time?

I have a TV01 (aka cs968) it grabs a different IP address each time it reboots. The MAC address seems to be the same, but it grabs a different IP address on my router. I have to keep going into my router and clearing the duplicate IP addresses, quite anoying, especially when I have so many reboots.

[Sarco]

I have the same problem, I could not assign address in my router cause wifi MAC always change. I suspect wifi and ethernet not to be physical but some kind of emulation stuff.

[JohnB]

Emac

http://linux-sunxi.org/EMAC

It seems there is an emac in the unit:

Quote from above:
MAC

By default the EMAC driver uses a random MAC address but it can be fixed in three different ways.
Using user-space commands like:
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ifconfig eth0 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
using the bootloader to append mac_addr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX and the Allwinner way, adding the value to your script.bin
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[dynamic]
MAC = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"

Any developer help on this?

[Sarco]

It would be nice to have a simple explanation how to put an address once and for all. Help need, Thanks!

[JohnB]

I think a developer who can extract and modify script.bin from the rom could add a fixed mac address just by adding or modifying this section:
[dynamic]
MAC = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
Trouble is it would need to be done for each individual rom. Or would it? Unless you had 2 or more units on the same network, would it cause any problems?
Sadly i haven't the skills to extract the script.bin yet.
This link talks about how to do it, i think

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690

Can a developer tell us if that is possible please?
Cheers

[ADD]

As a workaroud I would suggest you to use a static IP in the device's ethernet settings instead. Just change to Manual IP and enter the desired IP and gateway.

[Sarco]

As a workaroud I would suggest you to use a static IP in the device's ethernet settings instead. Just change to Manual IP and enter the desired IP and gateway.

The problem is that I have to input the mac adress in router to reserve that adress.

[ADD]

The problem is that I have to input the mac adress in router to reserve that adress.

I see what you mean. In that case use the last address of the pool. F.ex. if your pool is from 192.168.1.20 to 192.168.1.30, enter the last one (192.168.1.30) in ethernet manual settings. In this way there is very little chance that this reserved IP address will be used by the others.

[mitchell4you]

Perhaps..
one of the 'mac spoof' apps from googlemarkt..or xda
-just a thought

[JohnB]

Thanks Taajan,
How do you like the ROM update?
My setup is running smoothly at present so i am slow to change it unless there is a good reason to.
I used a static ip address to get around the MAC issue; When i did it first i put 24 in the netmask box when i should have put 255.255.255.0. So it never worked correctly til i changed it. Now it even boots into ethernet not wireless. I just use an ip address outside the dhcp range.

[clarkss12]

Its been running. Smooth as silk my friend. The version of xbmc has been working very well. They don't use vicinity.me anymore. It was a true piece of crap. Anyway they do have to separate launchers a custom they did and a ur standard. I'm having fun using the custom right now almost look win8 . I'm using xbmc to play my media streamed from my Serviio server. Everything plays with no problem. Even the wifi seems to have gotten better.

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Are you getting Dolby surround with XBMC? I have tried 3 different versions of XBMC and can't get pass thru via HDMI.

[clarkss12]

I honest haven't tried that yet. Plus the TV I have it on the audio is not that great. I would however try viper4 from the market. Install the fx version

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Tried viper4 fx, did not work.
Thanks anyway