Xstyle
Prominent Member
Great festivities everyone!
I've been having some trouble with my Graham Myers built myHTPC for the last couple of years, which is no doubt down to my own IT and networking inability !! Can you help and advise please? I'd very much appreciate your assistance!
The Set-Up:
* The Dune and myHTPC server are connected via HomePlugs (TPLink AV1200) and a Gigabit Ethernet Switch, on Sky Fibre Unlimited. All in the lounge sitting together at the moment.
* dedicated IP addresses are reserved for both on the router, and the Switch lights up to show both as working ok.
Issues:
1) Network
I changed broadband provider a year ago, now on Sky, and the IP addresses needed to be changed.
However I am unable to change the path on the Dune for where MyMovies looks at, for the servers new IP address?
If I revert the server to the old IP address, I also need to change the DHCP range.
Old server IP: 192.168.1.xxx
New server IP: 192.168.0.xxx
DHCP range at moment is 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.1.254
I would prefer to have all as .0 rather than .1 ...however I can't change the network path?
But as the Dune can't read the new Server IP, I tried putting it back to the old one as the path would match, however it still says it can't connect. I did have them running ok yesterday at some point but then they weren't showing up on the LAN! And were connected to the Internet. However only the Dune is now connected to the net, not the server.
Now when the server is on the .1 address, the Dune mostly doesn't even show up. Says it's loading screen then is just blank forever. So I do need to put it back to a .0 IP. But again how do I change the path?
And how do I also get the server online again to the net?
2) MyMovies
My Movies 5 Collection Manager seems to be OK on the PC and iPad but NOT on the server. In the Dashboard of my server, "MyMovies" is blank? In "server folders and Hard Drives" all my existing files are there though. Surely MyMovies should be populated on the server. The error message is:
"MyMovies could not create its database on the SQL Server. The error returned was 'There was a problem creating your new database. Please visit the MM forums for support"
I have tried to restore the last saved database from January 2013, but it always gets to the final stages and fails.
3) AnyDVD does not seem to run at all? The software is up to date in the MM settings on the server. Clicking on the icons does nothing. I have reinstalled and rebooted the server and nothing happens. Shortcut does not work, and even clicking into the Application from the C drive program files folder does absolutely nothing?
What do I need to change please?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Xstyle
I've been having some trouble with my Graham Myers built myHTPC for the last couple of years, which is no doubt down to my own IT and networking inability !! Can you help and advise please? I'd very much appreciate your assistance!
The Set-Up:
* The Dune and myHTPC server are connected via HomePlugs (TPLink AV1200) and a Gigabit Ethernet Switch, on Sky Fibre Unlimited. All in the lounge sitting together at the moment.
* dedicated IP addresses are reserved for both on the router, and the Switch lights up to show both as working ok.
Issues:
1) Network
I changed broadband provider a year ago, now on Sky, and the IP addresses needed to be changed.
However I am unable to change the path on the Dune for where MyMovies looks at, for the servers new IP address?
If I revert the server to the old IP address, I also need to change the DHCP range.
Old server IP: 192.168.1.xxx
New server IP: 192.168.0.xxx
DHCP range at moment is 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.1.254
I would prefer to have all as .0 rather than .1 ...however I can't change the network path?
But as the Dune can't read the new Server IP, I tried putting it back to the old one as the path would match, however it still says it can't connect. I did have them running ok yesterday at some point but then they weren't showing up on the LAN! And were connected to the Internet. However only the Dune is now connected to the net, not the server.
Now when the server is on the .1 address, the Dune mostly doesn't even show up. Says it's loading screen then is just blank forever. So I do need to put it back to a .0 IP. But again how do I change the path?
And how do I also get the server online again to the net?
2) MyMovies
My Movies 5 Collection Manager seems to be OK on the PC and iPad but NOT on the server. In the Dashboard of my server, "MyMovies" is blank? In "server folders and Hard Drives" all my existing files are there though. Surely MyMovies should be populated on the server. The error message is:
"MyMovies could not create its database on the SQL Server. The error returned was 'There was a problem creating your new database. Please visit the MM forums for support"
I have tried to restore the last saved database from January 2013, but it always gets to the final stages and fails.
3) AnyDVD does not seem to run at all? The software is up to date in the MM settings on the server. Clicking on the icons does nothing. I have reinstalled and rebooted the server and nothing happens. Shortcut does not work, and even clicking into the Application from the C drive program files folder does absolutely nothing?
What do I need to change please?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Xstyle
