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The '''Freebox''' is an [[Asymmetric digital subscriber line|ADSL]] [[modem]] that the French [[Internet service provider]] named [[Free (ISP)|Free]] (part of the Iliad group) provides to its [[Asymmetric digital subscriber line|ADSL]] subscribers.

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== V6 generation, Freebox Revolution ==
The sixth generation of the box is called Freebox Revolution or V6 (Version 6). It was launched on the market in the beginning of 2011. It is composed of a pair of devices: the ADSL modem/router and the IPTV set top box/media center. The design of the boxes is by [[Philippe Star
ck]].

[[File:1280pxFreeboxRevolutionAndFreeboxTV.jpg|thumb|The Freebox Server on top and the Freebox Player]]

===The Freebox Server device===
The Freebox server is at the same time the DSL modem, a router, a Wi-Fi hot spot, a [[Network-attached storage|NAS]] (250 GB hard drive), a DECT base with up to 8 connected [[DECT]] phone sets and a [[digital video recorder]] for [[Télévision Numérique Terrestre|TNT]] also known as [[DVB-T]] and [[IPTV]]. As the firmware is updated, its functionalities increase. Most(contracted; show full)

== Technical features ==
[[Image:Freebox dos mieux.jpeg|thumb|Freebox V4]]
The box, designed by Free, uses a 32 bit RC32355 processor and is managed by an operating system using a derivative of the Linux kernel. It has many interfaces:
* An [[Ethernet]] port 10/100 Mbit/s full/half duplex;
* A [[Universal Serial Bus|USB]] 2.0 port;
* An [[HDMI]] port;
* An [[RJ11
, RJ14, RJ25|RJ-11]] jack for the ADSL connection;
* An RJ-11 jack for phone equipment (two jacks on versions 1 & 2 but only one active);
* A [[SCART]] (Péritel) socket
* A digital audio output [[RCA]], or optical [[S/PDIF]] starting from version 3;
* An extension port of the [[serial ATA]] standard on versions 3 and 4 and parallel ATA standard on versions 1 and 2;
* A host USB port on version 4;

Since version 3, the Freebox can be configured to act as a router. The Freebox version 4 appeared mid-2004 and includes a chipset compatible with the ADSL 2+ standard, as well as a USB port, which will allow, in the long term, the addition of functions such as videoconferencing. 

The Freebox OS uses [[BusyBox]].

Now with the v3 (and next), it also provides a VideoLAN client in order to get the movies (in any format [[VLC media player|VLC]] understands) stored on the computer and watchable on TV through a playlist selector. This functionality is named Freeplayer.

In the same way, the Freebox (v3 and upper) is able to broadcast TV channels to one or more computer.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.free.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.free.fr/adsl/ Freebox]
* [http://dev.freebox.fr/ Official dev blog]
* [http://floss.freebox.fr Source code of the GPL software ran by the Freebox]

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[[Category:Modems]]
[[Category:Digital video recorders]]

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