Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

On 01/08/2026 12:22, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> writes:
>> Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>> Problem for me, is that the TV set expects the router to be on
>>> 192.168.1.*.
>>
>> I’m sure that’s settable, buried in a settings menu somewhere.
> 
> TVs default to DHCP like every other consumer device. If Carlos’s has a
> static IP configuration then that is because someone has deliberately
> changed it.
> 
> (Obviously you _could_ make a TV with unchangable IP configuration but
> it would be crazy to do so.)
> 
I got the impression that the TVS were on a special subnet that allowed 
connection to privileged online services provided by the ISP.

Not hard to bugger with a router to detect 'known' TV MACs and assign 
appropriately.

Or indeed create a default subnet on -say -a different wifi SSID or 
router port.

Having experience the ghastliness of my (German) sisters broadband ISP 
(NO SMTP except to their server, unless you create an exception in the 
router itself) I can believe anything of mots European continental 
providers.
Somehow privatisation and OFCOM has actually worked quite well in Britain


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