FAQ & Troubleshooting

Stalkerhek not working with Stalker portal

This is probably the most common issue I've received to my mailbox. I've tested Stalkerhek against like 5 different Stalker portals and everything worked just perfectly fine.

Issue #1 - unable to edit configuration file 🙌

I've seen the case where user typed this:

username: something#delete this line if no credentials

Instead of this

username: something #delete this line if no credentials

Issue #2 - unable to analyse Wireshark dump 👀

Please once again read carefully this part: https://github.com/erkexzcx/stalkerhek/wiki/Usage#1-extract-stalker-portal-connection-details-from-stb-box once again

It clearly says what (display) filters to use to filter out required requests. For example, if you can find the HTTP request containing action=do_auth in the URL, then I am 99.9% sure there are credentials used, which means you need credentials.

Another example - you you can find something like ...&sn=&... which means serial_number would look like serial_number: in configuration file - empty.

Also I've had the case when my ARP spoofing attack did not work properly and some HTTP requests were not captured. Please try again in such case, or pick more reliable method, like putting your laptop into the middle of the traffic (like converting it to switch/router), or use port mirroring on your switch/router.

Lastly - do not forget that you need capture the process when your TV box connects to Stalker portal. In other words, full power cycle might be required during Wireshark dump.

Issue #3 - used ISP/server's internet sucks 📶

I've seen the case where user sent me his configuration file saying it doesn't work. I tried and it worked for me. Turns out - it was user's network (or server) that did not work with that provider. 🤷‍♂️

Limitations

IPTV stream doesn't work if 2 or more devices watches the same stream at the same time.

This is re-streaming protection implemented by your IPTV provider.

In order to fix it, I would need to implement a caching/re-streaming mechanism (1x ingoing stream, multiple outgoing streams), but (at the moment) I have no plans to do it due to complexity of it.

Content not loading from different (source) ip/network.

This is re-streaming protection implemented by your IPTV provider.

The following workarounds could be used:

• Setup VPN server on the same host where Stalkerhek is hosted, then connect your TV box (or configure router in such way) to that VPN server
• Setup HTTP proxy server on the same host where Stalkerhek is hosted, then redirect all the traffic of TV box (or configure router in such way) to that server.
• Use below mentioned rewrite option.

As an alternative to VPN or HTTP proxy, a rewrite configuration option has been introduced to address this issue and redirect IPTV streams traffic to Stalkerhek HLS service, which works fine with apps like OTT Navigator IPTV but completely breaks functionality of actual STB boxes that load Stalker portal in "website" mode. Here is the status of the rewrite configuration option:

• IPTV streams will be redirected to HLS service, works.
• TV archive won't be redirected, does not work.
• VOD won't be redirected, does not work.