Home Network Advice
Hi there,
Can anyone give any advice on how to prevent bottlenecks and to prevent computers and users from consuming bandwidth on a home network i.e. a Home Hub, I welcome your suggestions very much.
Kind regards,
Paul
Hi ViViCode,
If I were to go for the Linksys how would I go about applying the 3rd party QoS firmware? Also sorry if it feels like I'm asking you 21 questions but what's the advantage of using the Linksys router in comparison to connecting another Home Hub to the Home Hub 3? I.e. The Home Hub 2 which we've got 2 of in storage, one for Infinity and the other for ADSL. We have also got a Home Hub 1.5 as well as a Voyager 2100 and a 2701HGV-C router in storage, would these be any of any use? Also in the following thread https://community.bt.com/t5/Other-Broadband-Queries/Homehub-3-problems-too-many-wireless-connections..., Keith_Beddoe recommends the TP-Link TD-W8960N for ADSL whereas he recommends the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND for Infinity, am I best going for the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND as opposed to the Linksys WRT54G you recommend? Where's Keith_Beddoe for a second opinion? Lastly we have a minimum of 15 wireless devices connected to our Home Hub 3 but are not all active at one time though.
Kind regards,
Paul
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Hello,
I could use some basic home network advice.
I'd like to share drives and printers with my two machines-
a custom computer (Windows XP Home Sp3 connected
through the WRT54GL and DSL modem) and a Gateway
M280E Tablet PC (Windows XP Tablet 2005 connected
through built in Wireless). At this point I have a successful
Internet connections for both computers. As per your site
the custom computer has the following:
IP 192.168.2.100
Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.2.1
I got the connection to the WRT54GL using DHCP
and a cloned MAC address.
How do I set up the home network between these two
computers. I've tried the home network setup wizard
several times without luck. The workgroup name
is the same for both machines. I see the "sharing" hand
under drives on both computers. The only message I
receive is:
Homepcs (my chosen name) is not accessible.
You might not have permission to use this network
resource.
Comment: I miss the simplicity of entering subnets like
169.254.x.x in windows 98 !
I know there must be a simple solution. Please provide
some instructions or a link to a solution for this network
architecture.
custom computer (wired)
Phone line--DSL modem -WRT54GL<
Gateway M280E (wireless)Ensure no firewall blocking (antivirus firewall, Windows firewall, etc) on both computers, and you also need to enable file/printer sharing properly. You can take a look on this simple file sharing or printer sharing article to learn more.
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Advice on improving wireless home network
Hello,
I've got a wireless home network set up, but it isn't performing as well as I would like. I have 2 computers I want using the network, 1 powerbook G4 and 1 sony vaio. I purchased a time machine with built in airport extreme (5Gz N) as my base station. I've also purchased 2 airport extremes to extend my network and add a printer to the network. Now, I want to try to improve my performance.
I have a 3 story house. The time capsule is hooked up to the cable modem in the garage, on the east end of the house. I put 1 AE in the 3rd story office on the east end of the house and hooked up my printer. I put the other AE in my 3rd story bedroom on the west end of the house. Although both AE's do extend the signal a bit, it's not by much.
Before wifi became popular, the previous owner of the house (my father in law) installed an ethernet network throughout the house. The hub is in the garage, which is why the cable modem is hooked up down there.
Now, what would be the best and quickest way to improve my wifi coverage and bandwidth throughout the house, especially in that bedroom on the west end. Should I moved the time capsule out of the basement? Does being down there weaken the coverage? Can I connect my time capsule to my cable modem through the ethernet network?
Or am I just expecting too much from these devices?
Also, I assume I'm only using the 2.4 Ghz spectrum, since my computer's airport card is a little too old to take advantage of the 5 Ghz spectrum, or am I miss understanding something?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!Now, what would be the best and quickest way to improve my wifi coverage and bandwidth throughout the house, especially in that bedroom on the west end. Should I moved the time capsule out of the basement? Does being down there weaken the coverage? Can I connect my time capsule to my cable modem through the ethernet network?
Yes, for the best overall bandwidth performance, you will want to take advantage of the Ethernet backbone. What you will want to do, in this case, it to create a "roaming" network with each of the base stations connected to this backbone.
Where you place the base stations will depend on where there will be Ethernet jacks available.
If possible, I would suggest the following:
o Leave the Time Capsule (TC) connected to the modem and run an Ethernet patch cable from one of its available LAN ports to the Ethernet jack.
o If you will be doing most of your computing on the third floor, place the AirPort Extreme Base Stations (AEBSn)at both ends and (of course) where there are Ethernet jacks available. Connect an Ethernet patch cord between the jack and the WAN port of the AEBSn.
Both AEBSns will need to be reconfigured as bridges as you will want the TC to be the main router providing both NAT & DHCP services for the entire network. Use the same Network Name for each base station, but be sure to use a different radio channel to prevent interference.
Also, I assume I'm only using the 2.4 Ghz spectrum, since my computer's airport card is a little too old to take advantage of the 5 Ghz spectrum, or am I miss understanding something?
If you can provide me with the exact Machine ID for your Mac, I can let you know if its supports 802.11a ... which operates on the 5 GHz band. You can find this through the System Profiler. It would be something like PowerBook2,1.
You will have a number of options here, depending on the exact models of your base stations. Are any or all of them the simultaneous dual-band versions? -
Need advice on airport set up (home network)
hi all,
i am just wondering what the best set up would be for my home network, listed below are what i have set up, and what i think could be the best setup
i have an office upstairs which contains:
-ADSL2 modem
-iMac 802.11n
-PC wired
-printer
-750GB LaCie HDD
i have my lounge room which is downstairs and almost below the office. (in case it matters) the office is above my garage – which is next to my lounge room. so the airport will be going through the floor & my brick garage wall.
in my lounge i have:
-macbook 802.11n
-iphone x 2 802.11g
-xbox 360 (currently have wireless adapter but i think ill sell it due to speed/depending on the setup i go with)
i am concerned because i need to have the network G for my iphones and depending on how i set up my 360.
i want to stream HD media to my 360 from my imac (through connect 360) and i have not been able to watch it yet as i lag every 30-40 seconds watching lost in HD. (that was using the faulty netgear DG834N modem/router which i have just sent back to netgear/supplier for a refund).
now after discovering i can use an apple airport extreme and express together i figured i could do either one of two things:
-have an extreme wired to the 360 downstairs( utilizing really only 1 port), have the HDD connected to the extreme (i figure if its connected via ethernet to the extreme, even though the imac is wireless, being connected to the source (extreme + hdd) i shouldn't get lag watching HD or using the 360 online.
Then the express is upstairs in the office where the modem plugs into the express and the express shares the network to the extreme.
now with this method i figure i can have an 802.11n (b/g compatible) network and all my devices can run off it. (don't need pure N as the 360 is connected via ethernet)
because the printer is in the office i would set the printer up to be shared via the imac and the laptop could just use the shared printer (i don't print too often). id prolly have to buy a wireless adapter for the dell but i could also share the network via ethernet to from the imac.
the 2nd:
- the extreme is upstairs with the modem connecting to the imac, PC, HDD and printer wired.
the airport express is downstairs with the xbox 360 (im assuming the ethernet port can send info and not just receive packets). this way the modems are linked up and (i hope) the network is running at 5Ghz so its fastest possible for streaming HD/SD media.
running this method i would need to set the imac up to host a G network for the iphones as they don't support N.
the laptop can connect wirelessly.
now i have only just discovered you can make a WDS using an extreme and express. so im sorry if ive gotten anything wrong, i have been using my netgear router and to date it has SUCKED!
a couple of questions:
is the express slower than the extreme, does it have gigabit ethernet and is the express going to lag being rougly 2 walls, 8-10 metres (in a direct line) from the express?
if i were just to keep my current xbox 360 wireless device, would it suffice for streaming SD/HD media?
now i am looking in the future at getting another hard drive (500-750GB) would i be best to get a time capsule or just sticking with the extreme? can the time capsule rout/network as good as the extreme?
and now, for my final question, i have a friend 10 townhouses, 5-6 real houses down (if i had to guess he'd be 100 metres from my place). if he were to get an extreme, could he use my internet/connect to my network?
i appreciate anyone helping me, i know its a long read but i just don't want to overdo it, also i don't want to be lagged if i feel like playing some multiplayer halo3/GTA IV or want to watch HD/SD media.
thanks guys-have an extreme wired to the 360 downstairs( utilizing really only 1 port), have the HDD connected to the extreme (i figure if its connected via ethernet to the extreme, even though the imac is wireless, being connected to the source (extreme + hdd) i shouldn't get lag watching HD or using the 360 online.
Then the express is upstairs in the office where the modem plugs into the express and the express shares the network to the extreme.
now with this method i figure i can have an 802.11n (b/g compatible) network and all my devices can run off it. (don't need pure N as the 360 is connected via ethernet)
because the printer is in the office i would set the printer up to be shared via the imac and the laptop could just use the shared printer (i don't print too often). id prolly have to buy a wireless adapter for the dell but i could also share the network via ethernet to from the imac.
That is a possibility. However you may find that the wireless signal can not penetrate the 2 walls and still be usable. You will only know by trying it.
the 2nd:
* the extreme is upstairs with the modem connecting to the imac, PC, HDD and printer wired.
the airport express is downstairs with the xbox 360 (im assuming the ethernet port can send info and not just receive packets). this way the modems are linked up and (i hope) the network is running at 5Ghz so its fastest possible for streaming HD/SD media.
running this method i would need to set the imac up to host a G network for the iphones as they don't support N.
the laptop can connect wirelessly.
The iMac would NOT be able to host a G network of the iPhone. The iMac would need to be connected wirelessly to the signal provided by the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). It can't connect to a wireless network as a client AND host a wireless network at the same time. -
I want to set up a home network to be able to watch my movies and litsen to music across multiple platforms. I have movies purchased from itunes as well as movies from my DVD collection that i converted to an .m4v format. I currently have these movies stored on an external harddrive. To watch a movie on my apple tv I have to ensure my external hard drive is connected to my macbook pro, then play the movie on my macbook pro and "mirror" it to my apple tv.
Ideally I would like to be able to watch movies from my collection without having to have my laptop on and work from that. Is it possible to navigate my collection from my Apple TV and play it on my Apple TV. My macbook pro is the machine I primarily use for work and school it is quite the protological nuissance to have to hook all that up everytime I want to watch a movie.
My thoughts are that I could take my old dekstop pc, attach an external hard drive to that and make that my "media storage". If I were to do that would I then be able to watch movies as well as select which movie I want to watch from my library through my apple TV without my macbook pro being in the equation? Or if I should desire to watch a movie from my library through my Macbook Pro, Iphone 4s, and ipad is that possible? I basically want to set up my library to be accessible from any of my devices.
My devices are; the previously mentioned Apple Tv, macbook pro, iphone 4s, ipad 3. I also have a desktop PC running windows 7, xbox 360 and playstation 3 (the xbox and PS3 would be nice if they could too but wouldnt break my heart as they are my roommate's and not mine so I rarely use them.)
Thank you for any help/advice you guys may have!atv's can only access media from
1. a computer which is turned on running itunes
2. the internet
no other options
and NAS's which say they can work as itunes libs don't work -
I am unable to stream video and I lose connection frequently. Ive tried it using wireless connection and with ethernet. Ive tried using the O2 router (%series) as a modem for the extreme, Ive tried using the O2 without the extreme - not poss to extend network but MUCH faster, and Ive tried using a variety of other routrers and modems. My flat is 10m x 6m, there are no other wireless devices within or immediately adjoining except for my wireless landline phone that I have changed three times. Every single piece of my home network has been to the genius bar at least three times and the entire network with all devices has been taken twice. Genius bar have found either no fault or no explanation. Applecare dont seem able to tie their own shoe laces and have been worse than useless, suggesting things like checking a plug fuse (good advice but not relevant). I met a chap socially who turned out to be an apple employee home networking specialist. He offered to look at it and came to my flat. I quote him now: "F**k me, its just not supposed to do tha., Theres something seriously wrong with the system. It's an Apple problem completely". However, despite repeated requests I have not been invited to escalate the issue beyond the genius bar. Enen though everything possible is apple (they dont make a modem for ADSL??), all I get from them is it must be the fault of something else.
PS Ive had my O2 connection checked tens of times and paid for a bt engineer to check my line 4 times.
PPS The thunderbolt display was sold to me after I refused one on the grounds that the location of my mini was more than 2 metres from the display, and the salesperson reassured me that the thunderbolt connection was universally available and that would have no problem connecting the display to my mini 5 metres away.
I may well not be too bright when it comes to computers, but with their attitude of there being NO SUCH THING AS A BAD/FAULTY APPLE PRODUCT, ONLY SILLY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVENT WORKED OUT HOW TO USE THEM YET, I wish I will soon see their brand will rot in commercial oblivion ****. I have focused this on home netwrking but that is the tip of the iceberg. However, having invested so much of my life and my money in what I have, please can any of you good people out there show me the foolish error of my simple ways?Hi Zac, sorry to hear about your troubles, but that's why us other users are here to try to help in these instances.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this connection drop happens. -
Running I-Tunes on my home network
OK...I'm clearly more stupid than I thought...so I think I need some expert advice here.
In brief here's what I've got going.
I've upgraded all of our home computers this week and set up a home network.
Currently, in our home we have set up a PowerBookG4, two IMac's, and a MacMini. It's all connected through a new AppleExtreme Base station.
Swearing never to lose data again like I did last week, I've set up a InfrantNAS Raid 2Terabyte server down in the basement on which to back up all our hard drives. It will also be the repository for all of our family photos, and our 100+gigs of music (which I had thankfully backed up onto an external before the crash).
OK...getting to the point. So I want no music taking space on any hard drives in the house, which should help them run better.
So..all the music is now on the server.
I go to the MacMini (connected to our PlasmaTV) and open I-Tunes. I go to PREFERENCES > ADVANCED >ITUNES Music Foler Location.
I then Browse, and go to the file on the server labelled MUSIC in which I have all the music folders stored. No problem finding and selecting the folder. I click OK, and expect that after I quit and restart I-Tunes, that all of the songs, album titles, etc...will show up in ITunes just like it used to do when it was all on my hard drive itself. I just assumed that if I did that on all 4 of my computers here that my ITunes screen would automatically show all the music.
Obviously I'm doing something wrong...so rather than spend the rest of my life trying to figure it out, I thought I'd ask you guys for help.
Open to any ideas, as long as they don't move files to the hard drive on my MacMini, which they wouldn;t all fit on anyway.
Regards
Steve
powerbook G4, IMac, MacMini Mac OS X (10.4.9)When you get this it's usually due to a conflict either with other Samba versions installed (manually) or because OS X's native Windows File Sharing is enabled.
The console.app logs may provide further info.
SMBUp is just a front-end to Samba so if Samba fails to open the problem is usually with Samba daemons starting up or the program not being able to installthe startup scripts.
In some situations SMBUp may not be able to figure out if Samba is running. In these cases you nee to check the console.app program to see what error is showing up. -
Setting up a home network: AirPort Extreme & AiPort Express
I'd like to setup my home network with both my new Aiport Extreme and my existing AirPort Express.
Ideally, the setup would be as follows:
Ethernet Network Connection + External HD via USB --> AirPort Extreme
Home Speakers --> AirPort Express
I know that I want my Extreme to act at the main, then the Express to operate on the same network as a relay or remote. I've tried to follow all of the online support documentation to manually configure a WPA. No matter what configuration I use, I run into trouble.
Any advice?
MacBook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAMFrom your post, I assume you have the new square 802.11n Extreme. Download the Airport Utility (it is not the same as the Airport Admin Utility) from the disk that was provided with the Extreme. It is a little round icon with a blue Airport Symbol in the center and is below Airport Admin Utility in your Utilities Folder. You may have to do a factory reset on the Extreme and I know you're going to have to do one on the Express.
Set your system up on the Extreme first after factory reset. Choose the type of security you wish to use. Call the system something different than your original system like putting use "New" before the system name. You can't carry forward either system names or passwords to the new system. Then when you set the password for security I'd use something different than the original password.
Once your system is built, do a factory reset on the Express by using a paper clip or ballpoint pen. Unplug the Express, push in on the reset button with the paper clip or pen point. The while still depressing the reset button, plug the Express back into the outlet. You'll get a few quick green light flashes, then several rapid blinking amber lights. Wait until the amber light stops blinking then you can stop depressing the reset button. It takes a few minutes for the Express to come on line.
Go to the Airport Utility and you should see your Extreme as the base station and then the Express will come up with the factory ID.
Configure from there. -
HH4 and static IP addresses on home network
I want to assign a static IP outside the DHCP range to a server on my home network. I know I've done this in the past as I already have another server on the network which the HH4 recognises as having a static IP (and not in the DHCP range) but I can't for the life of me remember how to do it now.
I do recall that it wasn't obvious last time, but I've looked repeatedly through the HH config options and can't find it. The only place that looks likely is the Device Information page, where if "IP address assignment" is DHCP then you can select "Always use this IP address" and type an IP address, but only addresses within the DHCP range are accepted (this is reasonable). But there seems no way to provide a non-DHCP address.
I've read elsewhere that I should allocate the static IP on the device itself, but this doesn't work - while the device is able to connect to the LAN and can ping/can be pinged by other devices, the HH doesn't recognise the device and it's unable to connect to the internet.
I've constantly been frustrated by the non-standard interface of the HH4, and the fact that BT will provide little information on how to configure it (no manual is available). I called BT just hours ago to ask their tech support the same question I'm asking here, and their response was that "they don't have that information". When I said I was amazed that they don't know how to support their own hardware, they replied that it came ready configured and I shouldn't need to change it. Unbelievable. I was invited to subscribe to their tech expert support for £8 per month to get the answer, so I suspect that the claimed ignorance is just a revenue-earning opportunity.
Anyhow, any help will be very welcome.
Solved!
Go to Solution.licquorice wrote:
Hmm, as far as I'm concerned the only 'true' static address is one configured on the device itself. Anything else is a non-changing dynamic address which is still at the mercy of the router dishing it out correctly.
That's a fair point. Perhaps I'm not used to routers (or just never used the feature) that allow "sticky" allocations within the DHCP range. So I see (saw?) DHCP and non-DHCP addresses as different.
However, I have to admit to feel a bit stupid at this point. I've just looked at the HH display and now I can see my device in all its static glory! This is after a number of days of testing and experimentation and getting nowhere (and before you ask, yes, regular refreshing). It's puzzling - perhaps it takes time for the HH to pick up a static allocation and I just didn't give it long enough.
So it does appear to be working now. I can confirm that your advice of just defining the address on the device is the way to go, and eventually the HH will recognise it.
Thanks to all for your patience! -
IPad3 loses connection to home network and same happens to laptops.
I purchased the new IPad a week ago. Since then, I often lose connection to home network. Cannot join network unless I power off and on the modem/router. This also hapens every morning. The same is now happening with our wireless laptops. Never had any problems all these years until the iPad was introduced to our network. Our Internet provider confirmed that modem/router protocols were set per advice from Apple Support and they did additional tweaking but problem persists. I am thinking of getting a new modem and router but wonder if it is worth it. Has anyone had similar problems where their other devices are having the same connection issues as the iPad? Thanks.
Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
Additional things to try.
Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
Change the channel on your wireless router. Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.
iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
Cheers, Tom -
How do I remove personal PC from old business domain to join Windows 7 home network?
I brought my own laptop PC into a business I joined, and they registered the laptop to their domain and upgraded my Windows 7 Home to Ultimate. It was a temp assignment, now I've left the company fo another assignment, but will work from home. I've
upgraded my family PCs to Windows 7 to create a homegroup network, but I can't join this homegroup with my laptop PC, as I'm prevented from doing so while the laptop is apparently still on the domain. How can I remove my laptop from this domain, since
it doesn't apply any more?Hi,
First of all , I would like to advice you that you must need have an administrator’s permission account of this laptop. If so, You need to leave your laptop from the domain, then you need to change the Network Location to Home Network.
About how to leave your laptop form a domain, please kindly refer to the following steps:
Step 1. Click Start button, then point to Computer.
Step 2. Right-Click Computer, then click Properties.
Step 3. Under the Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings, click Change Settings.
Step 4. Then hit Change, change the Member of Option to Workgroup, hit OK.
Step 5. You will be prompted the administrator’s account, type it.
Step 6. Then restart your computer.
About how to join a Homegroup, Please kindly refer to the following steps:
Step 1. Make sure a HomeGroup has already been created. One computer on the network must create a HomeGroup, then all the other computers can join in.
Step 2. Make sure you know the HomeGroup password.
Step 3. Click the Start button.
Step 4. Click Control Panel from the Start Menu.
Step 4. In the search box type in homegroup -> now click HomeGroup.
Step 5. From the bottom right hand corner of the window click Join Now.
Step 6. Select the Libraries you would like to share over the network. Pictures, Music Videos and Printers are checked by default. You can add Documents by checking the box. Now click Next.
Step 7. Type in the HomeGroup password.
Step 8. Click Next and wait for the computer to join the HomeGroup.
Step 9. Click Finish and you’re done. -
How to properly configure a home network using both Mac and PC computers
Is there a book or set of guidelines that can tell me how to properly configure (exact specifications) my computers in a home network? Here is what I am trying to do and using:
1) Three computers: iMac (late 06 ver), Macbook (newest version), Dell laptop. The two Macs are using Leopard and the PC is XP.
2) Bellsouth modem which feeds into the Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS)
3) The AEBS has a USB hub which is connected to a external hard drive and two inkjet printers. A third laser printer/scanner/fax machine is connected to the AEBS via ethernet.
4) All three computers use a wireless connection to the AEBS.
I would like the following:
1) Have a secured and password driven network - don't want outsiders connecting to the nework without permission.
2) All computers to be able to access the USB printers and ext HD.
3) The two Macs to read/write to each other with password access
4) The iMac to have read/write capabalities over the PC via VSFusion or Bootcamp if possible.
Currently, all three have Internet access via the AEBS and can print on the ethernet printer. Both Macs can see the Bonjour USB printers and print (however they to do not display on the AEBS configuration display utility and neither does the ext HD). The USB ext HD is shown on the iMac desktop and I have access to it, but does not display on the MacBook. I have not checked if the PC sees the external HD and it really does not matter if it ever does, although it would be nice.
I am hoping that there is some standard configuration that I can "cut and paste" that is generally used to allow a home network to share resources while still being secure.
Any advice and help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
AndrewAndrew,
What you would like is fairly complicated so this will probably be a lengthy post, but hopefully I can assist you.
As others here have pointed out, networks can vary widely, but the best networks have one element in common: planning. The first thing you need to think about is how you would like all of these systems to cooperate. For instance, do you want one of the machines to serve files to the others and be a central repository, or are you just interested in having them share documents on occasion so that you don't have to carry around, say, a USB key all the time? That said, here is a basic list of things I think you should look into.
1. Network Basics
First step is to get your local network set up. I'd go for WPA or WPA2 wireless security as they are relatively strong standards and you can use human-readable passwords. Additionally, unless you have an explicit need for someone outside your network to initialize a connection (Windows' RDP for instance), do not allow any passthroughs or port redirects on your AEBS.
2. Network Topology
Decide how you want computers and networked devices to identify themselves and their relative locations in the network: in short, do you want static ip's or dynamic ip's? Most of the time, static IP's can be assigned on a DHCP router, the trick is to assign the statics higher than your number of devices (or lower on some routers - for instance Linksys routers start DHCP at 192.168.1.100 but you could have statics from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.99). For instance, it is impractical to set a laptop to static because I'm often in coffee shoppes and other environments that assign via DHCP; on the other hand, it's a good idea to have a printer be static so that you always know where to find it. So, I have 10.0.1.x network (default on AEBS), and the printer is 10.0.1.24, since the likelihood of my encountering an IP conflict with 4 computers on the subnet is virtually zero. If you configure a static device behind your AEBS, defaults are usually
Default Gateway 10.0.1.1
IP Address 10.0.1.(your choice)
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
3. File-sharing.
3a) Mac OS X has a built-in SMB/CIFS (Windows file & printer sharing protocol) client, and a basic SMB [samba] server can be enabled in the sharing preference panel (enable file and/or printer sharing). Windows XP can use these shares, but must authenticate. For that reason, you may not be able to see your shares in the Network Places browser, however you should be able to get to them by mapping the network drive (tools menu) or executing RUN with \\computer.name\share.name. You will then be able to type in your credentials. I would also suggest relatively simple names for the Macs in question (set in Sharing preference pane). Typing Andrew's-iMac-G4 in every time you want to find it will get irritating after a while to say the least, especially if you need to troubleshoot.
3b) The reverse works similarly. You can Connect to Server... from Finder to get to the Windows shares. To do this you must have Windows File and Printer sharing enabled (most easily through the Network Setup Wizard in Control Panels - Use Classic View). It's really easy if your account names and passwords are identical on the Mac and PC, because when loading user profiles, the Mac will generally automatically try to authenticate against the Windows machine with your Mac logon credentials. (Windows seems to do this against the Mac as well) You can write an Applescript or there are some PLIST modifications you can make to mount Windows shares at login.
4. Printing
I'm not exactly sure what you had in mind here since I'm not sure what's connected to which computer or directly to the network. If it is possible, I personally find putting my printers directly on the network to be the easiest thing. Especially if printing large PDF or graphics files, the spooling on the host system can really slow the computer down, and slow down printing. For example, I used to have a laserjet on a Windows box and had to print a very large file. Going through a Win print server, it only printed a page every 30 seconds, but when I got a jetdirect adapter, the whole thing was done in under two minutes. If you have HP Printers, I would recommend the jetdirect print servers (I have used with both a laserjet and a supposedly unsupported color inkjet). -
I assume my Apple TV should allow me to view all events, albums and slideshows in my iPhotos app but it only allows four events and four albums to display on my television. I'm using a Optus mini Wi Fi for my home network. Could this be the reason for limited access via my iMac computer?
ChrisNo, I have not chosen photos to share as I assumed that the Apple TV would access all photos and music that are stored on my iMac.
Thanks for your advice. I will check it out.
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Problem setting up connection with 2wire USB adapter (BT Home Network 1200)
I keep on running into a brick wall setting up my internet connection on my newly purchased MacBook (I have never used a mac before, having used a PC for years). I am trying to set up my macbook as an additional computer on my BT Home Network 1200, and I have installed the drivers given on the 2wire CD, but even when I plug in the USB adapter, the Macbook does not seem to recognise it. The adapter looks something like this:
Anyway, the instructions given in the BT Home Network PDF manual seem to suggest that it is relatively straightforward, and that it is simply a matter of clicking the apple menu, selecting "control panels", selecting "TCP/IP", and then in the "connect via" box, clicking on the pulldown menu and selecting 2Wire PC Port. However, I am using 10.4.9 and it seems to me that this guide must have been written for an outdated version of Mac OS X because none of these instructions seem to make sense or work in the context of my macbook. At the moment, it seems like I won't be able to get my macbook online. Could someone please help explain to me how to get around this?Any reference to 'Control Panels' will, indeed, be for Mac OS 9.x, the last version of which (9.2) was released in 2001.
My advice would be to return it to BT and ask them for an ethernet-based modem, not a USB one.
USB DSL modems have varying levels of support in Mac OS X ranging from poor to none. The fact that 2Wire doesn't include Mac OS X instructions implies that this model is at the lower end of that scale.
By comparison, an ethernet-based modem will connect to your Mac via ethernet, have the option of sharing the connection with multiple machines, typically be faster, and has an almost 100% compatibility rate. -
Devices not showing up on home network
I have a home network that includes a Mac Mini hooked up to our TV, MPB, MB, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The Mac Mini is my media hub. I have home sharing turned on, so that in a perfect world, I could watch my iTunes library on my phone, etc. Additionally, I often use the "Remote" app on my phone to control iTunes on the big screen.
The problem is that sometimes my phone can connect to the mini, sometimes it can't. Sometimes the MPB sees the MB, or the Mini, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes restarting the router solves the problem, sometimes it doesn't. Basically, sometimes any or all of the devices can see each other, and sometimes they can't. Durring all of this, connection to the internet is always working.
Any advice would really help.I am pleased it is sorted
That information page was provided by forum member kayster who I was assisting with their problem.
It seemed a good idea to make it available to other BT Internet users.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.
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