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Larry Moss <moss@airigami.com> wrote in message news:<e1pad.292598$bp1.11875@twister.nyroc.rr.com>...
> > NO BS - anybody have any real info they can share about bypassing the
> > activation process??? I have a 2020 that I'm transferring the
> > lifetime because it's having drive troubles.... would like the option
> > to try to fix and use the 2020 sometime - maybe using WIRNS via a
> > FRESCO setup. Are there any documented/working processes to
> > completely avoid connecting to DNNA and thereby retain the existing
> > lifetime on the 2020?
>
> Wow. I was about to ask almost the same question. I have a 4500 with a
> failed drive. So, I bought a larger drive, downloaded rtvpatch and the
> image file for the 4500.
>
> After a bit of messing around (the directions out there for doing this on a
> Mac are rather shabby), I got rtvpatch to run. It said everything was
> good. I plugged the new disk into the RTV. RTV booted without a problem.
> But now when I try to do anything, it complains that I need to activate it.
> If I go to the web site to activate it, I get an error that the machine is
> already activated (which it is). How can I get past this?
>
> If no one has an answer, I'll call support, but I suspect they won't help
> since it wasn't an authorized drive switch.
>
> The old disk wasn't completely dead. It was just acting really flaky. So
> I figured it was safer to download a clean image than to try to save the
> old OS from my disk. I did go back after the activiation page came up and
> put the old disk on my computer. The drive seems to have died in the mean
> time. I can't even get my machien to recognize that it's attached. If
> this is the only way to get past this, I'll play some more and see if I can
> get anything off the old drive.
>
> Thanks.
Was it a monthly sub before? If so, the activation message may be
because it's activation has expired and it needs to dial in to update.
You shouldn't loose lifetime activation from a disk change since the
activation is kept on an eeprom in the machine separate from the
drive.
Have you tried 243 zones to force it to net connect and update it's
activation? If you can stand being on hold for an eternity, call DNNA
tell them that your unit says it's not activated and ask them how to
get past that error - don't bother them with details of the drive
change, as it shouldn't be relevant to the problem.
Your issue is somewhat different than mine, in that my unit will still
know that it's activated (since the lifetime will still be on the
EEPROM) until it tries to connect to DNNA. Once it connects, their
system should say "oops, you're no longer a lifetime", and deactivate
it.
What I want to do should not be considered theft since I want to sever
my ties completely from their service and simply use the replay unit
(if I can repair it) with my own guide data (via wirns and fresco).
The problem is, I am not sure if I can effectively block all
communications with the RTV servers to keep it from trying to access
their network (thus causing theft of services?) and getting the
deactivation message. I need to know how to effectively block all
communicatins with the RTV server AND automatically create the correct
communications on my internal network to emulate what my RTV unit
expects so that it will continue to run correctly.
TIA for your help.
lmpk
/www.airigami.com
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