Richard Brown wrote:
> I have a wireless H3, but I am using the wired port (wpa network).

WPA network? Wi-Fi Protected Access? Isn't that irrelevant if you are 
using the wired network?


> Although I am able to get the application loaded reliably, mvpmc
> stalls for a long time on boot.

Search the list archives for reports of slow booting:
http://www.nabble.com/MediaMVP-Media-Center---Users-f24861.html

If you examine the /etc/rcS script on the MVP you'll see that it makes 
several attempts to obtain the dongle.bin.config file using a few 
different methods, so if the attempts are failing, that'll slow down the 
process.

I did run across a mention of slow booting on the wiki, but it was due 
to an unresponsive NTP server, and supposedly the code has since been 
updated to run the ntpdate command in the background so it doesn't hold 
up the boot process.


> Strangly, it worked once, now it doesn't want to work.  I don't think
> the config file is being requested from the tftp server.

Are your sure your TFTP server is still listening on the standard TFTP port?

How about examining your server logs to confirm whether it is or isn't 
talking to the TFTP server. Try running the TFTP transfer command 
manually (via telnet) on the MVP to see if it works (you'll find the 
syntax in /etc/rcS).


> After a long while, mvpmc starts in a generic mode with
> an IP (192.168.0.105), which is outside my subnet. 

Outside your subnet? That's pretty strange. Do you possibly have 
multiple DHCP servers running on your network? Which device (router or 
server) do you think is providing DHCP service, and have you look at its 
logs?

Are you positive the MVP is connecting through the wired interface and 
not the wireless interface?

  -Tom

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