Linux pc > Philips tv

brontosaurusrex · 2019-01-09 12:12:30

So I got the 2nd Ethernet card on the pc and connected to the tv directly (I'd like some dlna action eventually), how to setup the card/connetions and stuff ... ? (I'am pretty pathetic when it comes to networking ...).

So far I tried setting the specific connection on pc to have manual ip4 address, also DHCP, but not sure how is that even supposed to work since tv has manual ip grayed out in settings ...

Any hints on what should I read appreciated.

Inxi

Network:   Card-1: Intel 82578DM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 6c:62:6d:68:ac:8f
           Card-2: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection driver: igb
           IF: ens1f0 state: down mac: 00:25:90:97:bb:e6
           Card-3: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection driver: igb
           IF: ens1f1 state: down mac: 00:25:90:97:bb:e7

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2019-01-09 12:26:08)

iMBeCil · 2019-01-09 14:13:15

Consider a TV as another computer in your lan. This means that connecting your actual computer to your TV with single ethernet cable corresponds to two computer connected (directly) via ethernet cable. It means, you would have to configure both pc and tv on single network (via eth0), for example:
- computer IP = 192.168.5.1
- tv IP = 192.168.5.2
and set subnet masks on both devices. Forget about DNS. And you have no WAN internet connection. All this is considered unusual setup.

Much more usual setup is actually: connect both pc and tv to router, like you would connect two computers to your router. Then you can have usual ('expected') functionality of both computer(s) and TV. In fact, now you can use DHCP on your TV. And basically, this is the way to go if you want dlna ...

Personally, I just got the very same idea few days ago: to set up RPi2 as a media server with dlna (i.e. UPnP) capabilities. I suggest reading this:
- Kodi media center - you have to configure all by yourself
- LibreELEC - preconfigured Kodi, images even for RPi, fork of OpenELEC
- OpenELEC - preconfigured Kodi, images even for RPi
Probably, there is more ...

So far, I'm only at the beginning of my journey (got stuck on defective SDcards, must get a new one), and as yet cannot make educated advice.

Last edited by iMBeCil (2019-01-09 14:14:23)

brontosaurusrex · 2019-01-09 14:45:46

iMBeCil, Thanks.
- The idea about direct connection is to disallow tv to do stupid stuff on network (I guess I could use some router and connect the two still)
- I used minidnla in the past, so that part should work

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2019-01-09 14:58:24)

iMBeCil · 2019-01-09 16:16:22

^Yes, if the brontosaurusrex's plan is to use computer to connect to router with WAN via one link (for example WiFi), and then use another link (for example wired eth0) on computer to connect to TV without access to WAN, then it is enough to configure pc with firewall.

Of course, give eth0 different subnet, and configure TV directly with fixed IP (and subnet). I think all reasonable modern TVs has option to configure fixed IP on their LAN.

brontosaurusrex · 2019-01-09 22:15:27

@earlybird, Thanks, this will come handy (When I get magically smarter one day). For the moment, may I assume that my easiest way is to find&drop some router between the two?

#1 2019-01-09 12:12:30

Linux pc > Philips tv

#2 2019-01-09 14:13:15

Re: Linux pc > Philips tv

#3 2019-01-09 14:45:46

Re: Linux pc > Philips tv

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Re: Linux pc > Philips tv

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