Hello Lars, thanks for getting back to me. >>>>The Hauppauge box boots, downloads the dongle.bin. It waits on >>>> >>>>Contacting Server >> >>[..] >> >>>>I have tried various dongle version (allways changing the version number >>>>with in VDR [and restarting VDR afterwards]) I tried the dongle versions >>> >>>did you had a look at the docs? >> >>Yes, I did look at the docs. > yes, but it looks like i have not read your mail properly :-) > on my system i use 23038 I will get that version and try with it. >>Any other idea(s)? > a pesonal firewall (ie suse 10 does that by default) No, it is just a regular c't VDR system. The funny thing is, the newer versions (mvpserver and mvpvdr) are working, but they need the streamdev plugin, so I'd prefer the plugin. I will try 23038 and see what happens. -- Best regards Peer Oliver Schmidt PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA