Ethernet cable~ Cross over or Wire to wire?

Do I use a Cross over Ethernet cable or a wire to wire Ethernet Cable going from ATV to desk top?
Thank you
Message was edited by: Terry Blakeslee

Just for confirmation
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274

Similar Messages

  • I have a Airport network at home with a Time capsule connected via ethernet cable to modem. Also the network is extended wirelessley with an Airport Extreme. My question is I now wish to add a second Airport extreme but am considering a hard wire connecti

    I have a Airport network at home with a Time capsule connected via ethernet cable to modem. Also the network is extended wirelessley with an Airport Extreme. I now wish to add a second Airport extreme but am considering a hard wire connection with 100 ft of cat 6 cable from the Time capsule to the second Airport extreme.  Can my network operate properly to extend the network with both a wireless and wired extend functionallity?

    I now wish to add a second Airport extreme but am considering a hard wire connection with 100 ft of cat 6 cable from the Time capsule to the second Airport extreme.
    Excellent plan.
    Can my network operate properly to extend the network with both a wireless and wired extend functionallity?
    Yes, but don't get confused about the second AirPort Extreme, as it would not be configured to "extend" a wireless network.....it would be configured to "create a wireless network" using the same wireless network name, security settings and password as the Time Capsule network. Configure the second Extreme in Bridge Mode.
    This Apple support document will show you how to hookup and configure the second AirPort Extreme:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260

  • Apple TV to PC. Cross-over cable or Ethernet?

    My apple TV will plug directly into the pc with iTunes. Do I need a Cross-over cable or an Ethernet Cable? And What is the difference? Also How would I do this? Thanks in advance!

    I got it in April this year... If I have no internet where I am using it, how do I authenticate it to play? Here I have no internet BUT I have no HDTV here... My house has no Internet but it does have an HDTV! Do I need an HDTV to connect it to iTunes to authenticate it? Or can I use my existing Dial-Up connection to do it.. By using my dial-up connection I mean like Connect it to my laptop, and then connecting my laptop to my dial up connection and opening iTunes and do it like that... Would that work?

  • Cross over ethernet cables?

    When connecting a G4 power mac to Mac Pro, is a cross over ethernet cable still needed?
    Thanks

    Hi-
    For your MDD?
    No.
    Any G4 tower later than a Sawtooth doesn't need a crossover cable.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274

  • IPod wont sync over fire wire

    I have a 30gb Photo iPod and a 1.42 MHZ G4 mac mini. I plugged in the iPod over fire wire and then the iPod loaded the first time. The second time i plugged it in the iPod froze and would so did my computer until i unplugged it by force. Then i plugged it in using the USB 2.0 cable and it mounted perfectly. This is the only computer in my house with USB 2.0 and being there is only 2 USB slots, one for my keyboard and one for my mouse, I do not have the slots to spare. I have rebooted the computer and the ipod. The same thing happens when i plug it in over firewire, both freeze. I have iTunes 4.9 and iPod version 1.2.

    I would recommend updating iTunes to 5.0. I've had issues in the past where my iPod was running newer software than iTunes and it caused issues.

  • Emac  / PC  cross over cable

    Hello learned colleagues,
    is it possible to connect an E-mac to a PC using their ethernet ports and a cross-over cable, (no switch)
    I need to share files between both computers.
    assistance appreciated
    DB
    eMac   Mac OS X (10.3.3)  

    Yes, you can connect those two machines directly to each other with a crossover Ethernet cable. See these instructions for methods to share files.
    (11185)

  • Mac pro - powerbook g4 - networking with cross-over cable

    I connect my powerbook to the Mac pro with a cross-over cable.
    Personal file sharing is on both computers (both Mac osx 10.4.8)
    Question 1:
    While most of the time I can make the connection work I still don't understand the logic behind it.
    Sometimes I connect and the connection works immediately, on other occasion I have to restart one of the macs or both to make it work.
    Is there another solution then restarting?
    Please enlight me on the subject.
    Question 2:
    My Macpro is connected to the internet (to a ethernet-router up the line, I can not pull another cable from the router because all the ports are busy).
    My powerbook is connected to the Macpro with the cross-over cable.
    Can I access the internet on my powerbook through the cross-over cable. I already tried the Internet Sharing on/off thing but I couldn't make it work.
    Thank you all for sharing your knowledge on the subject.
    Eugene
    Mac pro 2,66   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   owerbook g4 12i

    Hello Eugene,
    Just a quick note to let you know you and others know that you do not need a cross-over Ethernet cable to connect your Mac Pro to another device. The idea of using a cross-over cable is a hold over from bygone days of Ethernet ports and products that either were before the auto-mdix or just did not implement them to save cost. Auto mdix Ethernet ports (which the Mac Pro, and every current Mac computer has) are able to detect the type of cabling/connection, and auto configure the Ethernet port for the proper connection. This mean you can use a regular Ethernet patch cable and not be concerned if it is a straight thru or cross-over style.
    As for sharing your internet connection using your Mac Pro, yes, it can be done, and the capability is included with OS X. You can find step by step instructions by accessing the Help menu in the finder and entering "sharing Internet" (without the quotes).
    However, I would suggest you just buy an inexpensive Ethernet Switch, to use to expand the number of ports available from your router, and then run a line to your other computer.
    Tom N.

  • Networking via cross-over ethernet

    I have two PCs both running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Both are fully updated.
    One connects via wireless adapter to a router at the other end of my house (not practical to connect it via ethernet).
    The router gets my ISP signal and is my Internet access point.
    The other PC is in the same room but has no wireless adapter (I know I could just get one, but that is not what I want to do here).
    The two PCs are close enough that I can easily connect them directly to each other with an ethernet cable.
    I tried a regular cable but connecting gave me problems so I used a cross-over cable to connect them.
    My original intent was to be able file access & sharing of the (let's call it guest PC) and the one with the wireless internet access (let's call it the host).
    When I rebooted both I was able to open the explorer and see the host computer from the guest and vice versa on the Network list. I allowed file sharing and everything looked great.
    I mapped the user and file locations from the guest that I wanted in the host PC as a network drive on the host.
    Since I wasn't regularly using the guest, it went to sleep and I could not re-establish the mapped network drives nor the shared file connection. That was a pain, so I set out on another option.
    I set up a Home network in the guest PC that is now accessing the Internet.
    OK, I'm not exactly sure how I did that. I kept creating unidentified public networks and finally was able to create a private one on the guest that connects (I'm not sure if it was by sharing or merging) to the Internet. It has to be somehow shared
    because (as I mentioned above) the guest has no wireless adapter and no other way to get Internet except by sharing the host PC's wireless access.
    Well, the drives that I had mapped before setting up the Internet sharing suddenly work again fine.
    But, AND HERE'S MY CURRENT PROBLEM, I cannot see the guest computer from the host in the explorer (or the other way either).
    I tried then to just join the host computer's HomeGroup, but I can't. I can't join a HomeGroup created on the guest either. 
    I'd like to be able to view and share my files across both the host and guest.
    I'd even like to be able to remote access the guest desktop from the host. (I know I can do that with LogMeIn, TeamViewer, VNC, and other programs).
    I also know I can share files using Hamachi (but it does not give remote desktop control so I can't run programs).
    Can anybody help me on this? Or is it impossible to use a cross-over ethernet connection between two PCs and have them both share files and be visible either browsing on the Network or in a HomeGroup?

    Thanks, I have never solved this. I did check your links. At one point at least I was able to share my wireless connection, but I don't know how I did it and now I have even lost that trying to fix the fact that I could not actually network the two PCs.
    Again, both running Windows 7. One has wireless adapter & connects to Internet through router - no problem there.
    Second PC has no wireless adapter. I wanted to use cross over ethernet cable to connect it directly to the one that has Internet access. The idea was twofold: first, setting up a peer to peer local network with both PCs on it so I could directly open &
    share files from one to the other. I fiddled so much that now I'm getting a message that the PC without the WiFi adapter does not have a valid IP address.
    My second (and actually more important goal) was to allow the PC without the WiFi adapter to share the other PC's Internet connection. I did something with the merging option that made it work but I don't know for the life of me what it was. I kept having
    trouble with the new network defaulting to Public and I could not change it to Private. That gave me all kinds of problems trying to create and join a HomeGroup. I could create them in each PC but neither could join the other's created HomeGroup.
    Now I'm back to square one, or even worse since I can't get either of my goals solved. If it's impossible to network them P2P I'd at least like to share the Internet connection using the cross-over cable as I had it for a few days.

  • Cross over cable

    Do I need a cross over cable to connect my cable router to my Time Capsule via the WAN port on each unit ?

    No.
    Use a regular CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cable.

  • Import (v. 7.1.5) iPhotos from old iMac to new iMac (v. 9.2) using Migration Mgr. over fire wire.  All photos (  many dups) appeared in EVENTS and PHOTOS in the new Mac – but NO ALBUMS.

    Attempted to import 6.5 GB of (v. 7.1.5) iPhotos from old iMac to new iMac (v. 9.2) using Migration Mgr. over fire wire.  All photos (plus many dups) appeared in EVENTS and PHOTOS in the new Mac – but NO ALBUMS.  I read a previous response to a similar question -- to copy the pictures library to the new computer.  How best to do that?

    There's actually an option to iPhoto Library Manager that makes this all almost work flawlessly (and work well enough for me). With the exception of Photo Albums that the pictures are part of, if you select "Library > Rebuild Library..." and then select "Scavange Orphaned Photos" check box, then it will put all the Photos and Movies into the "Scavanged Photos" album. It matches the modified pictures to their originals. It preserves all the event names and photo groupings. All the meta-data I could spot check it got right (although with 44k pictures, I only checked a few). If you fail to select this option, however, it will find no pictures at all when it goes to rebuild the library (this was true of the small test libraries I tried as well as the big, monster 280GB library I just finished converting). The conversion process took 5 hours to run, but in the end produced a library my new iPhoto can read and that I can interact with. I'll be suggesting to the iPhoto Library Manager folks a notation that would estimate the number of Orphaned Photos and display that number as a hint to the user that the option would be useful.
    Edited: Thanks to Old Toad and LarryHN for their help in finding which of the many options to transition this library to 9.5.1 I needed to use. Sorry if I took my frustration of the past several months out on you guys for generously trying to help me.

  • I set up time capsule using a wireless 4g modem.  it's been five hours and it still is saying making backup disk available (4.97 GB of 18.52 GB).  Can I stop the whole thing, get a ethernet cable and start over to increase the speed of the backup?

    I set up a new time capsule on a wireless 4g modem.  I started the initial backup.  It's been five hours and it still says "making backup disk available (4.97 GB of 18.52 GB)."  Can I stop the whole thing, connect my computer to the time machine using an ethernet cable and start over to increase the speed of the backup?
    Thanks,
    David

    Bunce wrote:
    oh i already did that. Im working on my imac and looking into this on my macbook. Was able to reproduce the issue again by trying to open TM. Locked out the finder again and had to restart. I checked the serial number and it was an early 2009 purchase with no coverage.
    If you bought a Mac and got AppleCare with it, within 2 years of buying the TC, the TC is covered, too.
    I have to admit that this $500 unit was the first to apparently junk out. The western digital that had my main data on that is my daily external that I store about 2TB of data on is still perfect and the new technology TM appears to already be cashed. Love the computers, not to big of a fan on the externals of the apple TV's. No life expectancy. Neither here nor there.
    suggestions before I either get this looked at or scrap the HD on it and move forward.?
    Reset the TC. See [Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ|http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3728].
    Try a "full reset" of Time Machine, per #A4 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
    If all else fails, take it to your local Apple Store or Authorized Repair location, they may be able to determine whether the disk is dead.
    If it is, they might replace the TC for you. If not, they won't repair it, but if the electronics are ok, you can replace the HD yourself, if you want to. See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2542983

  • Time capsule not working over ethernet cable

    my time capsule is connected to a router (also transmitting a wireless network) using ethernet cable. I can connect to the time capsule using both mac and windows over wireless, and I have internet. However, there's no internet when using ethernet cable (I see the time capsule in my airport utility, and I have it on bridge mode. Still, no internet.)

    How old is the TC? What model, A1xxx from the box or rubber mat?
    Failure of the ethernet ports does happen on the Gen3 but it is pretty odd.
    I would test with another ethernet cable.. check the connectivity leds go on when you plug the cable in. If not, it cannot work.. get another cable or try another port or device.
    Make sure the ethernet is set to auto in the computer.
    Tell me what IP gateway and dns address it is getting. We can work forward from there.

  • Why does Time Machine not work over wifi but only via ethernet cable ?

    Hi everyone,
    It's been some time I have this problem now.
    The first time I backed up my mac within Time Capsule with time machine, I chose to use the ethernet cable because the gigabit connection is much faster than the wifi for the first back up, but now, any time I want to update this back up, I need to connect the cable, cause "Time Machine can not connect to the Drive I picked" over wifi.
    This is so annoying. Does anyone have a similar issue ?
    Any solution ?
    When I got this "error" I can use Utility Airport and get full access to the drive, even in finder. The only thing that doesn't work is TimeMachine connecting to the drive, even if it is detected by TimeMachine itself.
    Thanks.
    Riccardo

    Typical Yosemite.
    I suggest a full reconfigure of the TC.
    Follow this list..
    No files are deleted on the TC doing this although you might have to repoint your laptop to the backup.
    Note.. even if TM does connect it will say it is going to do a new backup.. it is only when it starts that it discovers the backup exists and increments it.
    Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
    N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
    Setup the TC again.
    Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
    1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
    eg TCgen5 for basestation and and TCwifi wireless name.
    If the issue is wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round. ie plan on a first and second round of changes to fix this.. hopefully.. I will point out other steps that can be round2.
    2. Use all passwords that also comply with 1. but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
    3. If the TC is main router you can skip this point. This is only an issue when the TC is bridged.
    Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking.
    4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
    5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
    In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
    Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
    You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
    However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
    6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only. Do the same for ethernet if you use it.
    There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
    You might need to do some more work on the computer itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
    Tell us how you go.
    Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
    Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
    Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
    Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/

  • Can you synchronise a Nokia E61 with Oracle Calendar over the wire?

    Hi there.
    I work in IT and I have just got the Nokia E61 to test out as an alternative to the MDA's that we currently have. Basically we are looking to phase these out as they have proved to be very unreliable but they have been relatively easy to setup via ActiveSync.
    Now that I have just received a Nokia E61 to test I was wondering; is there a way I can get Oracle Calendar to synchronise over the wire as opposed to over the air,
    just like i could on the MDA's after installing Oracle Calendar Sync for Pocket PC.
    The reason why I ask is as a company we would like to do over the wire is so that pc users can synchronise their organisers via usb without costing the company any money via GPRS connections.
    Is their a possibility that this could be done or will I have to go down the SyncML route?
    In advance many thanks for your help!

    This cannot be achieved with the Synthesis SyncML client. The latest Oracle Calendar Application System server patch (10.1.2.3.1) only mentions Nokia N90 and 6682.
    So Oracle does not support Nokia E61 yet. I suggest that you raise an enhancement request SR on Metalink.
    Best regards,
    Fred

  • Sharing Files w/ PC over Ethernet Cable

    I've connected my iBook and my friends Dell laptop with an ethernet cable. I want to transfer a 3GB file over the cable to her computer from mine. How do I do this. I would greatlyyyy appreciate a super fast response.

    Hi Abe,
    Try it from the other way around.
    To set up a link between Windows XP and the Mac do the following:
    1) Open "My Network Places" on the Windows computer.
    2) Double click on "Add a network place".
    3) A setup wizard will appear. Click next and choose the option to specify a network site, etc. Click Next.
    4) Open the System Preferences on your Mac. Choose Sharing. Under the Services tab, turn on the check box for "Windows Sharing". Click on the Accounts button and activate your account. If sharing hasn't started by itself, click the Start button. Write down the address where it says "Windows users can access your computer at...". It would something like \\192.168.0.122\username
    5) Enter that address in the wizard at the Windows computer and click Next.
    6) It will take a few minutes for the connection to show up. When it does, give the connection a name and save it.
    In the future, you then just need to have Windows sharing on at your Mac and double click the connection you saved to connect. When you do, a dialogue box will appear asking for the Mac users' name and password to connect. Put in your long name (the same one that appears any time the Mac asks for your password) and the password. A folder will open on the Windows desktop.
    Initially, it will only let you set the connection up for your entire Mac user account. So you will see all of the folders within that account. If you want to confine the connection to the drop box, then run the connection wizard again. This time, on the page where you enter the Mac address, you'll have a drop down menu of all of the folders in your account. Choose username\Public\Drop Box and save that connection. Delete the previous one. Now when you connect (using the same long name and password), the folder on the Windows desktop will be confined to the Drop Box folder of your Mac account.

Maybe you are looking for