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XAV101 not passing iTunes Sharing
I really like the speed of my Powerline network but the XAV101s are not allowing iTunes sharing. I have my iTunes Library on my iMac office computer and try to stream iTunes to my MacBook laptop in th...
Hello
I thought I'd post because this forum appeared in my search results for a similar problem. Alas, I am not a Netgear customer in this case (I own Netgear stuff, but not the XAV101's being discussed here).
I've been struggling with getting the iTunes server working since buying an iPad last week. To quickly outline my setup, I have:
+ PC plugged into stereo in front room with iTunes 10.2.1.1 running on it
+ D-Link DNS-323 NAS with all my music on plugged into router
+ Powerline adaptors (not sure exact model/manufacturer) connecting the PC with the router, and thus the NAS
Quick summary - if I use my laptop to connect wireless to the network, iTunes Server running on the NAS is successfully detected in iTunes.
If I use the PC, or I plug the laptop into a powerline adaptor and disable wireless, iTunes does not detect the NAS as a shared iTunes Server device.
It seems this isn't a Netgear specific problem - rather, powerline adaptors are either blocking the iTunes Server data, or as Sharkus suggests, iTunes is discarding the info because it doesn't recognise it as LAN traffic.
Would love to hear from anyone who has solved this, but at the moment my solution seems to be to either buy a wifi adaptor for my PC (reluctant to do that as I game on it from time to time so want some reliability) or to buy a long ethernet cable and somehow feed it round doorways and under carpets directly into the router.
(apologies Netgear for hijacking your forum - this info seemed relevant though!)
I thought I'd post because this forum appeared in my search results for a similar problem. Alas, I am not a Netgear customer in this case (I own Netgear stuff, but not the XAV101's being discussed here).
I've been struggling with getting the iTunes server working since buying an iPad last week. To quickly outline my setup, I have:
+ PC plugged into stereo in front room with iTunes 10.2.1.1 running on it
+ D-Link DNS-323 NAS with all my music on plugged into router
+ Powerline adaptors (not sure exact model/manufacturer) connecting the PC with the router, and thus the NAS
Quick summary - if I use my laptop to connect wireless to the network, iTunes Server running on the NAS is successfully detected in iTunes.
If I use the PC, or I plug the laptop into a powerline adaptor and disable wireless, iTunes does not detect the NAS as a shared iTunes Server device.
It seems this isn't a Netgear specific problem - rather, powerline adaptors are either blocking the iTunes Server data, or as Sharkus suggests, iTunes is discarding the info because it doesn't recognise it as LAN traffic.
Would love to hear from anyone who has solved this, but at the moment my solution seems to be to either buy a wifi adaptor for my PC (reluctant to do that as I game on it from time to time so want some reliability) or to buy a long ethernet cable and somehow feed it round doorways and under carpets directly into the router.
(apologies Netgear for hijacking your forum - this info seemed relevant though!)