A number of no-name vendors as well as Crestron, InFocus etc. have devices that you attach to a TV or projector. They display the device’s name/IP/and a rolling code. All the ones we’ve tried need a proprietary client – typically you browse to the name/IP shown to download it – which you then use to connect to the IP or name of the device, enter the code as the password, and you can share your screen. Some have four-way Hollywood squares etc.
Some of these devices are wireless with the usual caveats (can’t do WPA2/EAP), but typically you can disable wireless, and some devices are wired only, so your clients use the existing wireless infrastructure without mDNS/Bonjour. The price varies widely from $100-$1999, and none of the devices we’ve demoed seem quite fully baked yet, and there’s a lot of “oh, the IOS/Android client isn’t quite done yet” vaporware. Also, the video quality for showing real video instead of just powerpoint varies a lot. And then you have stuff like Barco Clickshare which combines the worst of both worlds. It doesn’t use Bonjour, but instead must be set up as its own AP. -- Toivo Voll Network Engineer Information Technology Communications University of South Florida From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chanowski, John Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Alternatives to Bonjour Does anyone know of an apparatus/application that allows mirroring/streaming to a TV screen wirelessly that does not depend on Bonjour or equivalent protocols and instead relies on more enterprise friendly protocols? Does anyone know if anything like this is being developed? ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
