How do I disable the earphone-remote function of iTunes?

Question

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to disable the capability of my mac not to use the remote of my iphone earphones. Anyone?
Since a couple of month, my iTunes starts to play/pause while moving the jack cable around (earphone or normal jack cable). Itunes is acting like the iPhone earphone remote is used when I'm slightly moving anything... but I'm not using the remote of these earphones, just a usual jack cable!
The anoying point is that, it is doing now a lot more, and it is really really annoying. Without moving my laptop or the cable (just the mouse or the glass near it), Itunes stops or starts playing.
I read that I should clean the jack's holes of my laptop. I tried, but the problem came again. Since I'm using my laptop with quite a big sound system, I can't pull in and out my jack cable until it works again without having huge sounds coming from the speakers.
So I don't see any other good solution. Has someone a trick? How do I make iTunes not checking the signal of the iPhone earphones remote?
Thank's in advance.

Answer 1

You are asking about what is known as a "closed" network. If you do this, anytime a "new" device wants to join the network, the user will need to know the name of the wireless network and enter it, along with a password.
But, the idea of a "closed network", where users cannot see the name of your wireless network, is long out of date. That's because there are dozens of free utilities on the Internet that will display your "closed" network in seconds. All lthe neighborhhod teenagers, who are looking for an open wireless network that they can get on, already have all the tools they need.
So, your best bet is going to be to use WPA2 Personal security with a long, non-dictionary password. Chances are, you are already doing this.
True, a "closed" network might prevent a few honest neighbors from seeing the name of your wireless network, but it won't slow down anyone who really wants to see wireless networks in the area.
I don't bother with this, because I think it is a waste of time, but you may feel differently. If you want to do this, here is the procedure to follow on your Time Capsule:
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab/label located just under the row of icons that you see
Click the Wireless Options button near the bottom of the window
Enter a check mark next to "Create a closed network"
Click Done
Click Update to save your settings and the Time Capsule will restart
If you have additional Apple routers like an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express, you must configure each of these devices separately as above.