John, It depends how the iPeople are using these AppleTVs. We are simply using them for Airplay mirroring, running in conference mode, with onscreen passcodes. Some disable the other services on the AppleTVs since our Security Office, including us, are worried about accounts be left signed in. We wire all the AppleTVs to the LAN. I’ve tested peer-to-peer with bluetooth discovery which can work well for small conference room and small classrooms. I found I get about 25 feet for bluetooth discovery and about 50 feet on the peer-to-peer in my testing.
Our directions, please ignore their brevity, are located at http://mirror.psu.edu/configuring-an-appletv-for-use-with-mirror/ <http://mirror.psu.edu/configuring-an-appletv-for-use-with-mirror/> . I’ve seen other universities that have similar instructions out there too. Jason p: (814) 865-1840, c: (814) 777-7665 Systems Administrator Teaching and Learning with Technology, Information Technology Services The Pennsylvania State University > On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:52 AM, John York <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’ve been following the Apple TV mail on this list, and was glad to see that > colleges have had good luck connecting the TVs on the wired network and using > Bluetooth (or whatever Apple uses) for user connections. We have an Apple TV > infestation that just started, and the iPeople are telling me, “Oh no, that’s > not right. The Apple TV has to have its own wireless network. Also, the > Apple TV needs its own Apple account and everyone has to have the account > name and password.” > > Can anyone point me to documentation that describes how to use these things > somewhere other than a home network? > > Thanks > John > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ <http://www.educause.edu/groups/>. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
