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Subject:    Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv and Jellyfin on same backend
From:       jam <jam () tigger ! ws>
Date:       2023-10-19 2:09:15
Message-ID: ffcbc1dcfc7f202caa590487de28e9f20d5af4cb.camel () tigger ! ws
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On Wed, 2023-10-18 at 13:16 -0400, Ian Evans wrote:
> Stephen, 
> 
> Just circling back to one point:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 11:45 p.m. Stephen Worthington
> <stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > A networking question: OK, so say the motherboard has two ports.
> > > I have two
> > > hdhomeruns. Do I plug the hdhomeruns into a small switch and plug
> > > that
> > > directly into one of the two ports on the backend? (port #2)
> > 
> > Yes.  You will need to also set up a DHCP server on that port. 
> > This
> > looks like an OK guide for Ubuntu:
> > 
> > https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-configure-dhcp-server-on-ubuntu/
> > 
> > <snip>
> 
> (Reminder that my current home networking experience is limited to
> plugging into a consumer router and setting up some static
> assignments.)
> 
> Do you only need to set up the DHCP server on the second port of the
> backend if you're doing the "plug the homeruns into a small switch
> and plug that into port #2 of the backend" option? Does it still have
> to be done if using the second option, which was "plug everything
> into a managed switch and create an HDHomerun VLAN and have that go
> to port #2 of the backend"?
> 
> Also why would the backend require its own DHCP server as opposed to
> the router's? 
In my experience routers DHCP servers are terrible for many reasons and
I avoid them. YMMV but running your own is quick and easy. Look at
dnsmasq.
James
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