alsoknownas
some bloke
What do I need to do?
Be Broadband users - is it good? reliable?
- Thread starter han
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Do you chance the settings by the web interface (http://bebox) or by using telnet?
If it's the web interface, then find the part where you can save your current configuration to a file. Do that, then make a copy of the file and then open it with a text editor.
search for the text in the file which says:
Code:
[ mlpuser.ini ]then just below there are the usernames and hashed passwords which will give access to the router.
for example:
Code:
add name=Administrator password=_92029343blahvlah####
role=Administrator
hash2=999fge33333388hjhjhjh
defuser=enabledLeave alone the one you want to use, but below it will be two sets of details with details like:
Code:
add name=BeTechSupportYou should either delete these from the file or comment them out.
The passwords for these hidden users are the same for all the boxes
A few other things you might want to tidy while you've got the file open:
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/826
After you've made changes, save the file and then load it as the configuration file via the same page you used to create the file.
alsoknownas
some bloke
Thanks very much for this information. Bit scary digging about in the Router settings, but it looks like I'm going to have to get on with it. Cheers again Final.
no problem.
Don't fear about messing with the settings.
So long as you keep an intact original file and just edit the copy then even if you mess it up really bad and it doesn't work, all you'll need to do is press the reset button on the back of the machine and then load your unedited config file - you'll be back up and running in 5 mins.
have fun.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I didn't like them cos they wouldn't let me change the date of my direct debit, so I had to stop using them as the DDs kept getting returned
Their own DNS infrastructure is cack 
Primary dns drops dead every 10 mins, and some of their name servers can take over a second to reply. Many folk have kicked over to opendns as Be just don't seem to give a flying fuck about fixing it.
Which is a shame really, because I can still get 12.5Mb from a 13Mb synching connection to decent ftp servers in the UK. OK, Wapping is a relatively newly LLUed exchange so it may not be as badly congested as others that have been in use longer.
The bittorrent warnings need to be taken into account too if you're considering Be. They've started warning subscribers who have been reported as peering copyrighted material (mostly software at the moment)
Primary dns drops dead every 10 mins, and some of their name servers can take over a second to reply. Many folk have kicked over to opendns as Be just don't seem to give a flying fuck about fixing it.Which is a shame really, because I can still get 12.5Mb from a 13Mb synching connection to decent ftp servers in the UK. OK, Wapping is a relatively newly LLUed exchange so it may not be as badly congested as others that have been in use longer.
The bittorrent warnings need to be taken into account too if you're considering Be. They've started warning subscribers who have been reported as peering copyrighted material (mostly software at the moment)
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
They pay the little men in the cables to run faster
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
han
love is the answer
Ahh. So - sounds like it IS worth changing then
Thanks for explaining ADSL2 Sunray
Indeed. These current complaints are from people on the brixton exchange - it'll all be to do with the new connection they're installing. Once they're done, Brixton should have the fattest pipe to the internet it's ever had
YAY!!!
There has been some downtime but they have communicated all issues to me quickly and efficiently.
Is there a provider that can offer zero downtime?
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
No, quite simply. Not without redundant connections, and even then anything more than 99.99999% is tricky.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
I was with Pipex for 3 years and they never went down. Mind you, I didn't get speeds above 5kbps and they charged the earth for it.
I'm on the Wapping exchange and dns is currently a pile of poo. Wapping is not one of the exchanges flagged up as having capacity problems. I've noticed that their dns can take over a second, yet if I fire up a heavy download it will run at line speed. This suggests to me that dns issues I'm having are not exclusively due to bandwidth problems.
Check out the Be forums (OK, that's not possible if you're not already a user). There are definite problems, with no current acknowledgment from Be or even a genuine desire to find out more. Even on the forums, as Chris mentions above, the problems don't seem to affect everyone on a given exchange.
I still believe Be are the best option for a high end consumer ISP, but if you chose them then do so with your eyes open.
dogmatique
merde alors
I'm tempted to do that, but was a bit put off by this quote from Wipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
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