Alternative to HH3 On FTTH?

I've been fortunate to have BT install fibre to our property a few weeks ago but need a bit of help/advise.
Is there any way of getting rid of the HH3 in order for me to utilise my Ipcop/smoothwall box again?
Am I correct in thinking that the Fibre modem (Huawei Hg8240) is set to bridge mode and hence the reason I can't gain access to it?
I'm convinced the fibre modem should be able to work in conjunction with ipcop but I'm at a bit off a loss atm.
Anybody out there that could shed some light?
Thanks in advance

ANYTHING is better than the home hub 3, in fact i have some old netgear wirless g's that support wds & port triggering .. unlike the hhh3. possibly the worst router since the virgin media super hub.
use any old router with PPPoE , i use the dir-615 d link (which i got free from virgin media) i flashed it dd-wrt & now it's an amazing router. decent wireless speeds too.
use the post above for login details & use an MTU of 1492

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  • Alternative to HH3

    Hopefully someone can give me some advice, I've been reading with interest a number of forums concerning infinity and the general consensus appears to be that the HH3 is not very good.
    I'm due to have infinity installed on the 15th and while I will give it the benefit of the doubt.
    However should I need to replace it what is the best sub £100 alternative for use with xbox ps3 iPad and pc?

    bwlmog wrote:
    Hopefully someone can give me some advice, I've been reading with interest a number of forums concerning infinity and the general consensus appears to be that the HH3 is not very good.
    I'm due to have infinity installed on the 15th and while I will give it the benefit of the doubt.
    However should I need to replace it what is the best sub £100 alternative for use with xbox ps3 iPad and pc?
    Hi there,
    Seeing as Infinity uses the PPPoE protocol to connect to the exchange, most cable routers should be compatible.
    However, if you're looking to stay reasonably current and up-to-date with technology, like Wireless-N, etc then I can recommend the following two routers to you, which are currently on my radar.
    Both of these products are by Netgear. There are other manufacturers out there, which offer similarly specced products, but my own personal preference (for ease of use, navigation, etc) is Netgear. YMMV.
    The products I would recommend are:
    Netgear WNDR3700 which has Dual band Wireless-N, plus 4x Gigabit LAN ports.
    Netgear WND3500   which has Wireless-N (not dual band), plus 4x Gigabit Lan ports.
    I would also suggest that you have a quick chat with my good friend Mr. Google and read any reviews you can find on either of these routers.
    I hope this info helps.

  • Advice needed for alternative to HH3 adsl

    Hi all 
     I am having problems with my HH3 and need to replace it 
     I am looking for an alternative  such as aTP-link
    My needs are quite simple but it must have a good WiFi range I live in a fairly isolated rural spot and am not likely to be able to ever get infinity / cable in the near or even distant future so I am stuck with basic Broadband which I get quite a reasonable dowload speed of aprox 8MBPS
    any suggestions ?
    IE I want something better than HH3
    Regards 
     Mike 

    What about this one, its used by othe forum members?
    TP-LINK TD-W8960N 300 Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router for BT Connections  £26.99 Amazon
    Guide is here.
    http://forumhelp.dyndns.info/hardware/TP_link/wa89​60/adsl/td8960adsl.html
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Re: BT Hub 3 functionally inadequate

    Been trying to resolve my Wifi dropout issues on my HH3 with BT since January 2014.  So far 3 techincal support calls, all of which end with their stock response, change the location of my router to somehwere where there are no local electrical aplliances or radiators.
    I've already relocated the HH3 from my lounge at one side of my house, to a bedroom on the other side of the house, but didn't make any difference and I would still regularly get wifi dropouts across all devices (basically, when it goes on one device, it goes on all of them).
    BT didn't offer any additional support, weren't interested in surveying or querying my set up, and no offer of an alternative BT HH3/4/5 was made (well, not for free anyway).
    In a last ditch attempt to resolve the matter myself i recently purchased a TP Link TD-W8961 ADSL router.  Got it up and running quickly, and my broadband speeds were quicker (upload and downloads), the wifi range was better, and no wifi dropouts.
    Unfortunately i got repeated disconnections on Xbox live on both of my wired Xboxes.  Despite port forwarding i couldn't resolve these issues, and had to return the TP Link router and revert back to my HH3.
    I spent a whole day, starting with a HH3 factory reset, setting up every single device on my network with static ip addresses. And.... it's not made a single bit of difference, and I still get wifi dropouts across all devices.
    What would be my next course of action.  I'm currently mid-contract, which doesn;t expire until January 2015.  BT won't acknowledge even the concept that the HH3 may be faulty.  The only thing I can even think to attempt next is to try and swap out my HH3 with a spare HH2.
    Anyone any suggestions, as this has been an ongoing issue to me for 9 months now (and I get it in the neck from the rest of my family every time the wifi goes off)?

    Have you tried setting the channel on the HH3 to a fixed channel.
    isSSIDer will help you find best channel and best location.
    Or, recently recommended on Plusnet forum, Acrylic wifi free
    https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-software/wlan-scanner-acrylic-wifi-free/

  • Alternative router to hh3

    ok so the hh3 is an ok router for standard use BUT not ideal for advanced use, NAT loopback and dyndns being the main issues, so what is a good alternative router to use that does a proper routing job,
    guess the main requirements are
    it needs to support connection to infinity
    needs to support dyndns
    needs to allow NAT loop back
    802.11n

    A quick check of the TP Link forum for the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND seems to indicate that it does.
    11-15-2012 04:33 #8
    Taylor
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    I'm pretty sure TP-LINK wired routers support NAT Loopback, I have test it with my IP camera, it works.
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Infinity HH3 wireless performance - worse than HH1...

    Back in May we signed up for the 6 month free Infinity trial.
    Whilst wireless speeds in the room in which the hub is placed are OK (approx 30-35mbps), speeds throughout the rest of the house are much lower. 
    We have a TV with wireless connection on which we want to watch using iPlayer.  We have also tried the Wii and PS3.  iPlayer worked fine (on standard resolution - no chance on HD!) when we had the HH1, but with the HH3 we get buffering and interruptions even on low resolution.  Speedtest on a tablet next to the TV shows speeds of less than 1 up to about 8, yet even when the higher speeds are shown we still get occational buffering on low res.
    The HH3 is in the same room that the HH1 used to be (albeit not identical positions due to cabling restrictions) - and unfortunately this is at the opposite end of the house to the living room and TV.
    Is there anything that we can do to improve the wireless reception?  I'm thinking of channel settings or something to boost the signal.  I can't easily move the HH3 without having a lot of trailing wires, and am not willing to pay out for new devices.  I'm fairly technically competent, but am a novice in terms of WiFi.
    We have a couple of months left on the free trial.  If we can't sort out something, then I think we'll be going back to the old service at a third of the price of Infinity.  At least we can then watch iPlayer again.
    Thanks.

    If you are paying for a fast connection, then to make full use of the speed, you are better using Ethernet cables or powerline adapters.
    There is some wireless help here.
    Wireless connection problems
    and some alternatives here
    Network connection problems and possible solutions
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Alternative to Broadband Talk?

    I have put off upgrading to Infinity because I work home office and find the Broadband Talk option with the HH2 extremely useful. But the lure of super-fast broadband is just too much, so I've been exploring alternatives to BBTalk.
    Skype is an option, but it's still a little flakey, so I was wondering if anyone has any experience of connecting a Siemens Gigaset N300 base to the Home Hub 3? In theory this should work, provided BT is not doing anything to disable it.
    Thanks for your help.
    Steve

    Steve_Wise wrote:
    I was wondering if anyone has any experience of connecting a Siemens Gigaset N300 base to the Home Hub 3? In theory this should work, provided BT is not doing anything to disable it.
    Thanks for your help.
    Steve
    I use this Siemens unit with BT Infinity and BT Total Broadband before that without absolutely any problems. I connected it to both a HH2 and HH3 but have out of personal preference replaced the HH's with a Draytek 2750n.
    There is the 2750vn that allows it to be used as a Voip Dect base unit and others on the Forum have gone for the Fritzphone option.
    http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/FRITZ-Box-Fon-WLAN-7390-versus-Draytek-2750n/td-p/338415
    Given the BT " all day free calls" bundle unless calling internationally do you need a voip service? Having said that I use the Call Sign feature service for another number on the same line to differentiate between "work" calls answered by me and "private" calls answered by the family. My use of VOIP is for my wife to phone her mother in Eire for free using another provider. 

  • BT HH3 - Firmware Update

    Well since the recent Firmware update i have been having my speed collapse even more than it was before. - they haven't fixed the problem at all...
    I am due to get a new router tomorrow 17th August, - and i will see if that makes any differenc in the mean time though -
    I am also looking to purchase a new router / modem commbined that i can use instead of the openreach modem and BT HH3 - what suggestions do people have - and is it even possible to not use the Open reach modem and buy a router modem combo.?
    I am on a limited budget but i need a good solid and reliable alternative - maximum of £80 to spend on said item.

    LMAO - aye - no believe it or not - i didn't have a connection or speed issue at all till the new firmware was rolled out, - i had a BT Engineer over at my home back in may - and we resolved EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM that i had. - and trust me there was a lot.
    I was getting the maximum speeds 24 / 7 as i needed it no issues. - the new firmware was installed to my router. - and all of a sudden - i have many many speed issues. I have submitted reports and reports and reports of this - and then BT Decided to finally send me a BT HH3.0 type A router. - no - i wanted a router that was a type B without the firmware update thank you - because that works...
    I am looking at spending £120 on the Cisco E4200 at the moment.
    I will have a browse at the other posts. but we shall see where this goes.

  • HH3-b Gigabit port

    Hi, hope somebody can shed some light on this problem?
    I have just had Infinity Installed and everything is fine apart from the gigabit port 4 on the home hub3 - it's a type B
    The other 3 ports are all working and all the devices are correctly given IP addresses - however when I connect to the Gigabit port 4 - then I lose all connection. I have connected several other devices and they lose connection as well (port 4 is dead..)
    I am not having any speed issues connecting to any of the other ports - but I would like to know if there is a setting needed to turn port 4 on or if there is an issue with the Home Hub3 and it needs replacing.
    The hub has firmware Version V100R001C01B031SP09_L_B
    Thanks
    Paul
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    The "A" version of the HH3 was known for having this issue, which was supposed to have been fixed with the "B" version. (Anyone who reports this problem can get a swap-out on request). Unfortunately there are still issues with the "B" version and new firmware to resolve it hasn't yet been made available. After a process of trial and error I have identified that on my "B" version:
    - If the HH3 auto-detects a Gigabit Connection, it also enables Jumbo frames
    - If your device does not support Jumbo frames you'll suffer a very high packet loss and a virtually unusable connection
    - Enabling Jumbo frames on the connected device (if supported) stabilises the connection but you'll still see high latency and sub-optimal performance.
    The only reliable solutions are
    a) Fix the speed of the connected device to 100Mb/s Full Duplex, which negates the value of having a Gigabit connection.
    b) Replace the HH3 with an alternative, such as the Netgear 3500L which has gigabit support on all ports.
    I'm liaising with the mods to ascertain if this is specific to certain network chipsets (mine are Broadcom) and in the meantime am trying another replacement HH3.

  • How can I assign points to the alternatives in a question?

    Hi! I am building my first quiz in Captivate and I have this little problem I haven´t been able to solve. I want a make a test that meassures how stress you are att work. It looks like a survey, I´ll have about 20 or more questions with the same type of alternatives, no right or wrong alternatives, but you choose the one you agree the most with. The thing is that i want to give a value point to each alternative and be able to have a score at the end. See the example.
    How often do you feel stressed att work?
    1. never : 0 points
    2. one a week: 2 points
    3. three times a week: 3 points
    4. Everyday: 4 points
    Att the end, the score you get tells you how stressed you are, but instead of showing a result in term of points, you´ll get a text giving you feedback and recomendations for better health. Can I do that in Captivate? I haven´t been able to find a way to do that yet...
    Thanks for any help you can give me!

    Hello,
    Tried putting something together that could be possible, concentrated on the workflow. There will be some repetitive tasks to be done however, problem is that a click box cannot stay for a whole project, which means that a click box gets its proper ID on each slide. Will try to explain, it is up to you to judge if this is acceptable, or if you'd go better with a Flash app.
    Created (for the moment, perhaps you'll need more if p.e. for Q1-Q10 you need a separate result for A and for B, result for Q11-Q20...) two user variables:
    v_AClick     to store the number of clicks on A-option
    v_BClick     to store the number of clicks on B-option
    The results can then be used later on for a condition (did not write it yet).
    Created a first slide with these objects:
    dummy Text Caption 'Option A' (will be replaced later on with question text)
    click box covering up this Text Caption, named it (ID) ClickA1 (this is the tedious part, has to be done for each CB; ClickA2, ClickA3...)
    dummy Text Caption 'Option B' (will be replaced later on with question text)
    click box covering up this Text Caption, named it (ID) ClickB1 (this is the tedious part, has to be done for each CB; ClickB2, ClickB3...)
    imported a 'sign' to be showed after the user clicked into the Library, and put an instance to the right of each Text Caption, those were labeled VinkA and VinkB. Very important: set those instances to 'Show for the entire project', which avoids to have them duplicated to each slide, we will hide and show them as necessary.
    button 'Next' which on Succes jumps to next slide.
    The blue Text Caption was for me, to check if the actions were functioning, shouldn't be there in the end file.
    I created a first Advanced action, labeled it HideVink (sorry for the Dutch, Vink = the green symbol), to be triggered on entering the slide:
    Hide VinkA
    Hide VinkB
    Second/third action, labeled A_Action1/B_Action1 to be triggered by clicking on the ClickA1/ClickB2 with these actions:
    increment v_AClick/v_BClick with 1
    hide the other clickbox, thus ClickB1/ClickA1 to avoid that the user could click on both options
    show AVink/BVink
    Here is an example, action A_Action1
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    Now I duplicated the slide as many times as necessary. The actions for button and entering slide are OK, but the actions for the click boxes have to be adapted (tedious).
    Why did I use 'dummy' Text Captions: I should export (File menu) the Text Captions to a Word-document, change the dummy texts (left column) to the real captions (much easier in one doc) and re-import them into the CP-file.
    That was my homework, as promised. Hope it helps, even if you choose to go the Flash-way after all.
    Lilybiri

  • Can no longer connect to hard drive via HH3

    Hi,
    Please can someone help me....the bt customer services have been the least useful people ever and had me pulling my hair out
    I have an external hard drive plugged into my HH3. First plugged it in, in December, set it up, connected to it with all my computers and laptops via (map a network drive). Worked flawlessly until a few weeks ago. Now all of a sudden I cannot connect to it.
    I have tried mapping to it, but it is no longer there. However if i login to the BT Home Hub it is appearing there as a connect device. Have deleted it from here and then plugged it in again. That didn't work..
    Have tried both ip addresses suggested: 192.168.1.254 and .253 but neither worked.
    Have plugged the hard drive directly into my laptop and it is working fine. Something has changed somewhere, after a firmware upgrade on the home hub maybe? 
    Any suggestions?
    Many Thanks.

    Are you trying to power the drive from the hubs USB port, or does it have its own external power supply?
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Alternative Periods in Report Painter

    I'm trying to create a report painter report for labour efficiency, it compares actual labour confirmations to a statistical key figure for payroll hours.
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  • A semiautomatic alternative to /etc/fstab

    This is probably highly redundant... the chances are, someone will likely say "XYZ does that for you and you can configure it in 5 minutes", but here goes anyways.
    I wanted a simple way to mount the disks in my computer to the same location regardless of where they were in the system (thus via UUID) but what I *didn't* want was to have to copy/type the UUID myself. The following possibly shaky bash script is the result.
    First, however, a (very real-world) demonstration of its functionality!
    /disks/ + ./domount
    Using scriptdir "/disks/.mountscripts".
    Running mount... [ok]
    [Disk ST3250620A_5QE4M336]
    group0-root -> /disks/250gb: [ok]
    38067a33-0556-4cab-a5c5-c96b313bd174 -> /disks/250gb/boot: [ok]
    21D4-2E62 -> /disks/250gb/data: [ok]
    group0-home -> /disks/250gb/home:
    == mount error ==
    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/group0-home,
    missing codepage or helper program, or other error
    In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
    dmesg | tail or so
    =================
    [R]etry/Skip [P]artition/Skip [D]isk/[Q]uit? q
    /disks/ + fsck.jfs /dev/mapper/group0-home
    fsck.jfs version 1.1.15, 04-Mar-2011
    processing started: 11/10/2011 20:28:10
    Using default parameter: -p
    The current device is: /dev/mapper/group0-home
    Block size in bytes: 4096
    Filesystem size in blocks: 52099072
    **Phase 0 - Replay Journal Log
    Filesystem is clean.
    /disks/ + ./domount
    Using scriptdir "/disks/.mountscripts".
    Running mount... [ok]
    [Disk ST3250620A_5QE4M336]
    group0-root -> /disks/250gb: (already mounted)
    38067a33-0556-4cab-a5c5-c96b313bd174 -> /disks/250gb/boot: (already mounted)
    21D4-2E62 -> /disks/250gb/data: (already mounted)
    group0-home -> /disks/250gb/home: [ok]
    group0-var -> /disks/250gb/var: [ok]
    partition1.vfat -> /disks/250gb/home/backup/80gb/mnt/partition1.vfat: [ok]
    partition2.vfat -> /disks/250gb/home/backup/80gb/mnt/partition2.vfat: [ok]
    partition3.vfat -> /disks/250gb/home/backup/80gb/mnt/partition3.vfat: [ok]
    partition4.ext3 -> /disks/250gb/home/backup/80gb/mnt/partition4.ext3: [ok]
    data2 -> /disks/250gb/home/backup/32gb-2/mnt/data2: [ok]
    [Disk ST340014A_5MQ4HB90]
    0854-08DE -> /disks/20gb-1/data-1: [ok]
    4846-D7E2 -> /disks/20gb-1/data-2: [ok]
    3070DB1E70DAE99C -> /disks/20gb-1/winnt: [ok]
    38BB-158D -> /disks/20gb-1/pool: [ok]
    [Disk WDC_WD800BB-22J_WD-WCAM9H677098]
    e336c404-fca8-4f2b-9c75-81c22f339741 -> /disks/80gb: [ok]
    4738-E723 -> /disks/80gb/vfat: [ok]
    a827cfa1-08cf-4a24-a989-aae94ea0801b -> /disks/80gb/boot: [ok]
    7bb5df89-3a90-4c92-8aa7-a94271806087 -> /disks/80gb/var: [ok]
    09b652b7-4f5e-4895-8464-6f972a44fdd6 -> /disks/80gb/home: [ok]
    a2534aa6-b70f-442d-805e-365ee626d4be -> /disks/80gb/tmpspace: [ok]
    4871-993D -> /disks/80gb/tmpspace2: [ok]
    386a2a83-22e2-425c-bd48-cb0a1fad8a87 -> /disks/80gb/pool: [ok]
    /disks/ +
    Here's the script! (I can pastebin it if neccessary)
    #!/bin/bash
    # ohai from i336 :P <[email protected]>
    # Oct-Nov 2011
    # Public domain, no warranty. Be sure to use the "t" flag on the first run!
    # This program has two modes: scan mode and run mode.
    # Configuration
    # =============
    # You first need to create/go into the directory you want to mount your disks
    # in, such as /mnt (I use /disks), and create the subdirectory ".mountscripts", or
    # alternatively "programname-mountscripts" (the second directory bearing the
    # name of the program/symlink, a simple mechanism to implement some flexibility).
    # You can substitute any created symlinks whereever "./domount" is mentioned.
    # The existance of this directory indicate that this is the work directory.
    # (For added flexibility, the program will look for the second directory, the
    # one bearing its name, first, then fall back on ".mountscripts" if this is not
    # found.)
    # Scan Mode
    # =========
    # After creating this directory for the first time you will want to run
    # "./domount s" to generate the mountscripts into the mountscript directory
    # (which is selected as specified above).
    # Run Mode
    # ========
    # At this point, go into the mountscript directory, open all the files you find
    # there in a text editor, and add in the mountpoints you want to use after the
    # UUID parameter to 'partop' (an internal function defined in this file for the
    # scripts).
    # ** The first time you simply MUST run "./domount t" in order to see that the
    # 'mount' commands are correct! **
    # After this is done, run "./domount" and it will go ahead and mount the disks.
    # Run "./domount u" and it will unmount everything. (No options exist for
    # individual partitions as yet).
    # Limitations
    # ===========
    # * If you use domount to mount loopback images inside real partitions and the
    # real partitions are also mounted by domount, well, domount will try to
    # unmount them in the same order as when it mounts... and it will break.
    # Simple solution: skip however many real [p]artitions you have, then
    # re-run domount again. :)
    # * If you change a disk (eg add a partition), well, you'll have to delete the
    # file for that disk, re-scan (domount will not touch the other scripts) then
    # re-add your partitions back in. This program wasn't really designed to deal
    # with that kind of situation :)
    # * This program does not support LVM partitions - quite frankly, it doesn't
    # even realize such things exist. Thus you will not find any LVM partitions
    # listed in the generated scripts, or any "LVM partitions ignored"
    # messages - indeed, if you only have LVM partitions on a given disk, the
    # resulting syntactically incorrect script will contain an 'if' block with
    # no content and the shell will produce an error.
    toollist=
    needtool=0
    for tool in find lsblk blkid cfdisk xargs grep tail mountpoint; do
    type -P $tool > /dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    toollist="${toollist} ${tool}"
    else
    toollist="${toollist} [${tool}]"
    needtool=1
    fi
    done
    if [ $needtool -eq 1 ]; then
    echo "This program requires the following tools in order to run. Those marked with"
    echo "brackets cannot be found (using \`type') and their containing packages"
    echo "likely need to be installed."
    echo $toollist
    exit 1
    fi
    sizes=(bytes KB MB GB TB)
    progname=$(basename $0)
    if [ -d ".mountscripts" ]; then
    scriptdir="$(pwd)/.mountscripts"
    elif [ -d ".${progname}-mountscripts" ]; then
    scriptdir="$(pwd)/.${progname}-mountscripts"
    fi
    if ([[ ! -d "${scriptdir}" ]] && [[ "$1" != "s" ]]) || [[ "$1" == "h" ]]; then
    cat << EOF
    usage: $0 [s] [t]
    s = scan
    t = test run (USE THIS THE FIRST TIME AFTER YOU HAVE DONE A SCAN)
    EOF
    exit 1
    fi
    if [[ "$1" = "s" ]]; then
    echo -n "Scanning disk tables... (by name)"
    parttable=(); while IFS= read -r line; do parttable+=("$line"); done < \
    <(find /dev/disk/by-id/ -name "scsi-SATA*" -name "*-part*" -type l | xargs stat -L -c "%t-%T %n")
    echo -n ", (by UUID)"
    uuidtable=(); while IFS= read -r line; do uuidtable+=("$line"); done < \
    <(find /dev/disk/by-uuid/ -type l | xargs stat -L -c "%t-%T %n")
    echo -ne " [ok]\nRunning blkid..."
    blkidtable=(); while IFS= read -r line; do blkidtable+=("$line"); done < \
    <(blkid)
    echo -ne " [ok]\nRunning lsblk (uno momento)..."
    lsblktable=(); while IFS= read -r line; do lsblktable+=("$line"); done < \
    <(lsblk -bro name,size,fstype,model | grep -v group | tail -n +2)
    echo -e " [ok]\n"
    if [ ${#parttable[@]} -ne ${#uuidtable[@]} ]; then
    echo 'Something is very wrong with either this program'
    echo 'or your disk configuration. O.o'
    exit 1
    fi
    echo -e "Using scriptdir \"${scriptdir}\".\n"
    echo -ne "\e[1GCompiling mapping table... [ ]\e[?25l"
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