Sync 5 gen ipod through network

Does anyone know if it is possible to sync a 5th gen ipod through a network. I have an imac flat panel with USB 1.1 and have a mini on my home network with USB 2.0 that doesn't have enough space for me to transfer my itunes folder to it.
I can see shared folders, but can't seem to sync. Is it even possible?
thanks

The easy to do(for me anyway). First mount the filesystem of the computer with the music and add them to the iTunes Library like you would if the files were on that computer and it will work just nicely. Just make sure that you do not have iTunes managing your music files or this will not work untill you disable the feature as iTunes will try to move the files.

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- Change the DNS to either Google's or Open DNS servers
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- Wait if it is an Apple problem
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I have a 5th gen iPod Touch. I have made playlists in iTunes. I need to get them to the iPod. When I had a Classic, it was automatic. You could drag and drop using iTunes music to the playlist in iTunes and it would automatically sync to the Classic.

I have a 5th gen iPoc Touch. In the past, with the Classic, I could drag and drop from my iTunes music to a Classic playlist through iTunes. Now, the playlist I create in iTunes doesn't show on the Touch. I have maybe 29 GB of music on my Touch. I have already created playlists in iTunes that have substantial amounts of songs in each. How can I get those playlists on the Touch without doing a total sync that wipes the iPod? Is there a way to do it?
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I have connected, updated and synced my iphone successfully, but just hit a brick wall on the ipod. (which incidentally maybe where this laptop will end up!!)
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I think we are getting nearer to the solution sort of!
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