[mythtv-users] Accessing backend from frontends inside AND outside of a NAT network

[Michael Heironimus]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:57:21AM +0100, Kenni Lund wrote:
> I have a MythTV setup with a backend and two frontends running in a gigabit
> LAN. I would now like to extend the setup with a external frontend accessing
> the backend over the Internet.
> 
> As the setup is now, the backend has a LAN address (10.10.10.50), which is
> fine as long as a frontend is able to access the LAN address. However, since
> the new backend is not on the LAN, it will fetch the backend address (
> 10.10.10.50) from the MySQL database and fail to connect to it.

It only takes a few minutes to set up OpenVPN and give the clients a
route to your internal network, which would protect your connection from
prying eyes and let remote frontends see your internal IPs with no
special configuration.

-- 
Michael Heironimus