[mythtv-users] Recording failure.

[Allen Edwards]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 8:05 AM R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:

> On 2019-04-16 1:48 a.m., Allen Edwards wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your quick responses. I just had a chance to try another fix
> > and it worked.
> >
> > First, I have always used 192.168.1.111 as the IP address even when it
> > was dynamic. I have that IP entered in the backend as the IP address and
> > always have.
> >
> > The fix was to add some name servers.  These are universal Google name
> > server addresses.
> >
> > *dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8   8.8.4.4*
> > *
> > *
> > So the new file looks like this
> > *auto lo*
> > *iface lo inet loopback*
> > *auto enp2s0*
> > *iface enp2s0 inet static*
> > *    address 192.168.1.111*
> > *    netmask 255.255.255.0*
> > *    gateway 192.168.1.1*
> > *    broadcast 192.168.1.255*
> > *    dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8   8.8.4.4 *
> > *
> > *
> > Obviously the issue was it could not find Schedules Direct.
> > I found this helpful
> >
> https://michael.mckinnon.id.au/2016/05/05/configuring-ubuntu-16-04-static-ip-address/
> >
> > Allen
>
> You should also ensure that your *router* knows to serve the proper IP
> address to your mythtv box, using the MAC address of interface enp2s0.
>
> So that the address is static from the router's end too.
> Geoff
>

Yes, very important. In my case, Myth and the two HDHR boxes all have
reserved IP addresses.  Always have.

Allen
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