SpecificationsInternet setupTV setup WiFi setup MAC change TR-069 setup Software update
Smart Box One router specifications
Check that you are using the latest firmware version, if not, then update. Information about the current software version of this model can be found on the Beeline website by entering the model in the search bar on the website, or by clicking on the link: https: //moskva.beeline.ru/customers/pomosh/home/domashnij-internet/nastrojki-s-routerom / beeline-smart-box-one /
Before connecting the Internet cable to the WAN port, it is recommended to log into the CPE and perform a factory reset.
When performing a complex setting ( PPPoE , IPTV etc. - all together) on the router, use the "Save" button on each page where you change the parameters, click the "Apply" button upon completion of all settings, since every time after pressing it CPE does not reboot, but becomes unavailable for 20 seconds. This will help reduce the overall setup time.
If for any reason the provider blocks your Internet access by MAC address, there is a need to change this address. The reasons may be different, both the replacement of network equipment, and frequent connections to the network from several accounts.
It is recommended to change the MAC address just before setting up TV and Internet connection, because this option may not be available later. If the need to change the MAC appeared already with the configured router, then you will have to reset the settings to the factory parameters and carry out the setup process again.
CustomizationPPPoE.
We go into the settings of the router. To enter, you must enter the IP address 192.168.1.1 in the address bar of the browser, the system will ask you to log in. Under normal access with admin rights (admin / admin) - only DHCP + L2TP will be available to you. In order to configure PPPoE and TR069, you need to log in under the superuser. Login: SuperUser Password: Beeline $ martB0x. In the latest firmware versions of the Smart Box router for superuser, the serial number of the device must be used as a password. It is indicated on a sticker on the back of the case, under the barcode - SJxxxxxxxxxx. The authorization page is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 3. Advanced settings.
Now you need to go to the Other -\u003e WAN section.
In this section, you will see the existing WAN connections on the router - connections that you can change, adding new and deleting old ones is absent. For the CPE to work correctly under PPPoE, it is recommended to always configure the first connection # 1, in this case it is “Internet-DHCP”. If you plan to connect only to the Internet, uncheck the ✓ “Enable” checkboxes next to other WAN connections except the first one. Such measures will help to avoid additional configuration "TR-069 Client".
Figure 4. WAN Connections.
For Internet connection via PPPoE, change the following parameters:
- connection name - "Internet-PPPoE";
- service type - "DATA" and "MGNT";
- connection type - "Routing";
- iP mode - "PPPoE";
- account and password - issued by the provider;
- trigger: "Keep Alive";
- dNS substitution - "Enable";
- use NAT - ✓ (enable);
- VLAN ID - assigned according to the conditions of the region.
Figure 5. WAN connection profile settings.
TV setup
In the menu, select the "Advanced settings" item, as shown in Figure 3.
Now section Others -\u003e WAN:
Figure 6. WAN Connections.
Select the second connection # 2 for configuring the WAN, as shown in Figure 6. If you unchecked the ✓ box next to the WAN connection, you must put it back. Then the button "Save" and "Apply".
To configure IPTV, let's change the following WAN connection parameters # 2:
- connection name - "TV";
- service type - "IPTV";
- connection type - "Bridge";
- iP mode - "Static IP".
On the left in the menu, select the "LAN" item.
Almost at the very bottom of the page is the section "IPTV Port" , where opposite LAN4 we put a tick ✓. Then the button "Save" and "Apply". An example is shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8. TV connection
Setting up a wireless networkWi– Fi
In the menu, select the item "Advanced settings"
Now the Wi-Fi section -\u003e Basic parameters.
In this section, the settings of the parameters of the wireless network are made, it operates in two modes (2.4GHz and 5GHz), for both modes the settings are similar.
To configure Wi-Fi in 2.4GHz mode, change the following parameters:
- Wireless Mode - "2G";
- Network ID (SSID) - "RT-WiFi_2G_F51159";
- Operating mode - "11n + g + b";
- Channel - "Auto";
- Signal level - "High";
An example is shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Wireless network settings with 2.4GHz mode.
To configure Wi-Fi in 5GHz mode, change the following parameters:
- Wireless Mode - "5G";
- Enable wireless network (Wi-Fi);
- Network ID (SSID) - "RT-WiFi_5G_F51159";
- Operating mode - "11a + n";
- Channel - "Auto";
- Bandwidth - "Auto 20MHz + 40MHz";
- Signal level - "High";
- The number of connected devices is unlimited.
- Then the button "Save" and "Apply".
An example is shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10. Wireless network settings with 5GHz mode.
Setting up network securityWi– Fi
In the menu, select the item "Advanced settings"
Now section Wi-Fi -\u003e Security.
By default, the wireless password is located on the back of the device next to the barcode.
- Wireless Mode - "2G";
- select the network ID (SSID) - "RT-WiFi_2G_F51159";
Figure 11. Security settings of the 2.4GHz wireless network.
To configure network security in 2.4GHz mode, change the following parameters:
- Wireless Mode - "5G";
- select the network ID (SSID) - "RT-WiFi_5G_F51159";
- authentication - "WPA / WPA2-PSK";
- password (PSK) - 8 to 64 characters.
Figure 12. Security settings for the 5GHz wireless network.
ChangeMAC addresses.
In order to change the MAC address, you need to log into the device under the administrator account, by default it is (admin / admin).
In the menu, select the item "Advanced settings".
Now go to the Other -\u003e WAN section.
On this page, in the "Clone MAC address" field, you can either print any, or clone the MAC of your PC.
Figure 13. The page for changing the MAC address.
You can view the current MAC address by selecting the "Advanced settings" item in the menu. An example is shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14. The "Advanced Settings" page.
Client SettingTR – 069
If you configured the first WAN connection for PPPOE, then there should be no problems with the appearance of CPE on ACS, otherwise you need to check the settings of the TR - 069 client.
In the menu, select the item "Advanced settings", as shown in Figure 3.
Now you need to go to the Other -\u003e TR-069 Client section:
To connect the CPE to the ACS server, change the following parameters:
- wAN connection profile "Internet - PPPoE",
- ACS URL: "acs.rt.ru",
- then the button "Save" and "Apply".
Completed fields such as:
- Connection Request account;
- Connection Request password;
- The Periodic Inform interval is "28054".
An example of a connected TR-069 Client is shown in Figure 15, and not connected in Figure 16.
Figure 15. An example of a connected TR-069 Client.
Figure 16. An example of an unconnected TR-069 Client.
Software Update.
Before performing a software update, you need to clarify the model and firmware version of your router, since this is a very responsible process, you can harm the device by trying to install an incompatible firmware from another model, which will most likely lead to negative consequences.
View the model and the current software version, in the WebUI menu, select the "Advanced settings" item, as shown in Figure 3. Next, a page will open in front of you, at the bottom of which is the "System Information" item. An example is shown in Figure 18.
Check that you are using the latest firmware version, if not, update.
Figure 18. Model and software version.
In the top menu, select "Others".
A page with basic settings of the router will open. In the left menu, select "Software Update".
Click the "Select file" button and specify the location of the firmware file that you downloaded earlier.
After that press the button "Perform update". An example is shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19. Item "Software update".
Wait for the router to update the firmware, this process takes approximately 5 minutes, after which the router needs to be rebooted and it will be ready for use. An example is shown in Figure 20.
Figure 20. The upgrade process.
Remarks.
1. When connected to an old PC, this router may not work correctly with the network, display its status as "Unidentified network", an example is shown in Figure 18. The problem occurs when the CPE is rebooted, reset to factory settings. To solve the problem, you have to restart the PC, or enter it into "Sleep mode" and vice versa.
Figure 18. Unidentified network.
- With frequent use of several accounts for PPPoE connection on this device, CPE may be blocked by MAC address for an indefinite time. To avoid such a problem, it is recommended to use one account for work, but if a blocking problem occurs, you need to change the MAC address.
3. Change of MAC address is carried out only from the administrator account (admin / admin) and provided that the initial settings of WAN connections have not been changed under SuperUser, otherwise a factory reset will be required.
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Changing the Internet provider is not a frequent matter, but sometimes it is very necessary. Especially recently it concerns Beeline subscribers. Having gained in due time a large customer base, gradually the quality of services began to fall in comparison with developing competitors. However, when changing the operator, one problem arises. The fact is that Beeline, along with the tariff package, widely distributed its Smart Box One branded routers, which were quite good at that time, which were designed to use the Internet only in their network. However, there is a way to save money - to flash the Beeline Smart Box router for all operators. How? I'll tell you now!
Configuring Beeline Smart Box router for all operators
Today you can find a bunch of ads on Avito selling Smart Boxes - at ridiculous prices and in excellent condition with a complete set and box. The fact is that few people know that the Beeline router is easy to set up to work with any provider. It doesn't even require a complicated firmware for beginners.
The secret is that when we enter the control panel under the default administrator account with the username and password admin / admin, which are indicated on the sticker, then the WAN port setting, which is just responsible for choosing the type of Internet connection, is blocked on L2TP for Beeline.
To unlock it, you just need to log into the router from under the super-user.
To do this, open the login page http://192.168.1.1 in the browser and use the pair:
- Login - SuperUser
- Password - Beeline $ martB0x
If these data do not fit, then we try to specify the serial number of the router indicated on the sticker as a password - it looks like "SFXXXXXXXXXX".
If you are, then read our other article, which analyzes possible errors and offers options for their correction.
After authorization in the "Advanced settings" section in the "Others" menu, we get full access to all configurations, including the Internet, without any firmware. There are now all types of connections, including via a 3G modem.
The tale of how I made a candy rocket, or rather translated the software of the router to the Padavan firmware.
Hardvarchiki, IT specialists, owners of Smart BOX Pro please under the cut!
"Without buldrabyz" ®
Clause 18 is carefully present,
Post from the section / category do it yourself! This is a technical post!
Sak bulygyz- Important: The article is written on people with hands that can hold a soldering iron and are able to google!
Foreword: (Pain) can be skipped:
I had an asus rt16 router, I lived and did not grieve. (this could have ended)
It's 2014. I had to become a young dad, a daughter was to be born soon.
I wanted myself, a powerful router, no worse than asus rt16 and there was support for wifi 5 ghz!
I started choosing a router for myself: take kinetic, the bowels of the forums shouted, the wallet said: we won't pull it.
Then an advertisement flashed “hey, guy, you want a router for free, take it, the advertisement said, and in the conditions it was you take the Internet for 1 year and you get the router for free.
I immediately googled and came across an article on Habré "no router from the provider, no need".
It seemed that nothing boded trouble - beautiful hardware CPU1: MediaTek MT7621AT (880 MHz, 2 cores)
RAM: 256 MiB (ESMT F59L2G81A-25T), gigabit ports, wifi 5 hertz, two usbi ports, that's what I thought!
An inner voice said: listen! - and the guy who takes the vpn from you will take it for 1 year? - Yes, I answered in my thoughts! And then the wallet shouted: “the budget has been allocated - adjustments have been made.
That's how I became the owner of Smart BOX Pro.
Having put the router after RT16 for 3 months, I got bogged down with work, and forgot about it.
Little by little, the flaws of the router began to surface, ahaahhah naive Chukchi boy - free cheese only in a mousetrap!
The router was created by Sercom, commissioned by Beeline.
From himself, he represented a redrawn simple gui, but there is no torrent, and someone did not declare it.
There is no vpn server. There is a long server, but when meeting with the Cyrillic alphabet on the disk, it hung up tightly.
Percentage load at idle 23%, the settings of the thrown ports are forgotten after the restart, the increased googling of alternative firmware said
: "Miracle won't happen"
Memory in Nand device with locked bootloader.
On the ixbt forum, people like me were traced. After reading many pages, I came to the short conclusion that rgmi 2 was cut from the van port to light bulbs and it became a pseudo gigabit.
As a result, on the forum you could find a statement throw it out, buy a normal router.
It was all very sad.
The thought that the investment was in vain, but after that I remembered that it was worth a whopping 5990 rubles at that time. I remembered about the detected jamb for the server and decided to make a ticket to the provider's technical support, it was 2015 July / June month.
Technical support worked promptly, connected from a remote location revealed that the problem was real and that was all.
Once every six months since 2014, I called Beeline and asked how things were with my ticket, to which they endlessly threw me - once to the head of the department with claims clients. There they answered me “the young man the router works, what are the complaints? to which I objected: but after all, the server does not work correctly, but it is declared in the router and your experts confirm this, to which this inadequate person answered me - this is not our router, but from Sercom, please contact them.
I objected - a router created by order of a Beeline sold under the Beeline brand - from a Beeline, it immediately became not a Beeline router, for which they simply dropped the call.
A call to Moscow Sercom gave nothing: if a short piece of iron is ordered, ask the customer.
Time passed, a daughter was born in December 2014, in 2016 I also called unsuccessfully, to which I received an answer like wait for the firmware, the firmware is not written so quickly, well, probably the programmer just wasn't born) I already had a son, then in my head and the thought came up that the router will inherit it, maybe they will write the firmware by this time.
In July 2018, firmware 2.0.19 still appeared, I do not know what they have already changed there, the promise to call back when the firmware is released, they have already forgotten.
My knowledge grew in the field of it and iron. And already in 2018, at the end of March and beginning of April, I looked askance at Smart BOX Pro and wondered if the time had passed to open you up and do something good.
Hands were itching, but a sober mind said that there was still little knowledge, until on the Muska I came across a comment saying “the guys change and sew for a spy flash, and I asked for a link. And how it started ...
After talking with people on the forum, I came to understand how to change nand memory to spi.
Oh man - that he wanted to remake the router -
Further, a one-way journey, be careful!
Remember everything is set out as it is, and there is a big risk of not reaching the end if you break your equipment, then only you are to blame! In general, "The road will be mastered by the walking!"
Given:
Router smart box pro -1 pc
Straight arms - 1 pair
Soldering iron -1 pc
Flash memory W25Q128FVSIG 1 piece
Light heads - Legion :)
It is not necessary, but desirable to have:
1) Soldering Hair Dryer or Wood / Rose-Friends with or without programmer!
Action plan:
1) Make a backup of calibrations and firmware. (important and mandatory, until you make a backup, do not go to step 2)
2) Parsing and soldering: resistor chip / flash / nand soldering
3) Build firmware from the Prometheus project: yes, it's there!
4) Return of native calibrations.
Stage 2 can be performed last, to whom it is more convenient, but it is more convenient for me 2)
Let's Go: Stage 1
1) We connect to the smart box pro-super user login SuperUser, the password will be Beeline $ martB0x or SFXXXXXXXXXX where XXXX is the serial number of the device on the back of the router on a sticker or in the router menu under a regular user. We rewrite the poppy addresses of LAN and Wifi come in handy.
Thank you for the info "Mad Geek" for starting to remodel a simple smart box (another model), but unfortunately did not reach the finished result.
Having received the rights of a super user, we open access via SSH, connect with the PuTTY program, do not forget to insert a USB flash drive with the "FAT32" file system into the router
In PuTTY, after the login and password, type in the command "sh" ("), you do not need to drive in quotes!
then each line is a separate command, wait for its execution
"
cd / mnt / shares / A
mkdir mtd_backup
cd mtd_backup
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock0 of \u003d mtd0
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock1 of \u003d mtd1
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock2 of \u003d mtd2
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock3 of \u003d mtd3
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock4 of \u003d mtd4
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock5 of \u003d mtd5
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock6 of \u003d mtd6
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock7 of \u003d mtd7
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock8 of \u003d mtd8
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock9 of \u003d mtd9
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock11 of \u003d mtd11
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock12 of \u003d mtd12
"
should work about like this
collapse / expand
view @ Smart Box Pro\u003e sh
BusyBox v1.15.3 () built-in shell (ash)
Enter "help" for a list of built-in commands.
~ # cd / mnt / shares / A
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # mkdir mtd_backup
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock1 of \u003d mtd1
523264 + 0 records in
523264 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock1 of \u003d mtd1
2048 + 0 records in
2048 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock2 of \u003d mtd2
2048 + 0 records in
2048 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock3 of \u003d mtd3
40960 + 0 records in
40960 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock4 of \u003d mtd4
2048 + 0 records in
2048 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock5 of \u003d mtd5
8192 + 0 records in
8192 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock6 of \u003d mtd6
8192 + 0 records in
8192 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock7 of \u003d mtd7
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock8 of \u003d mtd8
61440 + 0 records in
61440 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock8 of \u003d mtd8
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock9 of \u003d mtd9
61440 + 0 records in
61440 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock9 of \u003d mtd9
dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock10 of \u003d mtd10
102400 + 0 records in
102400 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock10 of \u003d mtd10
102400 + 0 records in
102400 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock11 of \u003d mtd11
122880 + 0 records in
122880 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock12 of \u003d mtd12
2048 + 0 records in
2048 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A # dd if \u003d / dev / mtdblock0 of \u003d mtd0
523264 + 0 records in
523264 + 0 records out
/ tmp / mnt / shares / A #
Files with the name mtd (X) X should appear in the root of the flash drive or the folder "mtd_backup" - numbers from 0 to 12.
We take out the USB flash drive from the router and save a copy of the firmware in a safe place.
2) We order in advance a flash drive for 16 mb W25Q128FVSIG, with the help of the ch341 programmer, you can also order it on Ali (For firmware, use the software "caliber or analog")
Stage 2A) we open the router. Unscrew one screw (closed with a decorative cap), a little pressure on the edges and the router case is disconnected, release the board, unscrew 3 screws - along the way, figuring out what we have in the bins and what to put on the processor as a radiator.
Stage 2B) The most dangerous stage, so we have a board and in order for the download to go with the spi flash, you need to re-solder 2 resistors, resistors from position R136 -\u003e to R145 and R156 -\u003e 157, just 2 small resistors near the same others! We take a soldering iron, put a tip of type K - a soldering iron at a temperature of 300 degrees, since lead-free soldering, a little solder flux for a quick fight, rattling / unsoldering / finding the desired pad soldered. Next, we solder our 8-foot USB flash drive to position U8.
Where is it on the board?
all is well? Didn't they solder anything superfluous, didn't they kill the board with static? -NO!
Stage 2B) Tracks with spi and nand flash intersect, we need to unsolder nand memory. It's simple: we smear a little flux, take a soldering hair dryer - (my temperature is about 360 g), heat it, blow off / raise the microcircuit!
Where is she!
Stop - what kind of hairdryer? no hair dryer! It doesn't matter, we go to the glad market (or to our bins), we buy a wood / rose alloy, we take a couple of scales, we tinker with plenty of legs from the flush on 2 sides. Melted? raise, clean the tracks from the alloy, and where did we solder everything with alcohol? / well, or whatever is at hand, I use a galosh (budget is a delicate matter)
A sign that you have done / unsoldered everything is correct and you have not killed anything, you can check something like this: on the router we clamp bottom of the boardthe reset button and turn it on, the LED will start blinking in a different rhythm, indicating that it is in recovery mode.
Soldered and almost ready
But it is not exactly
Congratulations, you made it to the third stage)
Stage 3) We are not assembling the router yet, but why? - and suddenly it was soldered crookedly, turned out to be a flash bat?
We connect the wire to lan 2 well, or any that you liked, but not wan. Download the utility ASUS Firmware Restoration version 2.0.0.0 and change the ip on the network card 192.168.1.2 mask 255.255.255.0.
We launch the utility and indicate the firmware to it, press on the router bottom of the boardthe reset button and turn it on, in Firmware Restoration, click load, it will see the router and flash it!
We return the settings on the PC network card.
Was it done? Yes, let's go to Stage 4!
-NO?
- I don’t know - does not sew, and does not see everything.
No problem! We take a USB flash drive with the "Fat32" file system Copy the firmware to the root of the flash drive, rename it to "root_uImage" without ("). Paste it into the router. bottom of the boardthe reset button and turn it on, we hold the reset until the lights at the router blink quickly, about 5-8 seconds as soon as the blinking ends. Has the Asus wifi network appeared? Congratulations!
Now we collect everything back! We put a radiator on the processor, drill in the case
air circulation holes
Or maybe we even put a cooler from vidyahi or even print a new case on a 3D printer. Yeah, I was dreaming :), but a radiator with ventilation is needed because MT7621AT is hot, it can burn out at work)
Aaaa where to get the firmware?
-We'll have to collect it myself!
Thanks to me and kind people, in the project in the project. The line Sercom has appeared in the linaro repository -and you can select it-further smartbox. Putting together the firmware.
The buttons on the router are caught. The reset will become a restem, the mode switch will switch modes, the wps button will work as you specify in the menu! - HAPPINNES EXISTS!
Respect Padavana's work, do not distribute ready-made firmware assemblies. Yes, the one walking will master the road)
Like we all won? - NO!
Stage 4- Final!
Remember step one? We take our dump, namely mtd2.
We are interested in the first 64KB !!! Cut out with Vinex /
About Winnex
open our dump mtd2 in it, click Edit / there / define a block / in the window that appears, start 0 and drive the second line in "FFFF" (") without quotes, click OK, immediately click / Edit / there / copy blok or copy the block, looking from whom, as it is written in the menu / select in / a new file, save it.
In the saved dump, we drive in our poppies at offset addresses 0x4 for a 2.4 hertz network and 0x8004 for a 5 hertz network.
We give a name for example ibykota.bin, the file size will be 64KB
We copy our calibrations to the router - I used winscp, copy it to / tmp on the router and in PuTTY we give the command
"mtd_write write /tmp/ibykota.bin Factory" without (")
Getting our calibration poppies from the factory!
after we give the command "Reboot"
Is stage 4 required? does it work?
-yes is required, since the bootloader is assembled with corrected other calibrations, which should not be in the bootloader, it is not complete and most likely the 5GHz wifi will not start.
- Why then did you assemble a loader with calibrations?
-The loader with calibrations is assembled in order to be less tormented with the programmer, Vinex, TTL adapter, because with a clean bootloader the firmware will not start.
-Now I'm doing well? - if you received a working router, returned your calibrations -YES!
If all is well, it will look something like this:
Having loaded the router with six torrent downloads, the load on the cpu increased to 23-27%. Copying from a computer to a 15 GB movie disk showed 20-30-40 MB / s at its peak, the file system of the ext4 disk.
The load on the cpu at the time of copying the file also kept about 27% when the online viewing service of the screwed usb web camera (0.3 mpx 640x480) was turned on, the load at the time of copying rose to 34%. The iperf3 tests showed a pure etheret speed of 930mbit / s at its peak and an average of 910mbit / s. It should be noted that the router is in the access point mode, the head is mikrotik rb3011.
Bottom line: From a powerful router with bad software, we made a candy that makes our life happy with a VPN, a torrent download, a print server, with 2 usb ports, a powerful process, large RAM, gigabit ports and the ability to install additional packages from the repository.
Acknowledgments: Padavan for the firmware, Freize for the prometheus project, linaro for adding a smart box pro to his repository, another gray cardinal who decided to stay in the shadows - he helped me in adapting the firmware and bootloader. Well, I have mastered this road for everyone. Plus (+) sy them in karma and budget!
Separately, I express my thanks to the store for the tool provided, only mentioning it in this review made me too lazy to write this review, having worked it out honestly. Use a good tool for work, I soldered it with them, because straight hands and a good tool, a couple of bright minds 90% of success in business! -And 10% of what? - This is luck, in April 2018, when looking for chip resistors on the board, I killed this router , to the state of a brick, and only a month later, when I received a soldering iron, revived. The soldering iron itself on the muska was surveyed - along and reproached, so I see no reason to survey it barely. I can say that if you decide to go into amateur radio or switch from EPSN or switch from Hakko 900, this is what you need! It is convenient as an EPSN soldering iron, there is no input lag like with Hakko, and has all its advantages. All this alteration is a coincidence, to roll out the striped more or less the promised normal firmware, this post would never have happened!
Have you read it? Do you have such a router, but your hands are not from there? - Think ...
Success to everyone!
Greetings friends. In this note, I will gradually compile a short list of common questions and answers regarding the Beeline Smartbox router.
Please indicate in the comments what general questions you want to add here.
Do you want to ask a question? Check if this post contains an answer to it.
Question: What is this Beeline Smartbox device?
Answer: Beeline Smartbox
- a branded router of the Beeline provider, originally designed to work only in Beeline networks.
The router itself is manufactured by Sercomm in Taiwan by order of Beeline. The router is based on a reference board based on Realtek 8197D
.
The router has support for IPTV (by wire, the port is selected in the settings) and the ability to use it as a network storage
Specifications:
Chip: Realtek 8197D (600 MHz)
RAM: 64 MB
Wi-Fi: 802.11b / g / n 300Mbps, 2 internal antennas: 2 × 2 MIMO
Interfaces: 5 RJ-45 connectors with auto-detection of cable type, USB 2.0 port.
Question: Should you buy this router?
Answer:It all depends on your needs, but I would not recommend buying a router at the official price of Beeline (1200 rubles), since for this money you can take a more technically interesting and hassle-free Zyxel Keenetic Lite 2. With Beeline networks, this router works well and is well suited for an undemanding user ...
It makes sense to buy if you get a router much cheaper than it official prices.
Question:Is it possible to make the router work with another provider?
Answer:In some cases, when the provider provides the Internet directly via DHCP (without any tunnels, "plugged in the wire - it works") or using a PPPoE tunnel, setting up does not cause difficulties and is done from under the superuser account.
Instructions for obtaining privileges.
Detailed instructions for setting up the Internet from another provider are described.
Question: The router has a USB port. What can it be used for?
Answer: via usb to the router, you can connect flash drives, external hard drives (subject to additional power supply) to provide access to them over the network (for organizing network storage, for example), also some usb modems.
Question: Is it possible to use a router with 3g modems?
Answer: Yes, starting from version 2.0.25
firmware added the ability to work with 3g modes in the distribution mode via Wi-Fi. To configure, you need to go to them under the superuser and go to:
Advanced settings - Others - Wan, select the item with 3g and make the necessary settings, and also mark the interface as active (tick)
The list of working routers is still unknown, but it is most likely that it is similar to the one for Zyxel. The main thing is, if the 3g modem does not work, do not forget to switch it to “only modem” mode (there are enough instructions on the Internet).
Question: The Wi-Fi connection is unstable despite high signal level... What should I do?
Answer: Change the Wi-Fi channel in the router settings and also try to lower the Wi-FI power (paradoxically, but high power does not always give a satisfactory connection quality) and also rearrange the router.
Question: Wi-Fi is unstable. Signal level low... What should I do?
Answer: This is a common problem with routers with built-in antennas (especially those with low gain).
First, try moving your router and removing obstacles between the router and wi-fi clients.
Then, if the result is still unsatisfactory, try replacing the built-in antennas with external ones.
This requires
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1) Replace the wires going to the antennas with the U-fl - SMA wire (on one side, the ufl connector for connecting to the wi-fi board, on the other sma for connecting an external antenna) and looks like this:
Its cost on Ebay is in the range of 30-100 rubles, depending on the length, quality of workmanship and the impudence of the seller (I took around 70 rubles). This is also found in Russian online stores, but extremely rarely.
2) Bring the connector outside the case and connect any Wi-Fi antenna you have. You can use an antenna from any popular router, for example dlink, or you can purchase it at a computer store for 100-400 rubles.
The antenna looks like this (for those who do not know)
If after that the signal is unsatisfactory, then most likely you should change the router to a more powerful one.
Question: Can I use the router as a repeater (repeater)?
Answer: Yes it is possible. To do this, switch the hardware switch on the router case to REP mode and make the necessary settings.
Question:I want to help / dig deeper with the firmware. How can I do this?
Answer:Excellent. Use the following.
Question: Is it possible to install alternative firmware on the router?
Answer: Yes, it is possible to install the OpenWRT firmware on the router, but for this, at the moment, you need to disassemble the device and solder it to the UART connector (you need to use a usb-uart adapter to connect).
There is also a risk of “killing” the device. Think if it is for you.
Detailed instructions will appear on the site a little later.
Question:One USB port is not enough for me. Is it possible to add another usb to the device.
Answer: Yes, it is possible, but it requires certain skills and straightness of hands. (difficult and precise soldering) The board was originally designed to use 2x usb ports, but one was removed to reduce the cost.
You can solder it and use it.
The instructions will come later.
For the information on the last two points, I thank my reader. Maksim
