[mythtv-users] mythbackend with dynamic ip?

[Christopher M. Jones]

You make this sound simple. But what's the best way to contact the
backend with the new ip? The command line options to mythbackend are a
bit spare. The only way I know to change the ip would be graphically
(not an option) or to write a sed script to change the settings in
whatever conf file and then restart the backend. It's the solution I
already considered, but I had hoped there would be something more
elegant.

> Seems a bit much to go through, though.  If you're stuck with leaving
> the backend as DHCP, most clients allow for a script to run whenever
> the IP address changes.  You could then plug in a script to contact
> your front end and give it the new IP address.
> 
> -Aaron