livebox CLI for the Livebox 4 and 5

My internet service provider is Orange. When you sign up for a plan with them, they provide a modem/router called the ‘Livebox.’ I’ve used two versions of it: Livebox 4 and Livebox 5. I had the Livebox 4 when I was limited to DSL, but once I became eligible for fiber in 2025, I was upgraded to the Livebox 5.

Livebox 4

Livebox 5

I developed the livebox CLI to quickly reboot the Livebox and monitor its bandwidth. The CLI is compatible with both Livebox 4 and Livebox 5 models.

Getting started

go install github.com/maelvls/livebox@latest

To get started:

livebox login

You can now list the devices on your network to find out their IP and MAC addresses:

livebox ls

You can reboot the Livebox from the command line:

livebox reboot

You can do raw API calls too:

livebox api <<<'{"service":"NeMo.Intf.lan","method":"getMIBs","parameters":{"mibs":"base wlanradio"}}'

You can display the DSL bandwidth (doesn't work for fiber connections, only DSL):

livebox speed

I had a very poor DSL connection back in the day:

Wi-fi

You can also configure your Wi-Fi. To configure the SSID and pass code for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands simultaneously:

livebox wifi config --ssid "Wifi-Valais" --pass "foobar" --24ghz --5ghz

If you omit both --24ghz and --5ghz, both bands will be configured simultanously:

livebox wifi config --ssid "Wifi-Valais" --pass "foobar"

If you want to configure different settings for each band:

livebox wifi config --24ghz --ssid "Wifi-Valais" --pass "foobar"
livebox wifi config --5ghz --ssid "Wifi-Valais_5GHz" --pass "foobar"

To turn off both and turn on both bands:

livebox wifi disable
livebox wifi enable

To turn on and off only one band:

livebox wifi disable --24ghz
livebox wifi enable --5ghz

Firewall

You can configure the firewall using the CLI.

For IPv4 TCP port forwarding:

livebox port-forward set pi443 --from-port 443 --to-port 443 --to-ip 192.168.1.160 --to-mac E4:5F:01:A6:65:FE

You can add the --udp flag to forward UDP traffic instead of TCP.

Regarding IPv6 pinholes, you can do that too:

livebox pinhole set tailscale-pi-ipv6 --to-port 41642 --to-ip 192.168.1.160 --to-mac e4:5f:01:a6:65:fe --udp

DHCP

To configure a static lease:

livebox static-lease set bc:d0:74:32:e9:1a 192.168.1.155

To list the static leases:

livebox static-lease ls

DMZ

To configure the DMZ:

livebox dmz set 192.168.1.160

Also, you can remove the DMZ and see if one is configured:

livebox dmz rm
livebox dmz get       # Returns the IP of the DMZ'ed device.