OK so next up we have to configure the computer (aka 'HTPC' or 'Revo 3700')
with a static IP address. An IP address is like the post code for your computer,
in this instance inside your home network and its how computers know where another computer / network source is to talk to
All networks have a ‘range’ of IP addresses available and it is entirely
up to you and your network what numbers you want to use. For the purposes of
this blog I’m going to stick the ones I know. So I want to give the computer
the address of 192.168.0.3, the address of my router is 192.168.0.1 and I know
that the subnet mask of my network is 255.255.255.0
So to do all this we need to go from the XBMC interface and into the
desktop environment underneath. I only suggest this as I believe it to be the
easiest way (one that most windows users can do J including me).
A
So start by using the keyboard to go down to the ‘power icon’ hit enter
and choose ‘exit’ this will take you to a desktop style log-in screen. You will
need to use the password you choose when installing the OS in step 1: and you
will need to select xbmcbuntu from the drop-down box instead of XBMC. This will
log you into the OS
B
Once in the OS and assuming that you are using a wired connection, use
the mouse to right click on the icon in the taskbar that looks like two arrows
(one up, one down), then click edit connections, a menu will appear
C
Select ‘Wired Connection 1’ (should now be highlighted) and then choose
the option edit, a new box will appear and you need to click on the tab
entitled IPv4 Settings
D
Now using the drop-down box next to ‘Method’ change this to Manual, then
under Addresses select ‘add’ (button with green plus sign). In ‘address’ type
the IP address you want for your computer, as stated mine will be 192.168.0.3, ‘netmask’
will be 255.255.255.0 and ‘gateway’, ‘DNS Server’ and ‘Search Domains’ will be
the address of your router in my case 192.168.0.1. Finally click save in the
bottom right hand corner
E
We now just need to log out of the desktop, so click on the play arrow
(bit like the start menu in Windows) and choose ‘logout’ and the select ‘logout’
again. This will take you back to the log in box discussed in step 'A'
F
We now need to log back into the ‘XMBC’ environment so select this from
the drop-down box and type in your password and you will be taken back into the
pretty XBMC interface (the reason for this step before doing a reboot is that
by default the OS will reboot into the last logged in session, so if we
rebooted from step ‘E’ we would be taken back to the xbmcbuntu desktop rather
than the XBMC interface). Now select the power button icon and choose reboot
from the following list. On reboot the IP address will have changed J
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