[mythtv-users] MythTV UPnP with no router - just a crossover cable

[John Pilkington]

On 11/03/13 17:30, Joseph Fry wrote:
>
>             Hi:  I would like to set this up for a 'smart' TV in a place
>             with no
>             internet connection and no network.
>
>         ...
>
>         Never tried this myself, but I think you want to
>         use a link-local address.
>
>         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/__Link-local_address#IPv4
>         <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address#IPv4>
>
>
>     Thanks for both replies:  if I set the TV to auto acquire an IP
>     address it displays (at least this time around) 169.254.33.71, which
>     ties in with Bill's reference.  I'll see if I can do anything on
>     that basis.
>
>
> If your tv is getting a link-local address you should be good to go.
>
> Just edit your ETH0 section in /etc/interfaces to read:
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet ipv4ll
>
> ip4ll is a relatively new option for telling the interface to use a link
> local without waiting on DHCP to timeout.
>
> You could set a static in the link local range as well... if the tv is
> to spec, it will check to see if the address is free before it assigns
> one, so you shouldn't run into a case where they get the same address.
>   A static IP may be required, I've never run Mythbackend on a box
> without a one.
>

Thanks for that too.   This is my ScientificLinux6 laptop and I guess 
the relevant file is probably /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, 
but I think I should probably drop this for the present.

I can get a display by VGA and although it won't match what I might get 
via uPnP it will be much better than what it replaces.

Cheers,

John