On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, Galen, for the help with my MythTV installation at the clinic >> this afternoon. >> >> When I got home from the clinic I started up the laptop, stopped the >> Myth frontend, edited /etc/network/interfaces, deleting all those >> comment signs in front of the static IP entries and putting on in front >> of the DHCP entry. Then I ran MythTV Backend Setup and changed the IP >> address in the General section to the static IP address of the machine. >> >> However I was unable to see anything through the HDHomeRun. >> >> After a bunch of fooling around I discovered that the laptop will not >> see the Internet. I am able to ping the router, and other boxes in the >> house, including the HDHomeRun. I can discover the HDHomeRun using >> hdhomerun_config discover, but I can't get anywhere with Google Chrome >> outside the house. I can see my internal web server, though. >> >> Any idea what I've missed? >> > > Probably your nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf were changed at the > clinic and you need to change them back to their previous settings for > your house. > > Bill
While static IPs can be handy they often cause problems like you describe above. The way around this is to DHCP instead, but give the computer a memorable hostname. Then use hostname in the places you are currently using static IP. This saved me just last week when someone changed a router on a remote system I manage. The router used a different default network, but because I was using hostnames no one had to go in and adjust any static IPs. Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
