CReating a home music network server

Hello folks I am after some advice.
We are due to move house, and this is a significant move up the ladder with a conservatory, living room, dining room and three bedrooms.
I currently have a small home network of an intel iMac with USB harddrive with the music for itunes it. And I have an iBook. Currently the iMac feeds my home stereo via optical out into a dac.
In the new house I intend to have the iMac in the dining room and use the ibook to stream music to the two hifis one in the conservatory and one in the sitting room. This will be accomplished with two Airport expresses and my wireless internet router.
Looking around eBay I find the price of G3 Powermacs have dropped madly to around 50 quid. This is almost to good to be true as I have room under the stairs in the new place to stick it so here are my questions.
1. Are internal harddrives still available for a G3 powermac?
2. All the ones I have seen have OS9 on them, I would simply be using it as back up and music storage to be accessed from my iMac and iBook, will this be possible with OS9 on?
3. I do not intend attaching a keyboard, mouse and screen to the mac, or at least in the long term, is there any way I can VNC to OS9 from OSX? or is there another way?
4. Will OS9 be stable enough, i.e. I would want it running 24/7
5. Finally would there be anyway to tell itunes the music is on a network in OS9 and would there be any way to have the G3 show up on my macs permanently, i.e. I don't have to keep hitting 'go' and pray it shows up? (At work for instance network places on the PC just show up on the desktop as long as they are available.)
Any help or advice greatly appreciated.
BTW What I am looking at is keeping my iMac free for other things, for instance if I want to play a computer game on my iMac whilst my wife listening to streamed music in the living room. And secondly I want this to be as cheap as possibly so no Squeezeboxes!
Cheers

Alas I see one error of my way, ideally I don't want to be streaming music with VNC, I want to be able to pick music on my ibook to be pumped from the G3. I find with the normal network sharing you can't search tunes which is really bad so I am hoping the G3 will be the actual storage area for itunes music and will be able to stream from the G3 but controlled form the iBook.

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Last edited by jaydoc (2010-02-26 07:57:15)

Router Status
Hardware Version WPN824v3
Firmware Version V1.0.7_1.0.8NA
Internet Port
MAC Address 00:1E:68:12:EB:1C
IP Address [i]edited[/i]
DHCP DHCP Client
IP Subnet Mask 255.255.252.0
Domain Name Server 167.206.254.2
167.206.254.1
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IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
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Name (SSID) jaydoc
Region United States
Channel 1
Mode b and g
Wireless AP ON
Broadcast Name ON
that is what my router status is at the moment. and I am able to connect to the wired network using the router. However I still cannot connect wireless. I did not see any settings in the wireless settings page of the router that ask for DHCP server names/addresses. This is the current logfile output
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'Auto jaydoc'
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0)
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dhcp_manager_handle_event(): Received DHCP event from unexpected PID 2548 (expected 0)
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: completed -> disconnected
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto jaydoc' requires no security. No secrets needed.
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'jaydoc'
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Feb 26 08:30:36 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Feb 26 08:30:37 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> completed
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireless network 'jaydoc'.
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 7 (reason 0)
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Beginning DHCP transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> dhcpcd started with pid 2730
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP6 Configure Get) scheduled...
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP6 Configure Get) started...
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP6 Configure Get) complete.
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam dhcpcd: version 5.1.5 starting
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam dhcpcd: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.115
Feb 26 08:30:38 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device wlan0 state changed normal exit -> preinit
Feb 26 08:30:48 Sarvam dhcpcd: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): DHCP transaction took too long, stopping it.
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam dhcpcd: received SIGTERM, stopping
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam dhcpcd: wlan0: removing interface
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction, dhcp client pid 2730
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dhcp_manager_handle_event(): Received DHCP event from unexpected PID 2730 (expected 0)
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) started...
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 7 -> 9 (reason 5)
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (jaydoc)
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Auto jaydoc' invalid.
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed.
Feb 26 08:31:23 Sarvam NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) complete.
So if its still a DHCP problem, it seems to be affecting only the wireless part. How can I make wireless use the same DHCP servers as the wired..? Or is there something else wrong here..?

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I was having this problem to. I could see part the contents of the library I wanted to import from. Switched off Home Sharing and Switched it back on again. Then I found two ways to achieve the import.
1) Turn on View Sidebar, Then you can see the other library in the lefthand pane as in itunes 10. Select the items you want and click on the import button in the righthand bottom cornee.
2)In the interface without the sidebar there is a drop down select box to allow you to select Music, Movies, TV shows etc. At the bottom the shares available to you are shown click on the one you want. Then select the type of content ie Music Movies etc select the items you want and click on the import button at the bottom right.
Hope this helps

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Hi,
I have an existing modem/router from my ISP that does DHCP and NAT with base IP 192.168.1.1 distributed in the wireless network. I use this wireless network for our private devices. I could turn off the DHCP server in this first router, but there isn't a separate setting to turn off NAT.
I want to connect my Airport Extreme (4th gen) to this existing router to create a separate wireless network for visiting guests, where IP addresses of 10.0.0.0 etc. are used. So I do not want to use the Airport Extreme in bridge mode, as I would like to keep the devices on the first network 'invisible' for those on the second network. (P.S. when connected in bridge mode, the Airport works well and can distribute a network with a different name from the first. It's just that I would feel more comfortable about our privacy if the Airport were to distribute a different IP range. False security, maybe?)
I've tried doing this by 'Sharing a public IP address' in Airport Utility's Internet tab, leaving TCP/IP's setting to 'via DHCP', setting DHCP addresses to start with 10.0.0.2 up to 200 with all else blank, and not using a standard host nor NAT-PMP in the NAT tab.
When I do this the Airport complains of a 'double NAT issue'. Internet connectivity seems to be OK, but when switching between the two networks on my Mac I get complaints about my IP address being in use by another device intermittently.
Can anyone help in how to get the 'double NAT issue' resolved?
Thanks!

So if someone is connected to the modem/router network they will be able to see the HD I will have put in to the AirPort Extreme?
As I said above.....since the modem/router and AirPort are bridged, devices on the modem/router wireless will be able to "see" devices on the AirPort wireless, and vice versa.....
If they can see the HD connected to the AirPort Extreme, will they be able to access it
Yes, unless you plan to password protect the drive connected to the AirPort Extreme.
or will they still need the password needed to get onto the AirPort Extreme network?
The modem/router and AirPort Extreme are bridged. They are on the same network. All devices are on the same network when the modem/router and AirPort are bridged. Not sure how else that I can say this.
Also, because it is bridged, I shouldn't have any problems accessing the HD I will have connected to the AirPort Extreme from an external location?
Accessing devices from a remote location is never easy....and a topic for a different post/discussion. If you have a "static" Internet IP address from your provider, and have all the details on how to forward ports on your modem/router, you are off to a good start.
Apparently there is some addressing issues because devices can be seen as "Double IP" because the modem/router would have allocated IP's as well as the AirPort allocating IP's thus making connections slower until resolved
When you "bridge", all IP addresses are issued by one device. There will be no conflicts on the network, since they are bridged.
Once again, in very simple terms, you have two doors (access points) that open into the same room (network). One "door" is the modem/router and the other "door" is the AirPort Extreme. They are on the same network....("room") because they are bridged.

HT1178 Do I want to create a new wireless network or join my current network? I can't connect an ethernet cable to the Mac / printer and to the wireless modem at same time - in two different rooms.

I am trying to set up Time Capsule so that I can do my first backup (after 1 1/2 years!) with Time Machine. I have read other forums, but in each case they instructions eventually do not apply.
I have connected my TC to my existing wireless router. This sits in a bedroom and cannot be moved as a rental home.
I have plugged in the TC and updated the software.
Now - do I want to A Create a New Wireless Network (remember I can't connect the TC to Mac using an Ethernet cable). B Replace an existing base station or wireless router with TC (only intend to use for TM as don't know other benefits as of yet). or C want TC to join current network.
Thinking C. If I choose C, it then asks A TC to wireless join current network (NO as already connected using Ethernet). B want to connect TC to my network using Ethernet to extend my existing wireless network. C want to disable the wireless network on this TC and connect it to my computer or network using Ethernet - CANNOT do this as devices can not be in the same room.
Or do I want to create new wireless network - first set of questions - choice A? What is the benefit to creating a new one when I won't be in this rental house for longer than 18 more months??
Please help and quickly! Thanks!

Let me suggest some things.
But first ask exactly what wireless router you have now and what type of broadband service?
Are you happy with the wireless on the current router? If so, then you can plug the TC straight into whatever computer you have by ethernet, short 1M cord with no connection to the network. And use it without affecting your existing network at all. This is trivial setup.
Although you don't say exactly what Mac and printer you are using, is it a desktop? Laptop it is definitely easier not to plug it in, but a desktop you can plug in the TC and it will all sit happily together.
How is the printer connected and to what?
I am not sure why you need such quick help.. this is all minor setup stuff.. and 18months in todays world is like permanent man.
Your multiple A, B, C are more confusing than helpful.
The best choices without more info.. are to replace the existing wireless router with the TC. ie your option B.. but how to do this depends on the type of connection. Is it cable or adsl? Can you easily bridge the existing modem router.. if that is what it is?
Think carefully in the ideal world what would you like..
and what do you have..
We can probably suggest ways and means to fit what you like to what you have.. without introducing a stack of options that are doing your head in.

I have 2 macs and 2 PC laptops in my home wireless network. Can I use the Airport/Time Capsule hard drive to back up all 4 machines? I know that I will have to use different back up software on the PCs, but is it possible over the wireless network?

I have 2 macs and 2 PC (Windows 7) laptops in my home wireless network. (The iMac is hardwired via ethernet to the Airport/Time Capsule; the others are wireless connections using Airport). I want to use the hard disk drive in the Time Capsule as a network backup drive for all 4 computers. Is this possible? Could someone help me by telling me how to configure it? I know I will have to use different backup software in the 2 Windows 7 Laptops? Do I need to use the Windows backup software, or can I use a third party program like Acronis True Image? Thanks in advance for the help

It is your fault, pondini.. all your fault.
I read of all the things that go wrong restoring Time Machine backups.. particularly stupid things like mail, photo libraries don't go back.. etc. And looking through the incredible number of issues people have here, when their Mac finally takes a dive how hard it is to restore.
I restored a test hard disk from a TC.. and it takes ages and ages to even make up its mind to start.
I worked in computer support for ages, but not Macs.. so my experience is ghost.. ghost images.. on large commercial server setups, can stream restore to multiple computers at once.. even doing it computer by computer the image is simple as network boot to restore. But ghost went the way of Symantec.. sigh!! And was destroyed.
A product like clonezilla, Free linux boot cd.
http://lifehacker.com/5078397/clonezilla-backs-up-and-restores-your-disks
Can backup a Hard disk in just about any format.. yet to try it on a Mac to a TC.. but I will. Boot from CD.. instead of your lost Lion partition which no longer exists (because the hard drive had to be replaced) and the DVD they no longer give you, and restore the entire hard disk in a couple of hours .. to the exact image at the point you made the clone.. in any format, with any partitions.
My bet is that it will kill TM .. but you could be right.
It is just the prospect of all those permission changes, photos and mail libraries etc that worry me.

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