[mythtv-users] MythTV Success, Now help me optimize [OFF TOPIC]

[David Bourgoyne]

I think that's what I want to do.  I'm just a little confused on the 
routing tables.  My Linux box has the following routing table.

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt 
Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U          40 0          
0 eth0
127.0.0.0         *               255.0.0.0           U          40 
0          0 lo
default           192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG       40 0          
0 eth0

I'm thinking about assigning the second ethernet card ip address 
192.168.2.2 and the xbox 192.168.2.5.  Can I then just set a default 
gateway on the xbox to 192.168.2.2 and everything will work (meaning the 
xbox can get to the internet)?  This means that a packet destined for 
the internet on the xbox goes to the default gateway 192.168.2.2 (second 
ethernet on my Linux box), the Linux box then sends it to it's default 
gateway 192.168.1.1.  You think this will work?

I thought maybe "bridging" would be a transparent solution and I could 
keep everyone on 192.168.1.X, but I don't understand bridging.

Anyway I made a trip to homedepot today, got a 100' of cat5e and some 
wall plates.  So I'll be spending the holidays wiring.

- David


Bill Bradley wrote:

>You could create a another subnet and connect the xbox directly to the
>2nd card on your mythbackend with crossover cable......
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>On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 19:18, David Bourgoyne wrote:
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>>I know this doesn't quit belong here, hence the [OFF Topic] in the 
>>subject.  But mythtv-users have been so helpful in the past.
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>>I have a Linux box with two ethernet cards running a mythbackend and a 
>>mythfrontend.  I have a Xbox running a mythfrontend. 
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>>The first ethernet card is connected to a Linksys firewall as are other 
>>computers in my house.  The Linksys routes internet traffic through a 
>>cable modem.  Consider this my primary network.  I'd like the Xbox to 
>>get video from the Linux box over the second ethernet, thereby not 
>>loading down the primary network.  What is the best way to do this?
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>>Bridge, Subnet, etc. 
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>>Would a bridge even work?  Or is a bridge so transparent that you can't 
>>have ports?
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>>Can you point me to a faq or howto?  Can you show me the output of your 
>>netstat -r?
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>David
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