On Jan 3, 2013, at 4:48 AM, Gary D. <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks guys - you're the greatest. > > I now have enough info and things to try to keep me busy for a couple of > days. I will report back, hopefully with success. > > More info: The TV has an Ethernet connection but it is too far away to string > a cable. I've tried TV –> WLAN –> Router –> Ethernet –> Mini as well as TV –> > WLAN –> Router –> built-in Airport – Mini, all to no avail. I have assumed > that both should work if I get things right. Is that correct?
You need to connect to your wireless access point. I'm pretty sure the manual shows how to do that; unfortunately your intuition is right, it's a German model; the only manual I could find was in German. (Meanwhile here in the US we get manuals in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, German, and often Japanese, Portugese, Italian and Korean. It's quite disappointing sometimes to take this thick tome marked "Instruction Manual" and you think :"Oh good, a decent manual for once!" and it's the same thing in fifteen languages 8-P You have just a wireless router with some ethernet ports, correct? If you can get to the internet on the TV you're good insofar as network connections, I believe you said this at the beginning. After that it's just a matter of installing the software on the mini and things will work. AFAIK, all Wifi routers (apple's included) have the ability to show connected devices; you should be able to check whether your TV shows up on the router. If so, then you're good, and the only issue is that the two devices don't yet communicate twith each other, which is a software issue, not a networking one. Without that software, neither device is offering any services on the network that the other one knows about, so you cannot 'see' them. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
