[mythtv-users] MythTv Android Frontend - Should UPNP be turned off?

[Don Brett]

On 6/1/2013 11:21 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 6/1/2013 11:04 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
>> On 06/01/2013 09:57 AM, Don Brett wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get my MythTv Android Front end to work and getting
>>> "Master backend could not be reached...." error.  On looking around in
>>> Mythbackend.log I found port 6544 being enabled, then ... disabled?
>>> What did I miss?  Here's the log and nmap output:
>>>
>>> Jun  1 09:03:26 zedo mythbackend[2086]: I CoreContext
>>> serverpool.cpp:395 (listen) Listening on TCP 127.0.0.1:6544
>>> Jun  1 09:03:26 zedo mythbackend[2086]: I CoreContext
>>> serverpool.cpp:395 (listen) Listening on TCP [::1]:6544
>>> Jun  1 09:03:26 zedo mythbackend[2086]: I CoreContext
>>> serverpool.cpp:395 (listen) Listening on TCP
>>> [fe80::ca60:ff:fecf:2bd%eth0]:6544
>>> Jun  1 09:03:26 zedo mythbackend[2086]: N CoreContext
>>> mediaserver.cpp:169 (Init) MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
>>> 127.0.0.1. Disabling
>>> UPnP
>>>
>>> don at zedo:~$ nmap -p 6544 --reason 192.168.0.132
>> ...
>> Hi;
>>
>> No, UPnP shouldn't be turned off. It looks like your backend is setup 
>> with
>> a loopback address for the Backend Server IP4 and Master Backend IP.
>>
>> I suspect you want to use the Private Network address you used in the 
>> nmap
>> test above.
>>
>
> Specifically, go into mythtv-setup->general and set that as the 
> Backend and Master IP addresses.
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Thanks...that worked.  Set both values, restarted the backend, and it 
instantly started working.    :)