[mythtv-users] New HD HomeRun problem

[ryan patterson]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:

> Then, make sure that the router has not changed the IP address of the hdhr.
> Make sure that everything, including the channel standard is properly set on
> the hdhr....
> Most likely reason is that the router changed the IP of the hdhr. If you
> can, reserve the hdhr's IP address by tying it to the MAC, since there is no
> easy way to contact the hdhr under linux if the IP address keeps changing.
> If you cannot reserve an address, then reduce the allowed DHCP served range
> to ONE address, and let the hdhr have it.
> This does mean that you have to use static for everything else.
>
> Geoff
>

What are you talking about?  You can use the MAC address for the HDHR
in mythtv-setup.  You do not need to configure your router to always
assign the same IP address to the HDHR.

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Ryan Patterson