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Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 1:32:45 AM, you wrote:<br>
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> Nick here from Silicondust...<br>
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> Confirming, we found and fixed a bug in the firmware a<br>
> few years ago relating to DNS handling.<br>
> For HDHomeRun PRIME units it affects units running<br>
> 20130117 or older firmware.<br>
> For HDHomeRun DUAL units it affects units running<br>
> 20141124 or older firmware.<br>
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> The easiest fix is to unplug the WAN port of your home<br>
> router so the old HDHomeRun firmware is happy, then<br>
> upgrade it to the latest firmware (20161107b for PRIME and 20161107 for DUAL).<br>
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> The direct firmware download links can be found on our website under Downloads, Linux.<br>
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> We are beefing up our server infrastructure... we now use<br>
> CloudFlare for the first level. Behind that we have<br>
> caching servers in four locations for speed, redundancy,<br>
> and backend failover selection. Finally we have the<br>
> backend servers, with most services being served by<br>
> redundant servers. Linux and scripted builds all the way<br>
> through. I had fun setting that up :-)<br>
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> Nick<br>
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> I'm curious. Why would an HDHomeRun need to do DNS? I have three<br>
> HDHomeRun tuners connected to my backend on a dedicated network<br>
> which has no DNS service at all and they work just fine. The<br>
> backend connects to the HDHomeRun, not the other way around.<br>
> Jay<br>
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> Hi Jay,<br>
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> HDHomeRun tuners are quite happy operating with MythTV without DNS/internet.<br>
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> If DNS+Internet is available the HDHomeRun will sync with our guide<br>
> servers every now and again. If you use the HDHomeRun app for<br>
> Windows, Mac, Android, or XBox One, or if you use Kodi and the<br>
> HDHomeRun add-on on any supported platform you get 4 hours of TV<br>
> guide from Silicondust (or 2 weeks if you are testing our DVR<br>
> system). The sync allows our guide servers to automatically match<br>
> your TV channels to the guide and returns an auth token so apps can<br>
> use the guide. No usage information is passed (we don't care what<br>
> you watch, just that the guide is right without you having to<br>
> manually match channels). The sync also enables channel logos for<br>
> DLNA and sets the time in the HDHomeRun.<br>
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> Nick<br>
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I guess you are now talking about US and possibly Canadian customers<br>
and not about the European model(s)?<br>
<br></blockquote></div>The plan is to expand guide coverage. We currently have limited UK guide and started testing guide for Germany.<br><br>Germany is complicated because they don't use channel numbers except as set by the user.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It may take a few months but our goal is good guide coverage for European countries.<br></div></div>