If your wdtv is bricked, you will most likely need to interface with it through the serial connection on the motherboard. Wd launched again another mediaplayer wdtv live hub that you will brick your live hub if you put any 3rd party software on it. A lot of wdtv users think they need to password protect their wdtv and attached drives. Anyway, my main issue with the last firmware was the constant memory leak when using both online streaming and local media playback. Ive done my best to make everything as easily configurable as possible, but it does require a little bit of work on your own.
Wdlxtv is quite a nice hack though, and it is easy to test or change different firmwares without flashing. So here is how i hacked my wdtv into a networked snazzy little linux box step 1. Telnet access with account admin and password admin. How to unlock hidden features in wdtv live technology. Telnet password software free download telnet password. Wdtv live streaming media player page 10 media players. Go to connection data and type in root for the username no quotes. Even b rad has done no custom firmware for the live hub for this reason. Default password for web interface latest wdtv live gen3. Video hack the wdtv into a networked snazzy media player. The wdtv will reboot and after several minutes the whole flashing process will complete and reboot again.
You will need to determine what com port your usb cable is using. The following pack contains an ssh server, for a more secure remote connection than telnet. These are the default passwords of wdlxtv, these will not be reset if you upgradereflash your firmware. Look in the left column of the western digital router password list below to find your western digital router model number. Wd tv livelive plus hd media players user manual important user information 1 important user information important safety instructions this device is designed and manufactured to assure personal safety. Video hack the wdtv into a networked snazzy media player and. Wdtv live like popcorn hour, but half the price the. Wd tv smp keeps losing username password to wd mbl. Suffice to say, the password wasnt a surprise and consisted of two upper case letters hmm i wonder what those could be, eh grain media. Wdtv live suddenly requiring password videohelp forum.
The telnet log on user name is the password that you used to enter the radwin manager admin for example, the default. Upon successful flash you will see wdlxtv in the about screen of system settings. If a wrong password is entered, press to select ok, press ok, then type in. When can i download a b rad version of offical wd version 1. I cant telnet to wdtv anymore lol login and password. It is based off of an official firmware, but with many extra features. Some month ago i set up my wdtv, and in my pc windows 8. Wd tv livewd tv live plus hd media player user manual. Aug 25, 2009 western digital recently released a media player that attaches to your tv and allows you to play hd media straight from an external usb drive to the television. You need the wdtvs ip address for this of course, so 1 check your router or 2 check the wdtv menu. Hey, i was wondering how you would go about bypassing, or cracking someones password who you are telneting to. Radwin winlink user manual and installation manual pdf. The simplest way is to use the telnet tool from the windows command line. Hi i can access router in vurtual lab via console, but when i try to access the router via telnet, it requests login name and password.
This article is relevant for alteon standalone and alteon vx and does not relevant for alteon va. Wdlxtvplus information, questions, and bug reports pertaining to wdlxtvplus for the wdtv live plus. How to resolve network shares access problems with wdtv. The wdtv live player was widely available in thailand, but i believe there are more modern boxes out there now. How do i reset the password for my wdbabz0010bbk wd tv live hub media center 1 tb. Run these commands from the command prompt and press enter at every line. I mean whoa, ddwrt makes a 30 buck router become a 200 dolla holla, and ur piece of work makes the wdtv a million dolla jem. If you forgot your password you can reset the telnet ssh and webend passwords using this application. The root password is trivial to crack using john the ripper.
I didnt notice it with my nas others did with windows. Affected versions the analysed firmware is the latest version 1. Wd tv live media player firmware ufficialimod e manuali. Find your western digital router password you know the drill. Greetings to all, after attaching a usb hard disk to the usb port, the wd tv live becomes sort of a nas and we can see all the data stored on the hard drive shared on the network. Brad wdlxtv a enhanced wdtv firmware just download the binary firmware file and place it in the root of a usb stick and reboot the wdtv. Once again, ext3boot is for sorta pros and testers whereas wdlxtv is for everyday. Wdtv hacking 101 ep 1 hacking the live plus youtube. With no logging, and no ability to telnet inside the wdtv and take a peek at whats. Hacking the wdtv live streaming media player i recently bought a western digital streaming media player its a very capable little player for the money, but i think you have to smarter than the average bear to get the best out of it. It enables a wide range of extra functionality which is missing from the official firmware, such as bittorrent, webserver, nzb, ssh, ftp, nfs, etc. Remote configuration cannot be performed via telnet.
Now, back at the wdtv menu when you access network shares you will be prompted to provide your account name. Ever want to run bittorrent on your wd tv live and manage it through an easy web interface. Oct 23, 2009 so here is how i hacked my wdtv into a networked snazzy little linux box step 1. How to setup nfs shares on wd tv using hanewin mr lazy. For example, if you run telnet as follows, telnet 192. Is there any reason why i would want to go for the regular wdtv and not the live version. With the cable connected, you can find this information under the usb area in device manager windows os. Ssh telnet to your wdtv and execute these commands or add them to s00customoptions. In this example, the drive was mounted at tmpmntabc123xyz.
Large portions of the firmware are shared with the wdtv live hub3 thus the presented findings are applyable on this device with minor changes as described later. Restart ddwrt router via telnet script center spiceworks home. If you didnt do a reset after firmware was updated, then suggest you do it. Oct 05, 2012 if telnet is enabled on your router and it is running ddwrt, this will automatically reboot the router for you. Pox,ragable and couchguy get to interview the wdtv hacker brad. Inventory screen configuration via telnet a telnet terminal can be used to configure and monitor the odu on site.
Also create a nonadministrator account with a password. Obviously, youll need to have the custom firmware running and the wdtv must have an ip address. Wdlxtvlive is an unofficial homebrew firmware for the western digital wd tv live. I forgot password for wd my passport ultra hard drive. Their was a simple fix for it,a no telnet kinda easy fix. For more information about telnet remote access, see. Eventually you will need to interface with the wdtv board using a telnet program. It enables a wide range of extra functionality which is missing from the official firmware, such as bittorrent, webserver, nzb, ssh, ftp, etc. For this reason, telnet should really be avoided whenever possible. Solved how to retrieve wd passport files suspicious script c.
Look one column to the right of your router model number to see your western digital routers user name. Judging by the whopping whole 5 comments regarding this topic which was nonetheless important news to me, i guess we can conclude the gold ole wdtv is officially dead. Hacking the western digital tv media player hackaday. I used jaromils password recovery tool and now i can telnet it using root. Well, i then did it, but now i also want to get access to wdtv from my laptop, but now i cant remember the username and password when i try to share files via my laptop. I use an adapted nokia ca42 usb to ttlserial cable, but you can use whatever cable you wanthave. If youre successful let me know and ill see about integrating them into wdlxtvlive. These little serial cables come in handy when working on embedded boards like this. As you might guess, the network connection was working before without any username or password.
Do the following from telnet ssh, or find the corresponding files in ftp and delete them. I just remember that the password starts with a ss and is 8 or 9 digits long. Forgot password wd tv live hub discussions wd community. I recently bought a western digital streaming media player its a very capable little player for the money, but i think you have to smarter than the average bear to get the best out of it there an active project over at to produce some alternative firmware for the device.
Now, for the past three weeks or so, every attempt to log onto network shares from the wdtv has failed with a message saying i have an incorrect username or password. In the original wdtv live hd a fellow called brad made firmware for the unit. The login username password is identical to the communities strings. Telnet 192xxx type in the ip address of the wdtv media player su login as a super user no password required rm confhtpasswd. If you forgot your password you can reset the telnet ssh and weblogin with this application. The password can be reset by using telnet from windows. Hacking your wdtv media player it and computers thailand. I was already able to get a connection to the host, but was unable to get the password, any ideas. Copy to usb key formated to fatfat32 use standard windows format or under linux mkfs. How can i reset the password back to default wdlxtv. First of all, its wdlxtv firmware, not b rad firmware.
Read allows display only, readwrite allows display and set commands. When contacting wd for support, have your wd product serial number, system hardware. Play almost any type of media file wd tv live hub supports a wide variety of the most. Is there any way we can secure the folders on the hard drive with passwords. There has been no consistent resolution, i have tried forcing the device to forget network share credentials, i have done a complete rollback, i have tried other usernames and passwords, i created a brand new user on the pc in hopes that it would only ever be used for the wd tv network share authentication. Im trying to learn more about webend but it seems to be extremely horribly documented. There is no linux knowledge required to use wdlxtv. Secondly, as more recent versions of the offical wd firmware versions are too big to fit into the wdlxtv variant, and we dont want to loose current functionalities, youll have to wait a bit when its done. Hi b rad ive a problem cause i use wd tv live in an internal lan with a proxy server so i need to set ip address, user and password proxy.
Oct 12, 2010 i had put a password in it without a hint and now i have lost the password. Wd tv live hub media center user manual western university. If rapidshare makes it impossible to download the firmware package ive mirrored the file. Logging in, i found that my old root password still works. Hacking the wdtv live streaming media player lordelphs. Telnet to wdtv and change the password using b rad s instructions at link above. If you flashed your wdtv for the first time or completely deleted your configuration there is by default no root password for telnet set, you have to set one in order to use ssh or ftp. But for meit said invalid file on a vid it played on 1. With rapid7 live dashboards, i have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what i need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in realtime. This is a permanent flash, just like an official upgrade.
If you ever had to recover a synology nas box in recoverymode, pre diskstation installation or after a failed diskstation install then you would need the secret telnet password for admin or in some cases root continue reading. If you forgot your password you can reset the telnet. On the usb key that you used to install b rad s firmware, edit the file s00customoptions. For more details about optware, see b rads tutorial here. You will now have an ssh server running and can use it instead of telnet. A new telnet session to the odu may be opened after the reset is complete. Sep 20, 2010 pox,ragable and couchguy get to interview the wdtv hacker b rad. It creates a user named wdkremoteuser and it tries to auto logon while doing the tests. What is the default password for the web interface. Wd lx tv liveplus is souped up unofficial firmware for the western digital wd tv live and wdtv live plus.
Ad esempio il fimware mod wdlxtv permette laccesso telnet, laccesso ftp, laccesso via. I mean whoa, ddwrt makes a 30 buck router become a 200 dolla holla, and ur piece of work makes the wdtv a million dolla. When asked if you want to upgrade your firmware, say yes. Restart ddwrt router via telnet script center spiceworks. This process broadcasts a special packet to the wdtv so it can be discovered as a media server, and also downloads the selected plugins from the repository. The power of wdlxtvlive though lies in customizing the features by using the config file i provide in. Jan 31, 2016 a lot of wdtv users think they need to password protect their wdtv and attached drives.
Open it and put in the ip address of the wdtv and choose ssh. How install a custom firmware by brad on a wdtv live plus new channel for the tgs live shows. I just have basic music, photos, and videos on mine, so i do not use passwords, and i have easy access to it any time. Resolve wdtv network shares and password access problems wd tv media player i am resurrecting an older, but handy post i made at this forum a few years ago with some updated new comments. Western digital recently released a media player that attaches to your tv and allows you to play hd media straight from an external usb drive to. Wd lx tvliveplus is souped up unofficial firmware for the western digital wd tv live and wdtv live plus. Hi all can anyone clarify whether it is possible to telnet or ssh to a wdtv live box, running the newest firmware official. Now, it would be irresponsible for me to post the password here, but i cant help what people put in the comments. Probably the best option will be to found a serial port on the pcb or so. Ad esempio il fimware mod wdlxtv permette laccesso telnet, laccesso ftp, laccesso via interfaccia web. Oct 16, 2015 forgot password for to my dell wireless netbo how do i add password protection to my router. I have an wdtv hd media player, its a nice little bundle of hardware in an.
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