[mythtv-users] IP Tunnel??

[Brian Schott]

Let's see if we understand the question:

1. You have a subnetwork (like a 192.168.x.x) behind an access point  
that runs network address translation (NAT), say in your dorm room?

2. You want to move the backend to a network outside your local NAT  
onto the main campus network (friends with root are friends  
indeed :-) to get better bandwidth to the internet?

The answer is most likely yes, but should you?  Right now your front  
end and backend are talking to each other over a local network  
switch.  When you watch TV, the stream between front-end and back-end  
might average 3Mb/sec (depending on transcoder settings).  My guess  
is that your busy college network will give you really poor  
performance if you are competing with multiple users on the college  
network.

If you don't have to move the backend box to change networks, why not  
just plug your NAT device into the campus network?  Alternatively,  
beg borrow or buy a PCI network interface card (they are probably $10  
on newegg.com and are often found as trash in computer lab equipment  
rooms) and install a second card into your backend.  One card is the  
local lan, the new card connects to the campus network.  Best of both  
worlds.

On Feb 1, 2007, at 7:00 PM, David Lynam wrote:

> Hi,
> I have setup a subnetwork inside a college network in which i  
> currently have a backend and frontend mythbox. I wish to move my  
> backend out of this subnetwork and onto the main network in order  
> to get a better signal? Is it possible that I could do this and  
> leave the frontend where it is and setup and IP tunnel through the  
> network and if so how would I go about it??
>
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