[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun and static network

[Mike Perkins]

scram69 wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Desktopj <desktop at theboatexchange.com> wrote:
> 
>> Yes. Use a MS Windows default ip address on your mythtv box. hdhr will
>> see your mythtv ip, and assign an suitable address to itself.
>>
>> My mythtv ip setup - 169.254.1.10/255.255.1.0 broadcast 169.254.1.255
>>                                  set your gateway and dns servers
>> according to your internet connection. You may have
>>                                  to change your gateway ip.
> 
> Could I do this with a second dedicated NIC for the HDHR?  i.e. my LAN
> connection is on eth0, so set up eth1 as:
> 
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 169.254.1.10
> netmask 255.255.1.0
> boradcast 169.254.1.255
> 
> auto eth1
> 
That netmask definitely looks wrong. if you write it down as a bit field, you 
should have all ones from the left-hand side, this defines the part if the IP 
address which is your network address. The zeroed part to the right of this are 
used for addressing each item of your equipment.

255.255.1.0 = 11111111 11111111 00000001 00000000 = not good.

255.255.0.0 = 11111111 11111111 00000000 00000000 = good,

as per RFC 3927, which explains all this 169.254.x.x nonsense, 
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3927.html

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Mike Perkins