[mythtv-users] Two separate backends on the same network

[Brad DerManouelian]

Matt Clifton wrote:
> In our house, we have two separate Myth backends, but on the same 
> network. We do not want the backends to be linked together as a 
> master/slave setup, we just want 2 masters that happen to be on the same 
> network. The problem is that when I try to connect to my backend from my 
> frontend, it always tries to connect to the wrong backend, even though 
> the settings in .mythtv/mysql.txt are correct and point to the correct 
> backend. I'm assuming mythbackend broadcasts itself across the network, 
> and for whatever reason it always grabs the wrong backend. I also 
> noticed that .mythtv/config.xml always modifies itself to point to 
> whatever backend it connects to. Is there some way to make this work?
>

Turn off upnp on your backends so they don't broadcast themselves for 
connection.