Livebox Help

Hey guys, due to some questions on the forum, I thought I’d get some information together on connecting your Playstation 3 to your Orange Livebox. Here are the steps:

Remember, if your PS3 is already working with the Livebox, don’t fix what isn’t broken, and ignore this post!

1. Go to http://configuration.adsl and log in. See my post on default login details if you are unsure what your login is.
2. Navigate to Configuration -> Advanced -> Wireless on the left navigation area
3. If you live in a well-populated area, write down the name of your livebox, which could be something like “Livebox-B1F1″.
4. Change the security level to “WEP Security Only” if it not already, by selecting the radio button on the left hand side of the text.
5. Change “Maximum Pairing Time” to “–”, which means unlimited. Make sure “Wi-Fi Easypairing” is on.
6. Click submit to confirm the changes.
7. Now go to Security -> Wireless Connection
8. Take a note of your WEP Key (this helps keep intruders out of your network, so don’t be tempted to change it to something simple for ease!)
9. Go to your PS3 and bring up the Cross Media Bar (called the XMB), then go to Settings -> Network Settings -> Internet Connection Settings.
10. Answer “Yes” when you are warned that you may be disconnected.
11. Select the wireless option, then select “scan”.
12. If you are in a built-up area, a long list of everyone’s wireless routers should appear. I would advise that you choose yours so that you don’t get your neighbours complaining about losing their connection! It will be the name of the Livebox (see step 3!)
13. Check the box next to your Livebox name
14. According to several sources, your signal strength should be at least 30% for a good connection without lag or drops. If it’s lower than this, consider moving your Playstation closer to the Livebox, if you can!
15. In the “WLAN Security” section, select “WEP”
16. Type in the WEP key that you got from step 8
17. Select “Continue”, then select “Easy”.
18. Now you need to configure your Livebox Firewall to allow games to be played. First, on your PS3, go to Settings -> Network Settings -> Network Connections -> Status List. Look for the IP Address of the PS3, which should begin with 192.168 (unless you have specified something different on the Livebox). Note it down, we’ll need it in a second.
19. Go to http://configuration.adsl, log in, then go to Configuration -> Advanced -> Router and click the “Add” button.
20. Select the “Manual Service” radio box, and in the box to the right, type something meaningful, like Playstation or PS3.
21. Next to the word “Protocol” there is a dropdown box, select UDP, not TCP.
22. In the “external” and “internal” port boxes, type 4658.
23. Next to “Server IP Address”, type the IP Address that the PS3 gave you in Step 18.
24. Hit submit

And you’re done

Hello again to everyone using this website.

Just to say that I’m really glad to see so many people finding the content useful, please let me know if you have been helped. If you feel like you can lend a hand to other users, please do via comments or the discussion forum.

Thanks again

Hey guys, just checking in.

I’m still here, and I’m still seeing many comments with success stories, which is good :). Just remember, I am active, and will do my best to answer queries, but don’t be too upset if I can’t, because some fixes require firmware upgrades which Orange havent released in a while.

Hopefully they will release one soon, with many fixes for the Livebox! Not likely, but still - one can hope.

Hey guys, hope you are all well.

In the latest of my posts on the Orange Livebox, here is some handy advice for using your home computers as web servers with the Orange Livebox.

The router includes some handy port forwarding functions, but something else which it includes as standard is automatic updates for Dynamic DNS Services such as No-IP.com.

A dynamic DNS service allows your livebox to be assigned a domain name, or subdomain, so you can remember a simple address like mylivebox.no-ip.com, rather than your IP address, which is something like 85.165.23.12. This can be very useful for people who can’t afford a professional hosting service, or who want more control over their data.

First, sign up for the free no-ip.info service, and make a new subdomain.

You can then log on to your livebox, and go to the advanced tab, then dynamic DNS updates. You can then enter your username and password, as well as the domain you are using. The livebox will then update your settings on every IP address change to reflect your new domain.

So you could go to example.no-ip.com and your livebox will be contacted to provide the end user with some content. But we’ve got a problem! There’s no content at port 80 (which is the default HTTP Port), so the user won’t get any content.

That’s where my handy guide to port forwarding comes in. Just read it through and configure a computer for Web Serving (port 80), you should then be able to access the computer with content on from your new dynamic URL.

Thanks, Tom

Hey guys,

Haven’t posted in a while due to the fact I’m now in paid employment. Anyway: If you use your second line service, and are NOT an Orange Pay Monthly (Contract) Mobile customer, do not use second line to make calls to Orange Mobiles. They’re website says they are free at any time to all Home Select and Max customers, but take it from me they are not. I just got a bill for £300, due to me calling my girlfriends mobile (on Orange).

The website is very unclear, and you only find out when you get the bill!

I have created a message board for you to discuss the livebox and recieve help & support.

It is located here:

http://livebox.tomhallam.co.uk/forum/index.php 

Hi, I’ve got 4 computers set up here, and I thought I’d share with you how I allowed more than the two ports which the Livebox has open for LAN use.

What you need: 

• A LAN Hub
• A Patch Network Cable
• A Livebox

First, examine your livebox. If you have two network ports (Lan) then you are ok to proceed. Have a look at this image:

(click to make it bigger)

You can see the livebox, and the two LAN points that it has on it’s right side. The Red-tipped cable that I have plugged in leads to my hub. This is the patch cable.

Now you need to take the cable and plug it in to your hub, as in the above picture. It can be plugged in to any of the ports apart from the “X-Ovr” port, as this is for a crossover cable, which can be bought and plugged into another computer.

The data will still be sent as it sees the livebox as another peer.

You can now plug further cables into the hub and use the internet (and any other services) through the livebox!

Hi, following my tutorial on installing a printer on to your Livebox, here’s a tutorial on setting up port forwarding on your Livebox.

You can use port forwarding for a number of reasons - maybe you want to use a web server from home, or set up a game server.

Here’s how you do it.

1. Go to “configuration.adsl” or 192.168.1.1 in your web browser
2. On the left hand side, there is a menu of options. Go to Configuration > Advanced> Router
3. You’ll get the “Port forwarding” screen
4. To add a new service, click “add”
5. You can choose from the pre-configured services from the dropdown list, or select the “Manual Service” radio button and type a meaningful name for the new service (without spaces or special characters), for example “bf1942? or “webserver”.
6. You will need to choose “TCP” from the protocol dropdown
7. Type in the port that people will use to access the server externally. If you have more than one port with the same value, this is very useful. For example if you already have a web server set up on port 80, you can choose 8080 or 81 for the new port. Of course this is entirely up to you!
8. The internal port is the port which the traffic will be accepted on on your host machine, usually this can’t be changed. For more information contact your software vendor or read the manual.
   1. Apache or IIS = 80
   2. FTP = 21
   3. Secure Server = 443
9. Finally type the Internal IP Address of the server which will be running the program. The external IP address will always be what your Livebox address is.

Hi, I was challenged today by the port on my livebox to install a printer to it. It seems it’s not as straight forward as one would hope. Here’s the steps

1. Turn your livebox on and plug in your printer to the USB port on one of the sides. (Hint: it’s underneath the “1″ and “2″ buttons
2. Go to your networked computer (i.e. any computer you use to surf the internet through the livebox)
3. In your preferred web browser, go to “http://configuration.adsl” or “http://192.168.1.1″ depending on your configuration (try them both if one doesn’t work!)
4. Log in to the pages
5. On the homepage, you should see a table with “My Services” over it
6. Click “Change” next to the liveprinter
7. Enable it if it hasn’t already been enabled
8. Now go to Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes
9. Click “add a printer”
10. Click “Next” then Choose “A local computer” and untick “Automatically Detect P&P Devices”, Click Next
11. Choose “Create a new port”, and choose “Standard TCP/IP Port” from the drop down list
12. Click Next. In printer name, type “192.168.1.1″ and let the computer fill in the field below. Click next.
13. In the next window choose “Generic Network Adapter” from the dropdown list
14. After that, select your printer driver, and click next
15. Fill in the details it wants, click next
16. Fill in the rest of the details, click Next
17. Click finish and you are done

The Vista screen after step 13 needs you to select TCP/IP device from the pull down menu and then gives option to query the printer and auto select the driver (but if the printer isn’t recognised it does the right thing and drops you into the manual model-select screen).
It is not obvious that you need to regard the printer as ‘local’ on every machine instead of ‘networked’ though it may be too much to expect the livebox to have s/w to handle print spooling/queues - unless this is to be in a future upgrade (then making it simpler for Orange to support it as a ‘network printer’)

Hope that helped some people

Hey, Welcome to Livebox Help!

My name is Tom Hallam and I have recently recieved a Livebox from Orange and found their help less than, well, helpful. I created this space for tutorials and updates on the Livebox and I’ll help you with it’s features.