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

[manu]

Le 19.02.2004 15:03:33, Chris Pinkham a écrit :
> > 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.
> 
> This is by design.  The setting is called "Master Server IP Address",
> not "Master Server Hostname."  The code expects an IP address and  
> does
> not try to resolve to an IP address, so you must give an IP and not a
> hostname.
>

Hmm then what is the idea behing the design, why not resolving a given  
hostname?
Bye
Manu
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