Apple TV discovery over Bluetooth Low Energy is a welcome workaround for enterprises which block mDNS on their wireless networks. I see plenty of discussion about ATV discovery using BLE over wireless. What about when the ATV is connected to the wire?
I'm curious if anyone has successfully used ATV BLE discovery when the Apple TV is connected to a wired Ethernet jack instead of wirelessly. In this scenario, the MacBook or iPad would be connected wirelessly, just not the ATV. The iPad would discover the ATV using BLE then the partnership would be handed off would be via IP. Seems this should be ok if all done via layer 3 post-discovery. We have an opportunity to add a dedicated wired jack for some ATV's going in classrooms and I'm in the camp of "wired when you can, wireless when you must" for these types of end points. Thanks, Mike Michael Dickson Network Analyst Office of Information Technologies University of Massachusetts Amherst Voice 413.545.9639 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
