[mythtv-users] Remote admin (was HVR-2250 Analog trials)

Doug Lytle support at drdos.info
Thu Dec 23 20:55:03 UTC 2010


faginbagin wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Regarding your parents' Christmas present, I thought it might be 
> useful to share some tips on remotely administering a Myth system for 
> family & friends. Perhaps you've got this covered, but just in case:
>
> 1) get your parents a domain name.

Thanks for the input Helen!

I've got them running a Linux based firewall with OpenVPN on it.  It 
connects back to my network.  Also, the database will be backed up 
nightly via BackupPC.

We'll see how it goes, I don't know if it will be well accepted.

Doug

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