Geoffrey Leach wrote:
It will take me a while to try to understand the output from your
suggestions.
In the meantime, yes, it is a direct cable to the hdhomerun.
Then you will have to set a static IP address in your /etc/hosts file. There is some sort of NETGEAT unit listed in your output. If that is a router, it is MUCH easier to set things up with a router between the computer and the hdhr.
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 4:54 PM Roger Heflin rogerheflin@gmail.com wrote:
I am pretty sure the hdhomerun usually needs a dhcp server to get an ip address. there may be some default ip address. I don't see that my hdhomeruns have a way to set an ip address.
Controlling an hdhr with a dhcp served IP address is basically impossible as it is hard to find that address and remember it for use in your program. Control of the unit with most digital tv programs requires a static IP address. Mythtv for instance will not work if the IP address is changed, external to the mythtv program.
... If you are expecting autoconfig to
be used then you need to figure out what ip address on the other end is.
And that would be the static address when you set it.
nmap -sn 169.254.20.0/24 will scan the subnet.
But you really do not want to have to do that every time you reboot, do you?
There is only one computer involved HDHomerun is a box that converts OTA TV channels (i.e., a tuner) to a feed that is accessed by the local system.
On Sun, 2022-03-20 at 00:01 -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
Controlling an hdhr with a dhcp served IP address is basically impossible as it is hard to find that address and remember it for use in your program. Control of the unit with most digital tv programs requires a static IP address. Mythtv for instance will not work if the IP address is changed, external to the mythtv program.
DHCP does not equal random new addresses each time. On a home network, you're extremely likely to get assigned the same address each time. But you can ensure that by configuring the DHCP server to work that way .
For many things on a home LAN, configuring a DHCP server is going to be the easiest way to set fixed IPs for every device (unless you like manually configuring your TV, your printer, your PC, your laptop, your smart gadgets, your internet fridge, and partridge in a pear tree.
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