Windows Home Server --- BT Home Hub 3 ----- 2x X...

Here is the problem, I have the BT Home Hub 3 and I have 4 pc's connected (2x Wired & 2x Wireless) and 2x Xbox 360's (connected Wireless) and Blackberry and a Windows Phone (connected Wireless) everything is not always on together everything gets put on at different times. Anyway what happens is that I have a Windows Home Server on the network that hosts media to all media enabled devices in the house. My daugter's Xbox is pretty much always on and with the Home Hub 3 when hers and my xbox go to the media settings and I click on server and it doesn't load the loading circle keeps circling and that is it, I have tried reseting the router and everything, it all works for a couple of mins and then does the same thing, then I hit onto the idea of using the Home Hub 2 (since I do not have infinity yet) and it worked fine for a couple of days not there are other problems. I know this is not the server or the xbox's as I have tried other routers and everything works fine. I do not want to use another router as I cannot get the NAT setting sorted on the other routers. All help will be appreciated.

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Windows Home Server 2011 and Home Hub 3

Hi All
Im getting a problem at the moment with my Home Hub 3, when configuring the router setup within WHS i get an port forwarding error.
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If BT used this forum to reply to problems/issues etc it would no longer be a site for BT USERS to talk to each other. BT does say that you can read advice usually good if you access this forum for help . But unless taken up by a Moderator this advice isnt "official" in the sense that BT agrees with every word. So in reality its "unofficial" but still mainly GOOD advice. Can you imagine if it was an site for BT personel to answer the public? it would crash from the many postings and it would be a 24/7 job for official BT employees. And dont blame BT many other large companies are VERY hard to contact DIRECTLY. Try Microsoft they direct you to --LOG ME IN- in India where after an hour of conversation the operator says -SURE!!! WE can help you ---and that will be £150 -PLEASE. Try contacting Yahoo direct . No chance Many other big companies Wordwide do the same.

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All Apologies for this probably being a silly question, but I want to connect my Home Hub 1.5 to another computer using one of the ethernet ports and I am struggling. The reason for connecting the computer is that I am using the computer as a music server which will then connect through the hub wirelessly to other devices around the house. My problem is that I connect the computer using the Ethernet cable but using my laptop wirelessly in other areas of the house I cannot see the hard wired computer. The laptop I am using is running Windows 7 and the PC is running Vista. Now I accept I may have compatibility problems with the two operating systems, but I have not got that far yet as I cannot even see the PC! So would appreciate any pointers or ideas or any documentation on this site which will explain in muppetry terms how to do this! Would appreciate any help. Cheers
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Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows 8.1 desktop

My questions is whether a Windows Live account and a local account can be combined in Windows 8. I asked this question in Microsoft Community and
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Your question has not been answered.
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Home Sharing in Itunes 9 on Windows Home Server

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TS1490 i am running Windows Home Server 2011 and iTunes can't seem to connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on my Library. What do I need to do?

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Some guy managed to get this to work. The following link is for iTunes 10.5 but it should work for the current release.
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OK - I managed to fix this. Will document for others.
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BT Home Hub 5 not recognising print server

Decided to approach the forum as I have run out of ideas for fixing this problem.
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Accessing Home Hub 4 with windows 8.1 and Internet...

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Seems to be a Network Adapter problem for most people, and usually updating the driver works.
If you have just installed 8.1/8.1 pro, you will typically need to install your motherboard and other driver software. After you have done this, most people can access the internet, but have problems with the bt hub ip/url access link.
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Windows Home Server and iTunes

Hi, I have the following setup (all machines on GBit LAN):
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As WHS is gaining widespread acceptance as a home file and media server, if Apple do not have a suggested setup for iTunes/WHS I would suggest it would be a good idea to develop one.
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Has anyone found a way around this?
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Windows Home Server and Apple TV 2

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"But can it be both simultaneously?
Both a server and a media machine that is showing a movie on your TV?"
Yes it can, no problems.
The Mini Server OSX is pretty much the same as the client Snow Leopard, complete with Front Row, iTunes, Mail, Safari etc, but no iLife09 supplied - you will have to pay extra for that.
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I just used CUPS to enable Bonjour printer sharing - works fine
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Cannot connect from iMac to Windows Home Server 2011 shares

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How do you view Windows Home Server 2011 Video on iPad 2

I have uploaded iPhone 4s .mov files from iPhone 4s to Windows Home Server 2011. The iphone can play these back but the iPad Safari reports downloading but does nothing after that. Will not play video. I can email the iPhone 4s video to iPad 2 and view the video but just not through web browser.

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