Seagate Dockstar Discussion and Tutorial Thread

techie_007 said:
No need to remove pogoplug. All of us use with pen drive, external HDD only. Internal space too low to install many programs if needed, + higher risk of bricking.

THis way is best, n u can also boot back into pogoplug if required.
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Yes, throught the same. Currently using it of 8Gig Pendrive. OS itself needs about 400mb odd, so rest is available for download. working nicely.
 
well the recovery system is ready at jeffs forum

pogoplug can be removed and recovery system can be put in NAND

recovery looks okay on paper with all the utilities and yes the static ip also

but the requirement of a router and that too in pppoe is a pain

wasted 2 days in setting it up when router was in bridge

Dockstar Linux Forum :: Rescue System
 
connected my dock with gprs using my nokia e51

was using pppconfig

but i have not been able to open transmission

tried many times to change the setting.json

rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1" to my address or "*"

used webmin

used winscp

but after each change and saving whenever i restart the transmission-daemon

it would be back to

rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1"

any linux guru could give some pointers here please

except transmission

installed

webmin -- working

pppconfig -- workin

bluetooth - not tested

transmission - Unauthorized IP Address error
any other usable software required to be installed

finally it would be a headless downloading box and nas

finally some noob questions ( i am a linux newbie)

a dockstar is connected to internet and want to remote login then ip of doskstar has to be known

if i use bsnl gprs prepaid 274 plan (with the 3g network which is working right now here) and somehow it gets disconnected

then for reconnecting it i have to come to dockstar and give the pon command

can someone pls tell me a script to auto connect/autodial it

even if it auto dials/auto connects i have to still come and see the ip address (i guess bsnl gprs gives dynamic address )

then only i can login to dockstar

well then it fails to solve the purpose at least with gprs

basically dockstar connected with gprs is going to be at a different location then my location

where dockstar is going to be there , no pc available so if it gets disconnected then cannot control it remotely

gurus pls correct me if i am wrong in my deductions

and a solution requested

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anyone tried rtorrent ??

compared with transmission which one is better ??

and why not utorrent itself
 
1. Shutdown all transmission processes, then make changes to the file. After saving, confirm that changes are made by checking file again. Then start transmission.

2. The dynamic IP thing is of course a problem. You need some sort of program to check and mail you the public IP everytime ti changes for example. I have no idea how this would work on Linux. :)

kuduku said:
connected my dock with gprs using my nokia e51

was using pppconfig

but i have not been able to open transmission

tried many times to change the setting.json

rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1" to my address or "*"

used webmin

used winscp

but after each change and saving whenever i restart the transmission-daemon

it would be back to

rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1"

any linux guru could give some pointers here please

except transmission

installed

webmin -- working

pppconfig -- workin

bluetooth - not tested

transmission - Unauthorized IP Address error
any other usable software required to be installed

finally it would be a headless downloading box and nas

finally some noob questions ( i am a linux newbie)

a dockstar is connected to internet and want to remote login then ip of doskstar has to be known

if i use bsnl gprs prepaid 274 plan (with the 3g network which is working right now here) and somehow it gets disconnected

then for reconnecting it i have to come to dockstar and give the pon command

can someone pls tell me a script to auto connect/autodial it

even if it auto dials/auto connects i have to still come and see the ip address (i guess bsnl gprs gives dynamic address )

then only i can login to dockstar

well then it fails to solve the purpose at least with gprs

basically dockstar connected with gprs is going to be at a different location then my location

where dockstar is going to be there , no pc available so if it gets disconnected then cannot control it remotely

gurus pls correct me if i am wrong in my deductions

and a solution requested

--- Updated Post - Automerged ---

anyone tried rtorrent ??

compared with transmission which one is better ??

and why not utorrent itself
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thanks techie_007

i was able to edit the config file but its asking for username and password

tried my root username and password but not logging in

any pointers

solved the username with

rpc-authentication-required to false

but now the error is

409: Conflict

Your request had an invalid session-id header.

To fix this, follow these steps:

When reading a response, get its X-Transmission-Session-Id header and remember it

Add the updated header to your outgoing requests

When you get this 409 error message, resend your request with the updated header

This requirement has been added to help prevent CSRF attacks.
 
well tried many things

also enabled rpc-authentication-required

gave a username and password

showed the username and password option and then the same error

409: Conflict

Your request had an invalid session-id header.

To fix this, follow these steps:

When reading a response, get its X-Transmission-Session-Id header and remember it

Add the updated header to your outgoing requests

When you get this 409 error message, resend your request with the updated header

This requirement has been added to help prevent CSRF attacks.

X-Transmission-Session-Id: k9kUy58rDZynBy4bShsUuSJFW0HS9ORd8C7dV6xEdUX3Lpag

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well installed transmission remote gui

was able to log in

everything smooth and fine

with the price reduction of 3G this option looks really tempting now

let me test it for a month on 2G option
 
kuduku said:
finally some noob questions ( i am a linux newbie)

a dockstar is connected to internet and want to remote login then ip of doskstar has to be known
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I am using DHCP Address Reservation. So I always get a static IP without need of any hacks. you can always use the same



if i use bsnl gprs prepaid 274 plan (with the 3g network which is working right now here) and somehow it gets disconnected

then for reconnecting it i have to come to dockstar and give the pon command

can someone pls tell me a script to auto connect/autodial it
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You can write a script for that. it needs to simply ping google.com every 15minutes and if you don't get an reply, then its means internet is disconnect. so issue the pon command. something like this. replace no, with actual dial command.

PHP: 
#!/bin/bash 

WGET="/usr/bin/wget"

$WGET -q --tries=10 --timeout=5 [url]http://www.google.com[/url] -O /tmp/index.google &> /dev/null 

if [ ! -s /tmp/index.google ];

then 

          echo "no" #Add the command to connect here

else 

          echo "yes" 

fi

Read more: Tiny bash scripts: check Internet connection availability - Linux * Screw

even if it auto dials/auto connects i have to still come and see the ip address (i guess bsnl gprs gives dynamic address )

then only i can login to dockstar

well then it fails to solve the purpose at least with gprs

basically dockstar connected with gprs is going to be at a different location then my location

where dockstar is going to be there , no pc available so if it gets disconnected then cannot control it remotely

gurus pls correct me if i am wrong in my deductions

and a solution requested
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you can use DDNS service like Dyndns for this purpose

anyone tried rtorrent ??

compared with transmission which one is better ??

and why not utorrent itself
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I use rtorrent only. It works very nice and takes lot less memory. and rtorrent+screen is a deadly combo. utorrent is only available for Mac and Windows. Linux port is planned.

Hope it helps
 
kuduku said:
let me try all your goodies but isnt the linux utorrent out ???

µTorrent Server 3.0 alpha build 21886 (for Linux) (Page 1) / Announcements (Linux) / forum.utorrent.com

Download - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client
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Nice. I knew it was planned but didn't knew they released it. But Its alpha build, so not sure how stable it is or If there any web interface available.

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I have managed to bring down RAM usage just to mere 30mb! right now I am running rtorrent,FTP,IRC client irssi,screen . Btw, there is no GUI. CLI FTW:p



Next thinking about setting up a Home VPN, so I can bypass website blocking but need to see if I can get Iptables and TUN support on this cute little device.
 
I should get my dockstar in 7-10 days, i have never used linux before so i installed debian on a spare hdd to get some basic knowledge of linux before i mod my dockstar :)
 
Gaurish said:
Nice. I knew it was planned but didn't knew they released it. But Its alpha build, so not sure how stable it is or If there any web interface available.

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I have managed to bring down RAM usage just to mere 30mb! right now I am running rtorrent,FTP,IRC client irssi,screen . Btw, there is no GUI. CLI FTW:p



Next thinking about setting up a Home VPN, so I can bypass website blocking but need to see if I can get Iptables and TUN support on this cute little device.
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nice to know your ram usage

btw which plug device do you have ??

i tried the script but couldnt work it out ( i am a linux + programming noob )

i have written the complete script

the error is that pon comd just gets displayed without actually dialing it

whereas when i give the command in terminal it actually dials it

#!/bin/bash

WGET="/usr/bin/wget"

$WGET -q --tries=10 --timeout=5 Google -O /tmp/index.google &> /dev/null

if [ ! -s /tmp/index.google ];

then

echo "pon nokia"

else

echo "yes"

fi

are you using Dyndns for your plug ??

for making a copy of pendrive in windows i used HDClone 3.8 Professional Edition

only thing to note that smart copy should be off and logical copy to be made

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@ Gaurish which ftp client are you running
 
Umm, one noob question:

Can this still be used for the original purpose now that we have installed the new uBoot in this? You know, like a NAS?
 
I'm seriously thinking of getting this one , how well does its torrent client works ? Need to know whether i would required to Modem or this can take of modem itself ? (yeah its a noob question) as i would be using it for torrent downloads from the router itself no pc.
 
According to ebay my dockstar has been shipped today, the tracking no is my paisapay id, when i checked the tracking on iccworld.com it says that it was shipped on 15 sep and it has already been delivered to me, do iccworld always do this?
 
Sei said:
Can this still be used for the original purpose now that we have installed the new uBoot in this? You know, like a NAS?
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I think can you will to install Samba or ftp, for this to work.
kuduku said:
nice to know your ram usage

btw which plug device do you have ??
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I have Dockstar

whereas when i give the command in terminal it actually dials it
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just remove the echo

PHP: 
#!/bin/bash 

WGET="/usr/bin/wget"

$WGET -q --tries=10 --timeout=5 [url=http://www.google.com]Google[/url] -O /tmp/index.google &> /dev/null 

if [ ! -s /tmp/index.google ];

then 

          pon nokia

else 

          echo "yes" 

fi

are you using Dyndns for your plug ??
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Yes, DDNS Client for DynDNS inbuilt into my Router. you can there DynDNS.com - Support -- Update Clients -- Linux / Unix Clients

@ Gaurish which ftp client are you running
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I normally use inbuilt FTP Ability in OS. I think Windows Explorer too has basic FTP. so you don't really need any client.
 
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