Hi Bruce,

On 16/01/14 8:50 PM, "Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>You said,
>Sure, I wish you could drop Apple TVs into a directory like printers
>(though AirPrint indicates that's going away too) and just choose from a
>list.

And I was replying to what Lee said,

> > I like the Mersive paradigm as an alternative- it asks nothing of the
>network. Although I'd still like to see Apple fix their own limitations.


>I believe Aruba Networks' AirGroup feature can do exactly what you want,
>letting users choose from devices they are close to.

AirGroup is another network solution. I have my own, dropping Bonjour
packets from Apple TVs at the core so teachers can only see the ones in
the building they're in. But you and I are network admins, in an ideal
world we shouldn't be touching anything above Layer 3. Our sysadmin for
Apple devices handles the printers, why can't he do Apple TVs as well?

>You ca nalso limit what users have access to devices, so Students may not
>be able to display on classroom monitors, for example.

I haven't gone quite that far yet - currently students have no access to
the Apple TVs. My next goal is to allow the teachers to give permission to
a particular student to display on an Apple TV, but that will require
coding up a web interface to change policy roles to bridge Bonjour for
that student.

I am interested in their user registration system, such that residents can
only see their own Apple TVs, but does it let the user authorise others to
use it, e.g. for shared residences?

Thanks,

-- 
James Andrewartha

Network & Projects Engineer
Christ Church Grammar School
Claremont, Western Australia
Ph. (08) 9442 1757
Mob. 0424 160 877

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