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[mikinho]

I’ll see what I can put together for a write up.

I currently have 4 HTPCs “sharing” one InfiniTV4 for Live TV duties and another (borrowed) InfiniTV4 dedicated to Recorded TV.  It really is a nice setup, I’ll need to return the borrowed InfiniTV4 soon though =/ Maybe come tax time I’ll be able to justify a second.

[mikinho]

What AVR do you have?  Many AVRs will have a RS232 that you can hookup to your HTPC and have the PC control the AVR volume.

[mikinho]

What AVR do you have?  Many AVRs will have a RS232 that you can hookup to your HTPC and have the PC control the AVR volume.

[mikinho]

FWIW My preferred [s]”cheapo”[/s] reasonably priced network card is [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033]Intel EXPI9301CTBLK[/url].  Great card for the price.  My next one up is almost 20x more expensive =/

[mikinho]

FWIW My preferred [s]”cheapo”[/s] reasonably priced network card is [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033]Intel EXPI9301CTBLK[/url].  Great card for the price.  My next one up is almost 20x more expensive =/

[mikinho]

[quote=”tcs2tx”]
I don’t understand.  Can you please elaborate how this will work when setting up network bridging on the host machine (with the InfinitiTV installed) and the client machine (accesing tuner(s) of the InfiniTV on the host machine)?
[/quote]

I can’t discuss the implementation on the client (remote) machine, at least not yet.  Hopefully soon.  On the InfiniTV4 host machine it is an option on the beta firmware.  From there you bridge the network adapters.

[img width=650 height=196]http://www.missingremote.com/images/stories/mikinho/network-connections.jpg[/img]

Going off the above, neither the InfiniTV4-01 or Home network adapters will have any
protocols associated with them.  Instead all the TCPIP settings will be under “Network Bridge”.  The “Network Bridge” adapter will unfortunately have a dynamically assigned MAC Address so Static DHCP, for those that use it, will not work.

[quote=”tcs2tx”]
I currently use static IP addresses for my machines anf would prefer to continue doing so.  The problem you describe confuses me because (1) I’ve never done network briding to begin with, so I am not sure how to even set up once Ceton releases the updated firmware, and (2) if the MAC bridge miniport has its own IP address (static or dynamic), how does that affect the separate IP addresses of the NIC in the host and/or client?
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If you use Static IP addresses already then you will need to reconfigure the network settings for “Network Bridge” adapter.  The “normal” network adapter will no longer have its own IP address, everything goes through the “Network Bridge”.  On the client side, no change will be needed on the network card.

[mikinho]

[quote=”tcs2tx”]
I don’t understand.  Can you please elaborate how this will work when setting up network bridging on the host machine (with the InfinitiTV installed) and the client machine (accesing tuner(s) of the InfiniTV on the host machine)?
[/quote]

I can’t discuss the implementation on the client (remote) machine, at least not yet.  Hopefully soon.  On the InfiniTV4 host machine it is an option on the beta firmware.  From there you bridge the network adapters.

[img width=650 height=196]http://www.missingremote.com/images/stories/mikinho/network-connections.jpg[/img]

Going off the above, neither the InfiniTV4-01 or Home network adapters will have any
protocols associated with them.  Instead all the TCPIP settings will be under “Network Bridge”.  The “Network Bridge” adapter will unfortunately have a dynamically assigned MAC Address so Static DHCP, for those that use it, will not work.

[quote=”tcs2tx”]
I currently use static IP addresses for my machines anf would prefer to continue doing so.  The problem you describe confuses me because (1) I’ve never done network briding to begin with, so I am not sure how to even set up once Ceton releases the updated firmware, and (2) if the MAC bridge miniport has its own IP address (static or dynamic), how does that affect the separate IP addresses of the NIC in the host and/or client?
[/quote]

If you use Static IP addresses already then you will need to reconfigure the network settings for “Network Bridge” adapter.  The “normal” network adapter will no longer have its own IP address, everything goes through the “Network Bridge”.  On the client side, no change will be needed on the network card.

[mikinho]

I also completely forgot to mention a limitation of Windows when bridging networks.

When you bridge two network cards, a “MAC Bridge Miniport” network device is created that is used as a single network card.  The “MAC Bridge Miniport” receives a new dynamically assigned MAC address each boot.  So if you have a Static DHCP setup for your system, you will need to use a static IP address instead since the MAC address will change.  Just something to keep in mind.  There is no way through the GUI to assign a static MAC address.

[mikinho]

I also completely forgot to mention a limitation of Windows when bridging networks.

When you bridge two network cards, a “MAC Bridge Miniport” network device is created that is used as a single network card.  The “MAC Bridge Miniport” receives a new dynamically assigned MAC address each boot.  So if you have a Static DHCP setup for your system, you will need to use a static IP address instead since the MAC address will change.  Just something to keep in mind.  There is no way through the GUI to assign a static MAC address.

[mikinho]

It works surprisingly well for a beta though =)

I only use WHS for backups, none of the Media Center integration features as I feel other tools do the job better so Aurora makes more sense for me for the Hyper-V support.

Other users may find it more beneficial to use VMware ESx but with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 I’m enjoying the benefits of RemoteFx.  The hardware cost is cost prohibitive for a simple file server though if thats all you need from it.

[mikinho]

It works surprisingly well for a beta though =)

I only use WHS for backups, none of the Media Center integration features as I feel other tools do the job better so Aurora makes more sense for me for the Hyper-V support.

Other users may find it more beneficial to use VMware ESx but with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 I’m enjoying the benefits of RemoteFx.  The hardware cost is cost prohibitive for a simple file server though if thats all you need from it.

[mikinho]

See [url=http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5233&Itemid=2]Ceton InfiniTV 4 Tuner Sharing via Network Bridging[/url]

The beta is one of the reasons Part 2 and 3 and were pushed back.

[mikinho]

See [url=http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5233&Itemid=2]Ceton InfiniTV 4 Tuner Sharing via Network Bridging[/url]

The beta is one of the reasons Part 2 and 3 and were pushed back.

[mikinho]

I’ll release something tomorrow to clear this up.

Don’t get your hopes up with VAIL.  Yes it installs but it isn’t of much value [b]at the moment[/b].

[mikinho]

I’ll release something tomorrow to clear this up.

Don’t get your hopes up with VAIL.  Yes it installs but it isn’t of much value [b]at the moment[/b].

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