[mythtv-users] Odd problem setting up Remote Frontend

[Matthew K. Lee]

On 1/28/06, Amankhan <amankhan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> After successfully running MythTV on Fedora for almost a year now (thanks to
> Jarod's guide!), I recently decided to setup a second PC for running a
> remote frontend in my bedroom.
>
> Setup went fine & everything is working great on my new machine, but I have
> encountered a very strange problem when setting up the communications
> between the remote frontend & the backend machine.
>
> When I change the Host IP address & Master Server IP address in mythtvsetup
> (as per Jarod's guide on this page:
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php ), 2 things happen:
>
> 1.  In the frontends on both my main machine & the remote machine, I can no
> longer watch Live TV.  The message I receive is the same one for when all
> capture cards are currently recording.  I have both a PVR150 and PVR250 in
> my machine, and at the time of this message neither card is recording.  Both
> cards work fine when used to capture video via a command line prompt.  In
> essence, the cards are not doing anything even though Myth says they are.
>
> 2.  In those same machines, I can no longer schedule any recordings nor do I
> show any recordings as being previously scheduled.  I can attempt to
> schedule a program to record, but it doesn't appear to "save" my request.
> The backend shows no errors from these attempts.
>
> As soon as I change the Host IP & Master Server IP back to the loopback
> address, everything is fine again.  I can watch Live TV, my scheduled
> recordings have returned & I can queue shows to record.
>
> It has completely baffled me, and I have no idea what the problem might be.
> Any help would be appreciated, and if anyone needs more information just let
> me know.  Thank you!
>
>
> The backend shows no errors for any of this, and
>
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Do you have the firewall enabled on the backend?