Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup

From	Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup
Date	2020-07-26 07:49 +0000
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Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
> Andy Hewitt wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> You should then be able
>>> to ping from any client device to any other client device, and to any of
>>> the Mesh devices.  But it is likely that you won't be able to ping your
>>> Plusnet router - whch makes debugging the internet connection difficult
>>> if the need ever arises.
>> 
>> Ok, so as it’s all setup anyway, simply unplug the Ethernet connected
>> devices from the router, and use WiFi, or the spare Ethernet port on the
>> Halo box should do it.
> 
> But you've already disbled the WiFi on the Plusnet router so that won't 
> work.  So use an Ethernet cabled connection to the router for debugging 
> the internet connection.

OK, got that. I was just thinking about how it gets used generally, i.e.
don’t use the Ethernet ports on the Plusnet router, unless I need to debug.

>> I did ping the PlusNet router from the Halo admin page, and it came back
>> fine, and I can still access the PlusNet router admin pages, even from my
>> iPad over WiFi.
> 
> OK so that means the Mesh master device routes from its LAN to its WAN 
> port - good.  What it also means is that a device connected directly to 
> the Plusnet router (but you should not have one) will not be able to 
> "see" anthing on the LAN implemented by the Mesh devices, unless you 
> configure the Mesh master device to allow port forwarding.

OK, got that, as the other devices connected to the Plusnet router only
need to get Internet connection, then that shouldn’t matter then.

>> It’s only been the AppleTV home sharing that’s been a problem.
> 
> So this might just be a problem with the Apple TV.
> 
> To test this, is it possible to disconnect all the Mesh devices and 
> connect your Apple TV by Ethernet cable to your router?  Then also 
> connect whatever device shares with the TV - if necessary by WiFi to the 
> (re-enabled) WiFi service on the router?
> 
> That way you've completely elimininated the Mesh devices.  Does home 
> sharing then work?

No need, it was working that way before I put the Mesh system in, albeit as
flaky as the HomeSharing system is anyway, but yeah, it worked. And it
works if I connect it to the Mesh WiFi.

I think the main problem, now, is perhaps the PlusNet Hub, which is
inflexible in setup options. However, now I understand that all a little
better, thank you, at least I know where I can start looking if anything
does go wrong.

Cheers.

-- 
Andy H

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Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 09:55 +0000
  Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-25 20:45 +0100
    Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 20:53 +0000
      Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-25 22:29 +0100
        Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 22:12 +0000
          Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 22:42 +0000
          Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 08:05 +0100
            Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 07:49 +0000
              Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 10:08 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 12:07 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 12:47 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-26 20:43 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-26 20:47 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 20:47 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-26 22:49 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 10:42 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-27 15:00 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 16:35 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-27 16:05 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:32 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-27 22:04 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 23:10 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 16:28 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 16:30 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-28 17:59 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 18:39 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-28 12:14 -0700
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 19:23 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-28 13:37 -0700
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-28 22:30 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 21:45 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-28 15:03 -0700
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> - 2020-07-29 06:38 +0000

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