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Users / noob question, autodetect tv tuner+lan post installation?

« on: February 02, 2009, 12:29:38 pm »

hallo, im new to mce and have spent some time reading this forum over the last couple of days. but unable to find information to help me understand some current issues.

i managed to source a tv-card. first question is, is mce very specific on what cards it supports? e.g. i have a PlusTV All-in-one VS-DVBT-P1610, that anygood? I guess I will find out soon enough, hehe.

After reading about the 2nd lan card setup. I have added another Nic. Now my main question is, will mce detect the card and also the tv-card. or am i better off reinstall the whole OS to save myself messing about?

and lastly, as I have 2 nic's, what might be the easiest way to work out which will be eth0.

thanks in advance

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Installation issues / Re: Firewall settings for Samba shares

« on: February 01, 2009, 12:17:11 am »

anything you want to interact with LMCE goes on the LMCE network and uses the LMCE DHCP server, anything you don't want to interact with LMCE can go on your existing network and use your existing DHCP server

oh... so if i put a 2nd nic in, would I set a static ip, or would it take one from my other dhcp srv? Actually I feel rude asking that. im just about to go on a serious reading mission. my faith on the matter has been re-gained, lol. ty guys

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Installation issues / Re: Firewall settings for Samba shares

« on: January 31, 2009, 10:45:54 am »

I would just like to say, i think such commets as 'very broken' & 'crippled setup' are a tad harsh. I'm in the same boat as lightkeeper. I love what MCE can do. but the more i learn that it "requires" to be the dhcp server, the more i become annoyed. I have a server for that, and genrally people have routers for it. so why cant mce be compatible with existing networking setups in peoples homes? Im ready to buy hardware to support mce but before i implement it into my home i need to test it. and taking over a dhcp server is something im not prepeared to do