[mythtv-users] Myth UPnP server disappearing

[Eric Sharkey]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Brian Wood<beww at beww.org> wrote:
> Interesting. Are you using a PS3 as a UPnP client? If so, the comments in the
> WiKi about troubleshooting UPnP might be relevant:

No.  I've tried various linux based UPnP clients both running right on
the backend and from other hosts on the network, but the primary UPnP
client I want to use is my Nokia cellphone.  (Nokia N80)  All of the
clients always act consistently.  Either they all see the server or
none of them see the server.

It used to work flawlessly, but I didn't use it often and then
something broke in the last year or so.  I've been on .21-fixes that
whole time, but I've upgraded the hardware and kernel and other things
and at some point things broke.

I used tcpdump to try to trouble shoot the problem, and that's when I
discovered that it would always work when I was trying to look at it
with tcpdump, but failed when I wasn't looking.  I presume it has
something to do with the network card being in promiscuous mode or
something like that, but I just haven't had the time to really dig
into it.

Eric