<div dir="auto"><div>Stephen, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just circling back to one point:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 11:45 p.m. Stephen Worthington <<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><snip><br>
>A networking question: OK, so say the motherboard has two ports. I have two<br>
>hdhomeruns. Do I plug the hdhomeruns into a small switch and plug that<br>
>directly into one of the two ports on the backend? (port #2)<br>
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Yes. You will need to also set up a DHCP server on that port. This<br>
looks like an OK guide for Ubuntu:<br>
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<a href="https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-configure-dhcp-server-on-ubuntu/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-configure-dhcp-server-on-ubuntu/</a><br>
<br><snip></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(Reminder that my current home networking experience is limited to plugging into a consumer router and setting up some static assignments.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Do you only need to set up the DHCP server on the second port of the backend if you're doing the "plug the homeruns into a small switch and plug that into port #2 of the backend" option? Does it still have to be done if using the second option, which was "plug everything into a managed switch and create an HDHomerun VLAN and have that go to port #2 of the backend"?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also why would the backend require its own DHCP server as opposed to the router's? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks again. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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