[mythtv-users] Network affecting standalone mbe/fe?

[Clay]

Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Richard Morton
> <richard.e.morton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try hostname.local
>>
>> If your backend is called server then it is server.local this is if you
>> don't have it connected to a domain.
> 
> Bear in mind that using hostnames in for the backend IP values MythTV
> is not supported and will cause breakage.  Stuart Morgan added code in
> master that detects when Myth is attempting to a local interface, and
> uses the loopback, which will avoid exactly the issue being seen here.
>  The code will not be backported, but will be present in .25.
> 
> Robert

Thanks Robert. Now that you mention it, I recall the hostname issue from 
the early days.
Time to fix my network.