[mythtv-users] MythTV - help please!

[kim Gross]

sa_cooke at iprimus.com.au wrote:
>> -- Original Message --
>> From: Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com>
>> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:09:21 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - help please!
>> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 25, 2007, at 12:54 PM, sa_cooke at iprimus.com.au wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> Ok. I'm not going to reinstall the OS again - that has been done at  
>>> least
>>> 10 times over the past year. I am over OS installs. ANd the  
>>> attandent lib
>>> updates.
>>>
>>> The first problem I had with the guide was talk of static IP  
>>> addresses. I
>>> KNOW what IP addresses are - but why do we need them for a TV  
>>> content machine?
>>> I have ADSL delivery of internet and email content to my home, so ip 
>>>       
>
>   
>>> addresses,
>>> static or otherwise, really have no place in the scheme of things.  
>>> That is
>>> all handled 'magically' (read invisibly) for me.
>>>
>>> Steve.
>>>       
>> ALL computers have an IP address. That's how they identify themselves  
>> when connecting to any other computer in any way.
>> Based on your comments here, I would say you definitely should start  
>> with a Myth-specific distribution that will walk you through the setup.
>>     
>
>
> Sorry Brad, I don't know that I made myself clear. I do not need help with
> IP addresses in general. I am a professional computer programmer with over
> 10 years experience in a number of languages on a variety of platforms, and
> my experience includes design, build, and maintenance of distributed systems.
> I understand IP addresses. My question was specific to MythTV.
>
>   
Mythtv has no specific IP requirements other than the backend needs to 
be at a static IP address if you have multiple frontend/backend 
machines.  Mythtv is so capable it can have multiple frontend machines 
each displaying a different TV show and multiple backends each recording 
different shows.  All of these machines need to communicate with each 
other, so if all machines have dynamic IP address's there will be 
problems finding the backends since the IP addresses can change.

So if you have multiple Myth machines setup them up behind a router and 
use local static IP addresses, if you only have one machine it does not 
matter since you can use the loopback IP for everything.