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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...
Despite sending Netgear a very detailed support case regarding all of the issues and steps taken to confirm the issue, the initial support representative just asked questions about the version of Windows and "iTUNE". Detailed responses were sent, and the support representative quickly realised this was too difficult, and has escalated it to another level. Nothing has been heard from Netgear support in around 2 days.
I saw a review of the XAV101v2 on the Amazon.co.uk website which can be found here. It references the devices don't work with iTunes sharing/Airplay and that apparently Netgear are lab testing the issue. The review is shown below. Click Here to see the review on Amazon's website.
I would've hoped Netgear would've linked the similar cases that are being raised here. I'd seen on Apple's forums that Belkin had similar problems, and it took them a while to fix. But no-one seems to know exactly what the cause of the problem is... Belkin certainly don't seem to be letting on what they did to fix their homeplugs. Click here for details on the Belkin homeplug issue on Apple's Discussion forum.
Anyway, my friend contacted the retailer where he brought the XAV101s and they immediatey offered a full refund.... so he's going to either get the older XE104 units, or try another manufacturer. D-Link don't seem to suffer from the issue.
I'd still like to understand exactly what the problem is here, it seems to be an issue which has arisen since the HomePlugAV standard and that HomePlug 1.0 is unaffected.
I saw a review of the XAV101v2 on the Amazon.co.uk website which can be found here. It references the devices don't work with iTunes sharing/Airplay and that apparently Netgear are lab testing the issue. The review is shown below. Click Here to see the review on Amazon's website.
I brought these last week as an upgrade from my older Netgear HDX101 Powerline adapters which i've had for 4 years. The XAV101v2 adapters arrived and were easy to set up; just plug them into the wall socket, plug in the RJ45 cable and you're away. I found a big increase on speed vs my older HDX's, which were averaging about 88Mbps, to about 125Mbps.
The issue came when trying to connect my iPhone to my PC's iTunes library to control my music around the house. With the HDX's it worked no problem where i have the iPhone 'Remote' app connected to the wireless router which is in turn connected to the Powerline adapter that connects to my PC which hosts the iTunes library.
Although you can add the device in iTunes the library does not pass through the XAV101 powerline adapter, due to i'm guessing, the added security features in the newer adapters. But when i switch back to my older HDX's everything works perfectly fine.
There are threads on both Apple's and Netgear's support forums about the issue and I've logged the issue with Netgear support, which they say will be lab tested in the next week.
In summary: Excellent product and what you'd expect from Netgear, but simple sharing issues need to be resolved or allow you to disable the security features. If they can fix the issue then i'd give them 5 out of 5.
I would've hoped Netgear would've linked the similar cases that are being raised here. I'd seen on Apple's forums that Belkin had similar problems, and it took them a while to fix. But no-one seems to know exactly what the cause of the problem is... Belkin certainly don't seem to be letting on what they did to fix their homeplugs. Click here for details on the Belkin homeplug issue on Apple's Discussion forum.
Anyway, my friend contacted the retailer where he brought the XAV101s and they immediatey offered a full refund.... so he's going to either get the older XE104 units, or try another manufacturer. D-Link don't seem to suffer from the issue.
I'd still like to understand exactly what the problem is here, it seems to be an issue which has arisen since the HomePlugAV standard and that HomePlug 1.0 is unaffected.