[mythtv-users] [Q] : Why only numeric IP addresses work?

[Adam Biskobing]

It sounds as though you have a couple of different issues, first off, it
sounds like you have some low level network configuration problems (I
don't think manually putting the nvnet module into your configuration is
going to cause the backend not to be able to reach itself when the
laptop is unplugged).  Second, you have some name service issues.  Get
your fist issue resolved, then work on your name services.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of manu
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:27 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [Q] : Why only numeric IP addresses work?
> 
> 
> Le 19.02.2004 11:18:04, Ray Olszewski a écrit :
> > Just to be clear at the outset ... this really is not a MythTV
> > problem. It is a problem with your Linux networking setup, 
> one that  
> > would affect a lot of apps, and should be fixed at that level, not  
> > worked around via trickiness with /etc/hosts or somesuch.
> > 
> > Still, you do want to get it fixed.
> > 
> > To get help with it (either here or on a help list for your distro),
> > you need to explain the setup in enough detail that someone 
> can help  
> > you spot the bug. Even if an interface is not connected to 
> a LAN, it  
> > should still be possible, trivially easy really, to bring it up  
> > (assign it an IP address and related stuff). To figure out 
> why your  
> > backend's eth0 is not coming up, please tell us:
> > 
> > 1. How the backend is connected to the LAN. As Adam asked, does it
> > connect to a hub, or do you connect and disconnect the laptop  
> > directly (using a crossover cable)? Or is a WiFi setup 
> involved? Or  
> > something else (what?)?
> > 
> > 2. What eth0 is. Is it a standard NIC of some sort, or something
> > unusual?
> > 
> > 3. What Linux distro and version you are using.
> > 
> > 4. Even if the interface it not "up" (configured), it should still
> > exist. Check this with "ifconfig -a" or (I think) "ip link show".
> > 
> > 5. If your Linux is tolerably standard, it uses "ifup eth0" to bring
> > up that interface. What happens if you run that command (as root)  
> > from the command line? (If you get an error response, 
> please quote it  
> > exactly. If you don't, quote the relevant portion of the output of  
> > "ifconfig" or "ip addr show" after you run it.) If your 
> distro brings  
> > up interfaces a different way, do whatever is appropriate 
> to bring up  
> > eth0 via the command line and tell us the result, as above.
> > 
> > 6. How the desktop host's IP address is being assigned. Finding the
> > answer is a bit distro specific, but checking for its 
> stanza in /etc/ 
> > network/interfaces is a likely place to start. Meaningful 
> answers to  
> > this question are "static" and "dhcp" ... if the second, 
> where is the  
> > DHCP server it gets its lease from?
> > 
> > 7. Some interpretations of what you've said so far imply that this
> > backend is a standalone system with no connection to the Internet.  
> > Or, just possibly, the laptop acts its route to the 
> Internet (if it  
> > has 2 interfaces and an appropriate configuration to route or  
> > bridge). Please clarify this part, if prior answers do not already  
> > make it clear. (If it is isolated, how does it use Myth? 
> What do you  
> > do about listings?)
> 
> Thanks for all the information, and I am sorry that I did not 
> point it  
> out sooner, but the real issue here is the fact that putting 
> numeric IP  
> in backend setup all works OK (that it the remote frontend 
> can connect  
> to the master backend). But if I put the hostname directly 
> the remote  
> frtend cannot connect.
> The network issue is, I think, related to the fact that I have to  
> insmod the nvnet module in one of the startup scripts.
> Bye
> Manu
>