[mythtvnz] Having trouble connecting HDHR to ethernet port

[Paulgir]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:28:34 +1200, Tim Westbrook <iondiode at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Better you than me mate! I was planning on doing this same thing. As
> I'm afraid of what this little box is doing to my home network when it
> is recording. But I still need to pick up an ethernet card, was
> concerned that I'd need set up _another_ service (dhcp) on my box.
>
> So have you configured the static ip on your ethernet port? with some
> versions of linux/windows, if the OS doesn't detect a dhcp server it
> will automagically give you an  ip in that range (169.254.x.x). But
> with static you should be able to see it.
>
> Is there a link light on your card when you plug it into the hdhr?
>
> On a related note, what is a good/simple networks statistics tool that
> i could use to see what the traffic on my network looks like. I've
> tried NTOP, but I'm still a bit confused by it's output.
>
>
>
>
> On 19 April 2013 12:15, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Further information: I have connected the HDHR to the router and I can  
>> get a
>> response  from the HDHR set up GUI.
>> However, I do need to have the HDHR connected directly to the mythbox  
>> due to
>> antenna connection location etc.
>>
>> any help with direct ethernet connection to pc would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>> -Paul
>>
OK I got it.
The HDHR Troubleshooting guide states:

"Set to a static IP address in the range of 169.254.x.x (eg. 169.254.1.10)  
with a
subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. Leave the gateway blank."

However on the MythTV Network connections GUI I needed to enter 0.0.0.0  
into the
Gateway field.
On my netbook the value 0.0.0.0 was entered automatically.

Comminicating OK now :)

Paul