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

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tuesday 12 October 2004 11:12, Scott Mazur wrote:
> I'm going to re-drege this thread.
>
> My local network is setup on DCHP.  Other than the DCHP server box, all the
> other boxes (including the myth master) are assigned dynamically.
>
> When it comes time to setup another frontend box on the network, I'd like
> to just point it to the name of the myth master, but instead I have to set
> it to what really amounts to a temporary IP address.  Now, realistically,
> the IPs assigned will probably never change on my local network, but hard
> coding a dynamic IP address kind of defeats the purpose.

To get around the potential for your Myth boxes getting different addresses, 
set your DHCP server up to always hand out a specific address to your Myth 
boxes. I have one range of addresses on my DHCP server that are handed out 
randomly, and another where I specifically bind IPs to MACs, so those boxes 
always get the same IP (a printer, a diskless EPIA and a laptop).

However, I just set static addresses on all my Myth boxes. What's keeping you 
from doing the same? Personally, I think a server machine (and a Myth master 
backend *is* a server machine) should NEVER have a dynamic address.

> Is there any plans for Myth to resolve host names?

No clue.

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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