Re: Help configuring internal network

[R. G. Newbury]

On 2022-03-20 8:00 a.m., Tim >R. G. 
Newbury wrote:
> > edit your /etc/hosts file to give the hdhomerun unit a fixed IP
> > address.
>
> When has the /etc/hosts file ever given anything an IP address?

You are correct, and I am completely wrong. A static address for the 
computer would be set by editing 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eno1 (or whatever) or using the 
network config gui to do the same thing.

But everything else needs to be given an address by the router acting as 
a dhcp server or by a separate dhcp server (which can deliver a static 
address by using the MAC address of the unit to give the desired address).

Been so long since I have had to do that, I forgot which was the cart 
and which the mule.

Geoff