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Feature requests & roadmap / Dedicated networking

« on: December 15, 2008, 06:11:13 pm »

I'll probably be flamed for this, but I'm only offering my opinion in an attempt to contribute.

I don't like the core expecting to be the DHCP server and the gateway for the network, it's not the way most people use modern networks.  Most people (and by people I mean the average man inthe street, not kernel hackers), have a wireless modem router, typically supplied by their ISP, a laptop that is configured by plugging in the ISP cdrom.  I think it's too much to expect them to have a dual Nic'd machine and have them configure a router to switch off dhcp.  Wireless is wide spread now, because people don't want wires.  I use it personally because I live in a rented flat and I can't drill holes in the wall and don't want 20 meter cat5 tripping me up on my way to the bathroom!

I understand the reason for doing it and like the idea of netbooting thin (and potentially cheap) clients.  A clever solution to a tricky problem, I like it.

Why not have alternative solutions, like a distributed architecture, in addition.  So that those of us who want, can have something different. 

Just a thought.

Ok, light those pilots and make me cornflake ;-)

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Users / Multiple hybrid machines

« on: December 15, 2008, 05:59:04 pm »

I know the expected install is one core and 1 or more MDs.  Is there any reason why I can't have 3 hybrid machines?  They would be independant, but I'd like them to be able to share media, I guess that's just an NFS share and a local mount, or is this something LMCE handles itself?

Cheers

Jim

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Users / More than one core (server, not CPU)

« on: December 14, 2008, 04:41:36 am »

High, I'm new here, so be gentle ;-)

I currently have 3 media centres running.  2 Vista and one mediaPortal.  I have 2 aerial point in 2 rooms and one the last room.  Currently all machines run independently.  What I really want to be able to do, is schedule recordings on any of the machines and watch said recordings on any of the media centres.  Vista MCE is a no hoper, mediaPortal comes close, but doesn't get the cigar, because it's just too flakey! 

Looking at LinuxMCE, it looks to have come on enough to have a play.  The one thing that worries me is that it reads like you have 1 central media server (the core) and then a bunch of thin clients.  I don't want this.  My clients all have multiple tuner cards in them and all have dedicated aerial feeds.  Plus, as they're wired into different rooms, I can't physically put them all into one server.

So, bottom line, can I make a LinuxMCE network be a distributed solution, or does it have to be client portal.  Hopefully the answer will be yes, or I'm going to be stuck with the regularly falling over mediaPortal installs :-(

Thanks in advance

Edit - It's really late now, here in the UK, time for sleep, so I won't see any answers untill the morning.  Good night :-)
Jim