Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks?

From	John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks?
Date	2013-10-27 08:24 -0700
Organization	Sept. all the time
Message-ID	<l4jb75$cvl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 10/27/13   PDT, 8:19 AM, Fred Moore wrote:
> In article <1lbekf6.1qpdcreirk9e7N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
>   dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>
>> The Apple TV doesn't have the ability to create a WiFi network, only
>> join an existing one. Your Mac could create an ad hoc network and you
>> could then get the Apple TV to join it, but your Mac couldn't be
>> connected to your router's WiFi network at the same time.
>
> Please pardon my colossal ignorance on this subject, but my current TV
> is over 20 years old. I'd like to divert slightly from the thrust of the
> thread to ask this:
>
> What about the new TVs which have built-in wifi? I've never understood
> what that was to be used for or how it would work. Could you connect it
> to your wireless router or a Mac ad hoc WAP and then do screen sharing?
> If so, could that do extended screen space as well as mirroring?

The wireless TVs still need a separate source for "normal" TV viewing. 
WiFi brings in Netflix among other things. My TV can do Mac display but 
only via HDMI cabling.

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OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-26 13:29 -0500
  Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-26 13:49 -0500
  Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-26 11:57 -0700
    Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-26 14:21 -0500
    Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-26 15:14 -0500
    Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-26 18:15 -0500
      Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-27 14:16 +1300
        Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-26 21:09 -0500
          Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? "Ted L." <tedl719@yahoo.com> - 2013-10-26 22:29 -0500
          Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-27 17:07 +1300
            Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-27 20:03 -0500
              Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-28 14:36 +1300
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-27 20:46 -0500
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-28 09:51 -0500
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-29 09:27 +1300
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-28 16:07 -0500
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-29 13:36 +1300
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-10-28 21:43 -0500
                Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2013-10-29 06:12 -0400
        Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-10-27 11:19 -0400
          Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-10-27 08:24 -0700
          Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-28 09:56 +1300
          Re: OT? Apple TV, WiFi, and Mavericks? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 20:56 +0000

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