[mythtv-users] Recording failure.

[R. G. Newbury]

On 2019-04-16 1:48 a.m., Allen Edwards wrote:

> Thanks for your quick responses. I just had a chance to try another fix 
> and it worked.
> 
> First, I have always used 192.168.1.111 as the IP address even when it 
> was dynamic. I have that IP entered in the backend as the IP address and 
> always have.
> 
> The fix was to add some name servers.  These are universal Google name 
> server addresses.
> 
> *dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8   8.8.4.4*
> *
> *
> So the new file looks like this
> *auto lo*
> *iface lo inet loopback*
> *auto enp2s0*
> *iface enp2s0 inet static*
> *    address 192.168.1.111*
> *    netmask 255.255.255.0*
> *    gateway 192.168.1.1*
> *    broadcast 192.168.1.255*
> *    dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8   8.8.4.4 *
> *
> *
> Obviously the issue was it could not find Schedules Direct.
> I found this helpful 
> https://michael.mckinnon.id.au/2016/05/05/configuring-ubuntu-16-04-static-ip-address/
> 
> Allen

You should also ensure that your *router* knows to serve the proper IP 
address to your mythtv box, using the MAC address of interface enp2s0.

So that the address is static from the router's end too.
Geoff