[mythtv-users] IP Tunnel??

Mark fairlane at springcom.com
Fri Feb 2 02:43:19 UTC 2007


Do you have line of sight to the new location?  How about a wireless lan 
bridge with cantennas?  802.11g should do it.

David Lynam wrote:

> Thanks for your help but you have my senario right but the reason to 
> move wrong.
> I am moving the Backend because where it is at the minute I have to 
> use "rabit ears" antenna to pick up a tv signal. This is a very poor 
> signal so I have proposed to move my backend and place it in a room 
> where I have direct acess to a external antenna thus creating a strong 
> signal. Then I hope to talk to the frontend from here?? Any ideas of 
> how i would set up such a system??
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Schott <bschott at east.isi.edu>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 1:12:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] IP Tunnel??
>
> Let's see if we understand the question:
>
> 1. You have a subnetwork (like a 192.168.x.x) behind an access point 
> that runs network address translation (NAT), say in your dorm room?
>
> 2. You want to move the backend to a network outside your local NAT 
> onto the main campus network (friends with root are friends indeed :-) 
> to get better bandwidth to the internet?
>
> The answer is most likely yes, but should you?  Right now your front 
> end and backend are talking to each other over a local network 
> switch.  When you watch TV, the stream between front-end and back-end 
> might average 3Mb/sec (depending on transcoder settings).  My guess is 
> that your busy college network will give you really poor performance 
> if you are competing with multiple users on the college network.  
>
> If you don't have to move the backend box to change networks, why not 
> just plug your NAT device into the campus network?  Alternatively, beg 
> borrow or buy a PCI network interface card (they are probably $10 on 
> newegg.com and are often found as trash in computer lab equipment 
> rooms) and install a second card into your backend.  One card is the 
> local lan, the new card connects to the campus network.  Best of both 
> worlds.
>
> On Feb 1, 2007, at 7:00 PM, David Lynam wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have setup a subnetwork inside a college network in which i 
>> currently have a backend and frontend mythbox. I wish to move my 
>> backend out of this subnetwork and onto the main network in order to 
>> get a better signal? Is it possible that I could do this and leave 
>> the frontend where it is and setup and IP tunnel through the network 
>> and if so how would I go about it??
>>
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