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. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 23 16:47:03 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
