Re: [IPCop-user] IPCop and IPTV

[Tommi P. <tom...@gm...>]

I have tried adding a service.
http://www.upload.ee/image/412285/ipcop_adding_service.png

<http://www.upload.ee/image/412285/ipcop_adding_service.png>And after that
port forwarding rules
http://www.upload.ee/image/412303/ipcop_port_forward.png

<http://www.upload.ee/image/412303/ipcop_port_forward.png>Still no go.

I don't know how to make iptables rules.
I have also googled that ipcop kernel does not support multicast. And it
would have to be recompiled. At least that was the case with previous ipcop.

Tommi

2010/2/23 Administrator <ad...@di...>

> > IPTV in Finland requires multicast to work (only for live TV). I have
> read
> > about IGMP v2 proxy and if I have got it right, there is no such in
> IPCop.
> >
> > These are the ports it uses 1234, 8000-8010 and 8254. I tried
> > portforwarding, didn't work.
> >
> > Service provider is Elisa Viihde. http://www.elisa.fi/viihde/tekniset/
> >
> > All my recordings work fine, because those are not sent in multicast.
> >
> > btw I'm using IPCop 1.9.x
>
> A quick look tells me that it's IGMP so IPCop doesn't handle it through
> it's
> normal tools.  You need to either: add IGMP to the IP types which port
> forwarding will recognise; or add custom rules to the iptables firewall to
> direct the packets to and from where you want them to be.
>
> That would be simpler than using igmpproxy, which you'd need to build for
> the environment, so is worth trying first.
>
> David
>
>